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Electoral Act 1993

Corrupt and illegal practices - Illegal practices

219: Payments for exhibition of election notices

You could also call this:

"No paying people to display election signs on their property, unless it's their job."

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You cannot pay someone to display election posters or notices on their property. This rule does not apply if the person normally gets paid to display posters and advertisements as part of their job. You do this in the normal way you would for their business.

If you pay someone to display election posters or notices and you know this is not allowed, you can get in trouble. The person who receives the payment can also get in trouble if they know they are not supposed to get paid for this. This is considered an illegal practice under the Electoral Act 1993.

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Illegal practices

219Payments for exhibition of election notices

  1. No payment or contract for payment may be made to any elector on account of the exhibition of, or the use of any house, land, building, or premises for the exhibition of, any address, poster, or notice that promotes or procures the election of a candidate or candidates at an election.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply if it is the ordinary business of an elector to exhibit for payment posters and advertisements and the payment or contract is made in the ordinary course of that business.

  3. If any payment or contract for payment is knowingly made in contravention of this section before, during, or after an election, the person making the payment or contract and, if he or she knew it to be in contravention of this Act, any person receiving the payment or being a party to the contract is guilty of an illegal practice.

Notes
  • Section 219: substituted, on , by section 7 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).
  • Section 219 compare note: amended, on , by section 14 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).