125Printing and publication of electoral advertisements, notices etc.

125  Printing and publication of electoral advertisements, notices etc.

 (1) A person must not print, publish or distribute or cause, permit or authorise to be printed, published or distributed, an electoral advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice during the relevant period unless:

 (a) either:

 (i) the name and address (not being a post‑office box) of the person who authorised the advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice appears at the end of it; or

 (ii) the name of the person who authorised the advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice is apparent on the face of the advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice, as the case may be; and

 (b) in the case of an electoral advertisement, handbill, pamphlet or notice that is printed otherwise than in a newspaper—the name and place of business of the printer appears at the end of it.

 (2) A person must not produce, publish or distribute or cause, permit or authorise to be produced, published or distributed an electoral *video recording unless the name and address (not being a post office box) of the person who authorised the video recording appears at the end of it.

 (3) Subject to subsection (4), a person must not print, publish or distribute or cause, permit or authorise to be printed, published or distributed an electoral advertisement that takes up the whole or part of each of 2 opposing pages of a newspaper unless, in addition to fulfilling the requirement under subparagraph (1)(a)(i) that the name and address of the person who authorised the electoral advertisement appear at the end of it, such name and address also appears on the other page, or the part of the other page, taken up by the electoral advertisement.

 (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to an advertisement of the kind referred to in that subsection:

 (a) that is contained within:

 (i) a broken or unbroken border; or

 (ii) broken or unbroken lines extending across, or partly across, the top and bottom of the advertisement; or

 (iii) a broken or unbroken line extending along, or partly along, each side of the advertisement; or

 (b) that is printed so that to read one or more lines of the text of the advertisement it is necessary to read across both pages.

 (5) A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3) is guilty of an offence.

 (6) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to:

 (a) a car sticker, T‑shirt, lapel button, lapel badge, pen, pencil or balloon; or

 (b) a business or visiting card that promotes the candidacy of any person in an election; or

 (c) a letter and card:

 (i) that bear the name and address (not being a post office box) of the sender; and