LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 312 Offences related to polling
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 312
Offences related to polling
(1) A person must not (a) vote at an election if not entitled to do so; or(b) obtain or attempt to obtain more ballot papers at an election than that to which he or she is entitled.(c) . . . . . . . .(d) . . . . . . . .(e) . . . . . . . .Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.(2) A person is not (a) to obstruct an elector when the elector is marking a ballot paper; or(b) by any word or action, to directly or indirectly aid in discovering the name of a person for whom an elector has voted or intends to vote.Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.(3) A person must not (a) personate or attempt to personate any elector; or(b) vote, offer to vote or attempt to vote more than once in his or her own right at the same election; or(c) attempt to vote by means of a ballot paper that has been handed or delivered to another person; or(d) personally attempt to induce an elector within the elector's residence during the polling period to vote or not to vote for a particular person; or(e) . . . . . . . .(f) steal, misdirect, hide, destroy or otherwise tamper or interfere with any of the documents sent or delivered under section 284 or 286 .(g) . . . . . . . .(h) . . . . . . . .(i) . . . . . . . .(j) . . . . . . . .(k) . . . . . . . .Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.