98Offences

98 Offences

98 Offences

A person must not—

(a) vote or attempt to vote in an election in which the person is not entitled to vote, or

(b) vote or attempt to vote more than once in an election, or

(c) make a false or wilfully misleading statement—

(i) to the returning officer, a regional electoral officer or a deputy electoral officer in connection with an election, or

(ii) in any document that the person supplies for the purposes of an election, or

(d) obstruct the proceedings at a polling place or at the office of the returning officer, a regional electoral officer or a deputy electoral officer, or

(e) enter any compartment of a booth at a polling place, otherwise than as authorised under this Regulation, while any other person is in the compartment recording a vote.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.