REFERENDUMS ACT 1983 - SECT 48

REFERENDUMS ACT 1983 - SECT 48

48 .         Advertisements relating to referendums

        (1)         In this section referendum notice means notice, advertisement, handbill or pamphlet in relation to a referendum and intended or calculated to affect the result of the referendum.

        (2)         A person who publishes a referendum notice without the name and address of the person authorising it being shown at the end of it shall be guilty of an offence.

        Penalty: $200.

        (3)         A person who prints or publishes a printed referendum notice (other than an advertisement in a newspaper) without the name and place of business of the printer being printed at the end of it shall be guilty of an offence.

                Penalty: $200.

        (4)         A person who distributes a referendum notice published in contravention of subsection (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100.

        [Section 48 amended: No. 50 of 2003 s. 89(3).]