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Electoral Act 1993

Election petitions - General provisions

257: Submission of report to Attorney-General

You could also call this:

"When the court finds election rule-breakers, they send a report to the Attorney-General"

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If the High Court finds that some people have done something wrong during an election, they make a report. The report says who these people are and what they did wrong. You can think of this report like a list of people who broke the rules during an election, and it gets given to the Attorney-General.

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Part 8Election petitions
General provisions

257Submission of report to Attorney-General

  1. Where the High Court reports that certain persons named have been proved at the trial of an election petition to have been guilty of any corrupt or illegal practice, the report shall be given to the Attorney-General.