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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 325A

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:  $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, 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.



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