Electoral Funding Act 2018
145Other offences relating to political donations and electoral expenditure
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145 Other offences relating to political donations and electoral expenditure
145 Other offences relating to political donations and electoral expenditure
(cf section 96I EFED Act)
(1) A person who does any act that is unlawful under section 9(10)(b) or Division 5, 6 or 7 of Part 3 is guilty of an offence if the person was, at the time of the act, aware of the facts that result in the act being unlawful.
Maximum penalty—400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.
(2) A person must keep the following for a period of at least 3 years—
(a) a record made by the person under section 45 relating to a reportable political donation,
(b) any other record that is required by the regulations to be kept by the person for the purposes of this subsection.
Maximum penalty—In the case of a party, 200 penalty units or in any other case, 100 penalty units.
s 145: Am 2026 No 6, Sch 2[36].