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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 315

Requirement to refund payments

    If:

  (a)   a person is convicted of an offence under section   137.1 of the Criminal Code in relation to the giving of a return or the making of a claim under this Part; or

  (b)   a civil penalty order is made against a person in relation to a contravention of a civil penalty provision in this Part;

a court of competent jurisdiction may, in addition to imposing a penalty under section   137.1 or making the civil penalty order, order the person to refund to the Commonwealth the amount of any payment wrongfully obtained by the person under Division   3 of this Part, or the amount or value of any gift made in contravention of this Part.


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