356KCanvassing on pre-poll voting days

356K Canvassing on pre-poll voting days

356K Canvassing on pre-poll voting days

(1) Canvassing in or near pre-poll voting office A person must not—

(a) canvass for votes, or

(b) solicit the vote of any elector, or

(c) induce any elector not to vote for any particular candidate or group of candidates, or

(d) induce any elector not to vote at the election,

within a pre-poll voting office or within 6 metres of an entrance to a pre-poll voting office on any day on which pre-poll voting is conducted at the pre-poll voting office.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(2) Amplified canvassing audible in or near pre-poll voting office A person must not contravene this subsection. This subsection is contravened if on any day on which pre-poll voting is conducted at a pre-poll voting office each of the following paragraphs apply—

(a) the person engages in—

(i) canvassing for votes, or

(ii) soliciting the vote of an elector, or

(iii) inducing an elector not to vote for a particular candidate or group of candidates, or

(iv) inducing an elector not to vote at the election, and

(b) the person engages, in any public or private place, in that activity 6 metres or more from an entrance to a pre-poll voting office, and

(c) the person uses any of the following to engage in that activity—

(i) a loud speaker,

(ii) a public address system,

(iii) an amplifier (whether fixed or mobile),

(iv) a broadcasting van,

(v) a sound system,

(vi) radio equipment,

(vii) any other equipment or device for broadcasting, and

(d) that activity is audible within the pre-poll voting office or within 6 metres of an entrance to the pre-poll voting office.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.