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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
132Badges or emblems in polling booths
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#### 132 Badges or emblems in polling booths
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is an officer or a scrutineer; and
(b) the person wears or displays any badge or emblem in support of, or in opposition to, a proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution; and
(c) the person does so:
(i) in a polling booth on the voting day for a referendum or on a day to which the taking of votes of the electors at the referendum has been adjourned under section 42 or 43; or
(ii) in a pre‑poll voting office at any time during which applications for pre‑poll votes may be made, or pre‑poll ordinary voting is available, at the office.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) Strict liability applies to an offence against subsection (1).
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.