Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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REFERENDUMS ACT - SECT 85

Canvassing near polling places prohibited

85. Canvassing near polling places prohibited

Subject to this Act, a person must not during polling hours on polling day or a day to which polling is adjourned, within 10 metres of the entrance of a polling place or by means of sound amplification with the intention that the message is audible in or within 10 metres of the entrance of a polling place -

(a) canvass for votes;

(b) solicit the vote of an elector;

(c) induce an elector not to vote in a particular way;

(d) induce an elector not to vote at the referendum; or

(e) exhibit a notice or sign relating to the referendum.

Penalty: $1,000.



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