ELECTORAL (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO 48 OF 2009) - SECT 44
ELECTORAL (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO 48 OF 2009) - SECT 44
44—Amendment of section 116—Published material to identify person
responsible for political content
(1) Section
116(1)—after "written form," insert:
in a journal published in electronic form on the Internet
(2) Section
116(1)—after "television" insert:
or broadcast on the Internet
(3) Section 116(1),
penalty provision—delete the penalty provision and substitute:
Maximum penalty:
(a) if
the offender is a natural person—$1 250;
(b) if
the offender is a body corporate—$5 000.
(4) Section
116(2)(a)—delete "newspaper" and substitute:
journal (including a journal published in electronic form on the Internet)
(5) Section
116(2)(c)—delete paragraph (c) and substitute:
(c) the
publication in a journal (including a journal published in electronic form on
the Internet) of an article, letter, report or other matter if—
(i)
the name and address (not being a post office box) of a
person who takes responsibility for the publication of the material is
provided to the publisher of the journal and retained by the publisher for a
period of 6 months after the end of the election period; and
(ii)
the journal contains a statement of the name and postcode
of the person who takes responsibility for the publication of the material;
(ca) the
publication of a letter (otherwise than as described in paragraph (c))
that contains the name and address (not being a post office box) of the author
of the letter;
(6) Section
116(2)(d)—after "television" insert:
or broadcast on the Internet
(7) Section
116(2)—after paragraph (d) insert:
(e) any
other prescribed material or class of material.
(8) Section
116—after subsection (2) insert:
(3) In this
section—
"journal" means a newspaper, magazine or other periodical.