LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.89

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 4.89

4.89 .         Canvassing in or near polling places, offence

        (1)         If, on any day on which polling for an election takes place, a person —

            (a)         canvasses for votes; or

            (b)         solicits the vote of an elector; or

            (c)         induces an elector not to vote for a particular candidate; or

            (d)         induces an elector not to vote at the election,

                in a polling place or within 6 m from the entrance to a polling place, that person commits an offence.

        Penalty: $2 000.

        (2)         It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) to prove that the accused person was within 6 m of the entrance to a polling place with the approval of the presiding officer.

        [Section 4.89 amended: No. 64 of 1998 s. 27.]