ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 123 Election information

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 123

    (1)     The number of first preference votes given for each candidate and the details of distribution of preference votes must be available from the office of the Commission.

    (2)     After an election, the Commission must ensure that—

        (a)     each registered political party that so requests; and

        (b)     each member of Parliament who is not a member of a registered political party and who makes a request in respect of the member's electorate—

is provided with electoral information containing the names and the addresses of electors who voted (other than silent electors and itinerant electors), whether they voted personally or by post and, if they voted at a voting centre for the electoral district for which the electors were enrolled, the location of that voting centre.

    (3)     Electoral information provided under subsection (2) must only be used in connection with an election.

    (4)     A person who uses, or permits the use of, electoral information for any purpose other than in connection with an election is guilty of an offence.

Penalty:     In the case of a natural person, 600 penalty units;

In the case of a body corporate or a registered political party, 3000 penalty units.

Note to s. 123(4) inserted by No. 13/2013 s. 20(1).

Note

Section 179A applies to an offence against this subsection.

Part 8—Court of Disputed Returns

Division 1—Constitution and powers