Prohibition on foreign campaigners incurring electoral expenditure or fundraising for that purpose
314AJ Prohibition on foreign campaigners incurring electoral expenditure or fundraising for that purpose
A foreign campaigner contravenes this subsection if:
amounts of electoral expenditure incurred by or with the authority of the foreign campaigner in a financial year total $1,000 or more; or
amounts fundraised for the purpose of electoral expenditure being incurred by or with the authority of the foreign campaigner in a financial year total $1,000 or more.
Civil penalty:
The higher of the following amounts:
200 penalty units;
if there is sufficient evidence for the court to determine or estimate the amount of electoral expenditure incurred or fundraised in contravention of this subsection—3 times that amount.
Subsection (1) applies:
whether or not the conduct constituting the contravention of that subsection occurs in Australia; and
whether or not a result of the conduct constituting the alleged contravention of that subsection occurs in Australia.
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