LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTORAL ACT 2011 - SECT 195 Offences about returns

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTORAL ACT 2011 - SECT 195

195 Offences about returns

(1) A person must give a return the person is required to give under a provision of part 6 within the time required by the provision.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not give a return the person is required to give under part 6 containing particulars that are, to the knowledge of the person, false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) If a candidate is a member of a group of candidates and the group’s agent is required under section 118 or 120 to give a return, the candidate must not allow the agent to give the return if it contains particulars that are, to the knowledge of the candidate, false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(4) A person (the
"first person" ) must not give to another person who is required to give a return under part 6 information to which the return relates that is, to the knowledge of the first person, false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(5) A prosecution for an offence against a provision of this section may be started at any time within 4 years after the offence was committed.

(6) If a person is found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) , a court may, as well as imposing a penalty under the subsection, order the person to give the relevant return within the period stated in the order.

(7) If a person is found guilty of an offence under subsection (2) , a court may, as well as imposing a penalty under the subsection, order the person to pay, within the period stated in the order, to the State an amount equal to the amount of the value of any gifts made to, or for the benefit of, the person and not disclosed in a return.