Canvassing etc. in or near polling places

In force

(1)

A person must not, during the election period for an election, do anything mentioned in subsection (2)—

(a)

inside a room with voting compartments; or

(b)

within 6m of the entrance to a building with voting compartments.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the things are—

(a)

canvassing for votes; or

(b)

inducing an elector not to—

(i)

vote in a particular way; or

(ii)

vote at all at the election; or

(c)

loitering; or

(d)

obstructing the free passage of voters.

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