Electoral Act 1985

This section applies to the publication of electoral matter in written form in—

a journal; or

an electronic publication on the Internet, if payment or other consideration has been, or is to be, given for publication of the matter (whether the journal or electronic publication is published for sale or for distribution without charge).

If this section applies to the publication of electoral matter, the publisher of the matter must cause the word "advertisement" to be included as a headline to each article or paragraph containing the electoral matter—

in the case of matter published in a journal—in letters not smaller than 10 point or long primer; or

in the case of matter published in an electronic publication—in letters of a size that will be readily legible.

if the offender is a natural person—$1 250;

if the offender is a body corporate—$5 000.

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