Evidence
116A Evidence
In proceedings for an offence against this Division—
an electoral advertisement that includes a statement that its publication was authorised by a specified person; or
material consisting of, or containing, a commentary on a candidate or political party, or the issues being submitted to electors, that includes a statement that a specified person takes responsibility for the publication of the material; or
an apparently genuine document purporting to be a certificate of the
Electoral Commissioner certifying that the Electoral Commissioner made a request for—
the withdrawal of a misleading advertisement or the publication of a retraction under section 113;
or
the withdrawal of an artificially generated electoral advertisement or prescribed artificially generated electoral advertisement, or the publication of a statement under section 115D, is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of that fact.
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