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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 181 Author of election matter must be named

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 181

Author of election matter must be named

181 Author of election matter must be named

(1) A person must not, during the election period for an election—
(a) print, publish, distribute or broadcast; or
(b) permit or authorise another person to print, publish, distribute or broadcast;
any advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice containing election matter unless there appears, or is stated, at its end the particulars required by subsection (2) .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—
(a) in the case of an individual—20 penalty units; or
(b) in the case of a corporation—85 penalty units.
(2) The particulars are the name and address (other than a post office box) of the person who authorised the advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to an advertisement—
(a) that is printed, published or distributed on a car sticker, T-shirt, lapel button, lapel badge, pen, pencil or balloon; or
(b) that is of a kind prescribed for the purposes of this subsection.
(4) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to distributing, or permitting or authorising another person to distribute, a how-to-vote card.
(5) In this section—


"publish" includes publish on the internet, even if the internet site on which the publication is made is located outside Queensland.