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Electoral Act 2017
189Encouraging ticks or crosses on ballot papers
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189 Encouraging ticks or crosses on ballot papers
189 Encouraging ticks or crosses on ballot papers
A person must not, during the regulated period, print, publish, distribute or publicly display any electoral material that encourages any elector to place a tick or a cross in a square on a ballot paper.
Maximum penalty—
(a) in the case of a corporation—100 penalty units, or
(b) in any other case—20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.