Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 114
In forceBreaking the seal of a parcel at elections
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 3Offences against the administration of law and justice, against office and against public authority
114 Breaking the seal of a parcel at elections
(1)
A person who wilfully opens or breaks the seal of a parcel sealed under the authorising Act for an election commits a misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(2)
A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) only by doing something the person is ordered by a court or authorised under the authorising Act to do.
(3)
Also subsection (1) does not apply to a police officer doing a thing in the course of performing a duty of a police officer. sch 1 pt 3 ch 14 ch div 3 s 114 amd 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2; 1990 No. 101 s 22
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