Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 118

             (1)  A person who, being an officer other than an Antarctic officer, does any act or thing with the intention of influencing the vote of another person at a referendum, is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both.

             (2)  A person who, being an Antarctic officer, during the referendum period in relation to a referendum, does any act or thing with the intention of influencing the vote of another person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or both.

             (3)  In this section, Antarctic officer means an Antarctic Returning Officer or an Assistant Antarctic Returning Officer.