250Offences in relation to elections

#### 250 Offences in relation to elections 250 Offences in relation to elections > > (1) A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse, in relation to an election for an office in a State organisation— > > > > > (a) personate another person to secure a ballot-paper to which the personator is not entitled, or personate another person for the purpose of voting, or > > > > > (b) destroy, deface, alter, take or otherwise interfere with a nomination paper, ballot-paper or envelope, or > > > > > (c) put or deliver a ballot-paper or other paper— > > > > > > > (i) into a ballot-box or other ballot receptacle, or > > > > > > > (ii) into the post, or > > > > > (d) deliver a ballot-paper or other paper to a person receiving ballot-papers for the purposes of the election or ballot, or > > > > > (e) record a vote that the person is not entitled to record, or > > > > > (f) record more than one vote, or > > > > > (g) forge a nomination paper, ballot-paper or envelope, or utter a nomination paper, ballot-paper or envelope that the person knows to be forged, or > > > > > (h) provide a ballot-paper, or > > > > > (i) obtain, or have possession, of a ballot-paper, or > > > > > (j) destroy, take, open or otherwise interfere with a ballot-box or other ballot receptacle. > > > (2) A person must not, without lawful authority or excuse, in relation to an election for an office in a State organisation threaten, offer or suggest, or use, cause, inflict or procure, any violence, injury, punishment, damage, loss or disadvantage because of, or to induce— > > > > > (a) any candidature or withdrawal of candidature, or > > > > > (b) any vote or omission to vote, or > > > > > (c) any support or opposition to any candidate, or > > > > > (d) any promise of any vote, omission, support or opposition. > > > (3) A person (in this subsection called the relevant person) must not, without lawful authority or excuse, in relation to an election for an office in a State organisation— > > > > > (a) request, require or induce another person to show a ballot-paper to the relevant person, or permit the relevant person to see a ballot-paper, in such a manner that the relevant person can see the vote, while the ballot-paper is being marked or after it has been marked, or > > > > > (b) if the relevant person is a person performing duties for the purposes of the ballot, show to another person, or permit another person to have access to, a ballot-paper used in the ballot, otherwise than in the performance of those duties. > > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.