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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 315A

Ballot papers—photographs

    (1)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person takes a photograph of a ballot paper used by the person for voting in an election; and

        (b)     the photograph shows, or would be likely to show, how the person voted in the election.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person takes a photograph of a ballot paper used by another person (the elector ) for voting in an election; and

        (b)     the photograph shows, or would be likely to show, how the elector voted in the election; and

        (c)     either—

              (i)     the person knows the identity of the elector; or

              (ii)     it would be possible for the person or someone else to find out the identity of the elector.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (3)     In this section:

"photograph" includes a video recording.



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