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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - SECT 266

Improperly influencing voters

    (1)     A person must not, by violence or intimidation, influence the vote of another person at an election.

Maximum penalty:     If the offender is a natural person – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.

    If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.

    (2)     An officer must not, in exercising a power or performing a function under this Act, do anything to influence the vote of another person at an election.

Maximum penalty:     If the offender is a natural person – 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months.

    If the offender is a body corporate – 1 000 penalty units.



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