356OCanvassing on election days

356O Canvassing on election days

356O Canvassing on election days

(1) Canvassing in or near polling place 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

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

on election day—

(e) within a polling place, or

(f) within 6 metres of an entrance to a polling place.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.

(2) Amplified canvassing audible in or near polling place A person must not contravene this subsection. This subsection is contravened if on election day 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

(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 polling place, 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—

(i) within the polling place, or

(ii) within 6 metres of an entrance to the polling place.

Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.