Victorian Current Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 294

    (1)     A person must not—

        (a)     forge any ballot-paper, prescribed form or other form or document submitted or lodged in connection with an election; or

        (b)     utter any forged ballot-paper, prescribed form or other form or document submitted or lodged in connection with an election; or

        (c)     forge the signature of any person on any ballot-paper, prescribed form or other form or document submitted or lodged in connection with an election.

Penalty:     600 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) is an indictable offence.

    (3)     A person must not in respect of an election—

        (a)     vote in the name of another person, including a dead or fictitious person; or

        (b)     vote more than once; or

        (c)     apply for a ballot-paper in the name of another person.

Penalty:     600 penalty units or imprisonment for 5 years.

    (4)     An offence against subsection (3) is an indictable offence.