Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011
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161 Misleading statements (a) the person gives an electoral paper to another person; and (b) the electoral paper contains a statement made by the person; and (c) the statement contains misleading information; and
Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 2011 79 (d) the person knows the statement contains misleading information. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person, when giving the electoral paper: (a) draws the misleading aspect of the statement to the attention of the other person; and (b) to the extent to which the person can reasonably do so – gives the other person the information necessary to remedy the misleading aspect of the statement.