Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01311:clause:1_27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A01311
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 27
Character Range: 41395–42519

27  After subsection 340(1)
Insert:

 (1A) A person commits an offence against this subsection if:
 (a) on polling day, or on a day to which the polling is adjourned, the person engages in any of the following activities:
 (i) canvassing for votes;
 (ii) soliciting the vote of an elector;
 (iii) inducing an elector not to vote for a particular candidate;
 (iv) inducing an elector not to vote at the election; and
 (b) the person engages in that activity 6 metres or more from an entrance of a polling booth; 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; or
 (ii) at an entrance of the polling booth; or
 (iii) within 6 metres of an entrance of the polling booth.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

 (1B) Subsection (1A) applies whether the person engages in the activity in a public place or a private place.