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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.