Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00399:clause:2_25
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00399
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 25
Character Range: 27138–27802

25  Offences related to electronically assisted voting
 (1) A person commits an offence if the person:
 (a) interferes with a voter while the voter votes by an electronically assisted vote; or
 (b) communicates with a voter who votes by an electronically assisted vote about the voter's vote; or
 (c) does anything to find out how a voter who votes by an electronically assisted vote voted.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is a call centre operator who is assisting the voter to vote.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.