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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
118AInfluencing votes of hospital patients etc.
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#### 118A Influencing votes of hospital patients etc.
(1) A person who is the proprietor of, or an employee of the proprietor of, a hospital or nursing home shall not do anything with the intention of influencing the vote of a patient in, or resident at, the hospital or nursing home.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.
(2) The reference in subsection (1) to the proprietor of a hospital or nursing home includes a reference to a person who is a member or officer of a body corporate that is the proprietor of a hospital or nursing home.