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Offences about ballots

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Chapter 12Industrial organisations and associated entities
Part 14Amalgamations and withdrawals
Division 4Offences about amalgamation or withdrawal ballots

850 Offences about ballots

A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse, do any of the following about an amalgamation ballot or withdrawal ballot—

(a)

obtain or possess a ballot paper if the person does not have the right to obtain or possess it;

(b)

pretend to be and vote as someone else;

(c)

amend, deface, destroy, interfere with, or remove a ballot record;

(d)

vote in the ballot if the person does not have the right to vote;

(e)

vote more than once;

(f)

forge a ballot record;

(g)

utter a ballot record knowing it to be forged;

(h)

give a ballot record to someone else;

(i)

put a ballot record in a ballot box or other container used for the ballot (also a ballot box) if the person does not have the right to vote;

(j)

deliver or post a ballot record to another person performing functions for the ballot if the person does not have the right to deliver or post the ballot record;

(k)

destroy, interfere with, open, or remove a ballot box.

Maximum penalty—80 penalty units.

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