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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 119

ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 119

119—Offender may be removed from polling booth

        (1)         A person who engages in disorderly conduct in a polling booth, or fails to obey the lawful directions of the presiding officer, is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $750.

        (2)         A person who contravenes subsection (1) (including a candidate or scrutineer) may be removed by a member of the police force or a person authorised by the presiding officer to remove him or her.

        (3)         A person who has been removed from a polling booth by direction of the presiding officer under subsection (2) and who re-enters the polling booth without the permission of the presiding officer is guilty of a further offence.

Maximum penalty: $2 500 or imprisonment for 6 months.