Printing and publication of electoral material
287 Printing and publication of electoral material
A person must not print, publish or distribute or cause, permit or authorise to be printed, published or distributed, electoral material unless the name and address of the person who authorised the electoral material is clearly displayed on its face.
- In the case of a natural person, 10 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 50 penalty units.
It is sufficient compliance with subsection (1) if the electoral material is a letter or card which—
bears the name and address of the person who distributed it; and
does not contain a representation or purported representation of a ballot-paper intended to be used in the election.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—
a car sticker, an item of clothing, a lapel button, a lapel badge, a fridge magnet, a pen, a pencil or a balloon; or
an article included in a prescribed class of articles.
Nothing in subsection (3)(a) is to be taken, by implication, to limit the generality of regulations that may be made by virtue of subsection (3)(b).
In this section, address means a street address or a post office box address.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed class
). Made under this Act:
- City of Melbourne (Electoral) Regulations 2022 · under sections 325 and 326
- Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2020 · under sections 325 and 326
- Local Government (Governance and Integrity) Regulations 2020 · under section 325
4 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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