Prohibition on distributing or publishing unregistered how‑to‑vote cards
191B Prohibition on distributing or publishing unregistered how‑to‑vote cards
A person commits a crime if the person distributes, or causes, permits or authorises the distribution of, a how‑to‑vote card within 100 m from a place to vote on a day on which voting occurs at the place unless it is a registered how‑to‑vote card.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 2 years and a fine of $24 000.
A person commits a crime if the person publishes, or causes, permits or authorises the publication of, a how‑to‑vote card unless it is a registered how‑to‑vote card.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 2 years and a fine of $24 000.
In a prosecution of a person for an offence against subsection (1) or (2), it is a defence if the person proves that they did not know, and could not reasonably be expected to have known, that the how‑to‑vote card was not a registered how‑to‑vote card when the offence is alleged to have been committed.
[Section 191B inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 164.]
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