Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 685

685 Unauthorised access to ballot paper

A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse—

(a) ask, require or induce another person to show to the person, or permit the person to see, a ballot paper so the person can see the vote recorded in the ballot paper—

(i) while the paper is being marked; or

(ii) after it has been marked; or

(b) if the person is performing functions for an election—show to anyone else, or permit anyone else access to, a ballot paper used in the election or ballot, other than to perform the functions.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.