Voting offences
294 Voting offences
A person must not—
forge any ballot-paper, prescribed form or other form or document submitted or lodged in connection with an election; or
utter any forged ballot-paper, prescribed form or other form or document submitted or lodged in connection with an election; or
forge the signature of any person on any ballot-paper, prescribed form or other form or document submitted or lodged in connection with an election.
Penalty: 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.
An offence against subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is an indictable offence.
A person must not in respect of an election—
vote in the name of another person, including a dead or fictitious person; or
vote more than once; or
apply for a ballot-paper in the name of another person.
Penalty: 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.
An offence against subsection (3) is an indictable offence.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed form
). 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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