Northern Territory Numbered Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2019 (NO 39 OF 2019) - SECT 162

    (1)     A person commits an offence if:

    (a)     the person intentionally engages in conduct; and

    (b)     the conduct results in the obstruction or interference with the proper conduct of an election or poll of electors; and

    (c)     the person is reckless in relation to the result.

Maximum penalty:     400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if:

    (a)     the person intentionally engages in conduct; and

    (b)     the conduct is violence or intimidation; and

    (c)     the conduct results in the influence of the vote of an elector at an election or poll of electors; and

    (d)     the person is reckless in relation to the result.

Maximum penalty:     400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.

    (3)     Strict liability applies to subsection (2)(b).