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Local Electoral Act 2001

Electoral donations and expenses - Electoral donations

103L: Records of electoral donations

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"Candidates must keep records of money they receive to be honest and transparent."

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If you are a candidate, you must keep proper records of all donations you receive. You have to keep these records so you can show where your money came from. If you do not keep these records and you do not have a good reason for not doing so, you can be fined up to $5,000.

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Part 5Electoral donations and expenses
Electoral donations

103LRecords of electoral donations

  1. A candidate must keep proper records of all donations received by him or her.

  2. A candidate who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

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Notes
  • Section 103L: inserted, on , by section 30 of the Local Electoral Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 40).