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Electoral Act 2017
125Permission to be granted to employees to go to voting centre
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#### 125 Permission to be granted to employees to go to voting centre
125 Permission to be granted to employees to go to voting centre
> > (1) An employer must, at the request of any elector employed by the employer, allow the elector to go, at a reasonable time, to a voting centre and record his or her vote at any election.
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> > Maximum penalty—
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> > > (a) in the case of a corporation—25 penalty units, or
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> > > (b) in any other case—5 penalty units.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) does not apply where the elector has a half-holiday on the election day.