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Charitable Fundraising Act 1991
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#### 12 Advertising unlawful appeals
12 Advertising unlawful appeals
> > (1) A person who publishes any advertisement, notice or information relating to any fundraising appeal which the person knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, is being conducted unlawfully is guilty of an offence.
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> > Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
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> > (2) In this section, publishing includes—
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> > > (a) causing to be published, and
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> > > (b) publishing by spoken words, whether directly or through any electronic medium, and
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> > > (c) transmitting by other electronic means.
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> **s 12:** Am 2018 No 64, Sch 1\[9\]; 2018 No 65, Sch 7.5 \[2\].