Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279:clause:1_140:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 140 (pt 4/9)
Character Range: 142417–145276

ballot‑papers etc

       (1) A person must not:
          (a) personate anyone with the intention of obtaining a ballot‑paper to which the personator is not entitled; or
          (b) personate anyone with the intention of voting; or
          (c) fraudulently engage in conduct that destroys or defaces a nomination paper or ballot‑paper; or
          (d) fraudulently put a ballot‑paper or other paper into the ballot‑box; or
          (e) fraudulently take a ballot‑paper out of a polling booth or counting centre; or
          (f) forge a nomination paper or ballot‑paper or utter a nomination paper or ballot‑paper knowing it to be forged; or

      Note   For forgery of official marks on ballot‑papers, see subrule 153 (2).
          (g) supply ballot‑papers without authority; or
          (h) unlawfully engage in conduct that destroys, takes, opens or otherwise interferes with ballot‑boxes or ballot‑papers; or
          (i) vote more than once at the same election; or
          (j) vote at more than one TSRA ward election held on the same day; or
          (k) make a statement in a claim, application, voter card, return or declaration, or in an answer to a question, under these Rules, knowing that the statement is false or misleading in a material respect.

            Penalty:   10 penalty units.

       (2) A person must not engage in conduct that defaces, mutilates, destroys or removes a notice, list or other document affixed by the Returning Officer or by his or her authority.

            Penalty:   5 penalty units.

      150  Prohibition of canvassing near polling booths

       (1) A person must not, on polling day, and on all days to which the polling is adjourned, at an entrance of or within a polling booth, or in any public or private place within 6 metres of an entrance of a polling booth:
          (a) canvass for votes; or
          (b) solicit the vote of a voter ; or
          (c) engage in conduct with the intention of inducing a voter not to vote for any particular candidate; or
          (d) engage in conduct with the intention of inducing a voter not to vote at the election; or
          (e) display a notice or sign (other than an official notice) relating to the election.

            Penalty:   5 penalty units.

       (2) For subrule (1), grounds within an enclosure are taken to be part of a polling booth if:
          (a) a building used as a polling booth is situated in the grounds; and
          (b) the Returning Officer displays during the hours of polling at each entrance to the grounds a notice signed by him or her stating that the grounds are, for subrule (1), part of the polling booth.

      151  Badges or emblems in polling booths

        An officer or scrutineer must not wear or display in a polling booth on polling dayany badge or emblem of a candidate or political party.