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LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ELECTIONS) ACT 1999 - SECT 64

64—Unlawful declaration or marking of ballot papers

        (1)         A person must not make a statement in a claim, application, return or declaration, or in answer to a question, under this Act that is, to the person's knowledge, false or misleading in a material respect.

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

        (2)         Except as authorised by this Act, a person (not being a person to whom the ballot paper has been lawfully issued) must not mark a vote, or make any other mark or writing on a ballot paper.

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



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