Queensland Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 191

191 Offences relating to ballot papers

(1) A person must not—

(a) wilfully fail to comply with section 107 (10) (c) , 117 (5) (d) , 118 (3) (c) or (d) or 119 (8) (c) or (d) ; or

(b) take a ballot paper out of a polling place otherwise than as authorised by this Act; or

(c) place in a ballot box a ballot paper that has not been—

(i) given to an elector under this Act; or

(ii) marked by the elector.

(2) A person must not, without lawful excuse, obtain possession of, or have in the person’s possession—

(a) a ballot paper that has been marked by another person; or

(b) a declaration envelope that has been signed by another person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.