Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:clause:3_340:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 340 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 853950–856550

340  Prohibition of certain behaviour near polling booths and pre‑poll voting places
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person engages in any of the following activities:
 (i) canvassing for votes in an election;
 (ii) soliciting the vote of an elector in an election;
 (iii) inducing an elector not to vote for a particular candidate in an election;
 (iv) inducing an elector not to vote in an election;
 (v) exhibiting a notice or sign (other than an official notice or sign) relating to an election; and
 (b) the activity is engaged in at an entrance to, or in any place (whether public or private) within 6 metres of an entrance to:
 (i) a polling booth at which voting in the election is taking place; or
 (ii) a pre‑poll voting office at which applications for pre‑poll votes may be made, or pre‑poll ordinary voting is available, for the election; and
 (c) the activity is engaged in:
 (i) in relation to a polling booth—on polling day or on a day to which the polling is adjourned for the election; or
 (ii) in relation to a pre‑poll voting office—at any time during which applications for pre‑poll votes may be made, or pre‑poll ordinary voting is available, at the office.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (1A) A person commits an offence against this subsection if:
 (a) the person engages in any of the following activities:
 (i) canvassing for votes in an election;
 (ii) soliciting the vote of an elector in an election;
 (iii) inducing an elector not to vote for a particular candidate in an election;
 (iv) inducing an elector not to vote in an election; and
 (b) the activity is engaged in in any place (whether public or private) 6 metres or more from an entrance to:
 (i) a polling booth at which voting in the election is taking place; or
 (ii) a pre‑poll voting office at which applications for pre‑poll votes may be made, or pre‑poll ordinary voting is available, for the election; and
 (ba) the activity is engaged in:
 (i) in relation to a polling booth—on polling day or on a day to which the polling is adjourned for the election; or
 (ii) in relation to a pre‑poll voting office—at any time during which applications for pre‑poll votes may be made, or pre‑poll ordinary voting is available, at the office; and
 (c) the person uses any of the following to engage in that activity:
 (i) a loud speaker;
 (ii) a public address system;
 (iii) an amplifier (whether fixed or mobile);
 (iv) a broadcasting van;
 (v) a sound system;
 (vi) radio equipment;
 (vii) any other equipment or device for broadcasting; and
 (d) that activity is audible:
 (i) within the polling booth