365Obstruction of election officials

365 Obstruction of election officials

365 Obstruction of election officials

(1) A person must not hinder or obstruct an election official or scrutineer—

(a) in the exercise or performance of the official’s or scrutineer’s functions, or

(b) as the official or scrutineer enters or leaves a polling place or ballot counting place.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2) In this section—

hinder or obstruct includes verbally abuse, stalk, threaten and menace.

s 365: Am 2024 (327), Sch 1[41] [42].