Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person commits a
crime if the person distributes or makes available a form for making an
application under section 61(1), or causes or permits a form for making an
application to be distributed or made available, unless —
(a) the
person is authorised by the Electoral Commissioner to do so; or
(b) the
form is accompanied by a statement advising that when the application has been
completed it must be returned directly to the Electoral Commissioner.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 2
years and a fine of $24 000.
(2) A person must not
persuade or induce an elector, or associate with any other person in
persuading or inducing an elector, to make an application under section 61(1).
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(3) An elector must
not make, and a person must not induce an elector to make, a false statement
in an application under section 61(1).
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(4) If an elector
gives a person an application made under section 61(1) so that the person can
send or deliver the application to an officer, the person must send or deliver
it to an officer.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
[Section 62 inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 49.]
[ 62A. Deleted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 50.]