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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 62

62—Unlawful interference with computer programs

        (1)         A person must not, without lawful authority to do so, tamper or interfere with a computer program or system used by an electoral officer for the purposes of an election or poll under this Act.

Maximum penalty: $5 000 or imprisonment for one year.

        (2)         In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1), the prosecution need not prove the absence of lawful authority and the onus is on the defendant to prove any such authority on which he or she relies.



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