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ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 112

112—Publication of electoral advertisements, notices etc

        (1)         A person must not publish or distribute, or cause or permit to be published or distributed, an electoral advertisement in printed form or through electronic publication on the Internet unless—

            (a)         the name (being the name by which the person is usually known) and address (not being a post office box) of the author of the advertisement, or the person who authorised its publication, appears at the end; and

            (b)         in the case of an electoral advertisement that is printed but not in a newspaper—the name and place of business of the printer appears at the end.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         if the offender is a natural person—$5 000;

            (b)         if the offender is a body corporate—$10 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to—

            (a)         a car sticker, T-shirt, lapel button, lapel badge, pen, pencil or balloon; or

            (b)         an article included in a prescribed class of articles.



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