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Electoral Act 1993

Loans - Disclosure of loans

214H: Duty of Electoral Commission

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"The Electoral Commission must report serious rule-breakers to the Police."

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The Electoral Commission has a job to do when they think someone has broken a rule in this part of the law. If they believe this, they must tell the New Zealand Police what they know. You need to know that the Electoral Commission will only report this to the Police if they think it's serious enough. The Electoral Commission can decide not to report something if they think it's not a big deal and not worth the Police's time.

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214HDuty of Electoral Commission

  1. If the Electoral Commission believes that any person has committed an offence specified in this Part, the Electoral Commission must report the facts on which that belief is based to the New Zealand Police.

  2. Subsection (1) does not apply if the Electoral Commission considers that the offence is so inconsequential that there is no public interest in reporting those facts to the New Zealand Police.

Notes
  • Section 214H: inserted, on , by section 41 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 8).