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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 116A

116A—Evidence

In proceedings for an offence against this Division—

            (a)         an electoral advertisement that includes a statement that its publication was authorised by a specified person; or

            (b)         an electoral advertisement that includes a statement that it was printed by a specified person; or

            (c)         material consisting of, or containing, a commentary on a candidate or political party, or the issues being submitted to electors, that includes a statement that a specified person takes responsibility for the publication of the material; or

            (d)         an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the Electoral Commissioner certifying that the Electoral Commissioner made a request for the withdrawal of a misleading advertisement or the publication of a retraction,

is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of that fact.



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