(1) If, on any day on
which polling for an election takes place, a person —
(a)
canvasses for votes; or
(b)
solicits the vote of an elector; or
(c)
induces an elector not to vote for a particular candidate; or
(d)
induces an elector not to vote at the election,
in a polling place or
within 6 m from the entrance to a polling place, that person commits an
offence.
Penalty: $2 000.
(2) It is a defence to
a charge under subsection (1) to prove that the accused person was within 6 m
of the entrance to a polling place with the approval of the presiding officer.
[Section 4.89 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 27.]