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. > > > (3) Canvassing includes distributing electoral material Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a reference to canvassing for votes includes a reference to distributing electoral material, whether or not the material is registered in accordance with Subdivision 6. > > > (4) Application of this section to grounds of enclosure If— > > > > > (a) a building used as a pre-poll voting office is situated in grounds within an enclosure, and > > > > > (b) the appointment by the election manager of the pre-poll voting office does not indicate whether or not the grounds are part of the pre-poll voting office, > > > > the grounds are not, but the building is, taken to be part of the pre-poll voting office for the purposes of this section, unless a notice to the contrary is displayed under section 356U. If such a notice is displayed, the grounds are taken to be part of the pre-poll voting office for the purposes of this section.