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If you do something on purpose to break the rules about referendum advertising, you might be guilty of an illegal practice. You could do this by promoting a referendum advertisement when you are not allowed to under section 44. You could also break the rules by not following some of the rules outlined in subsections (1) to (7) of section 52. Additionally, if you make a payment that goes against section 68(2), you might be guilty of an illegal practice.
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74: Return of registered promoter’s referendum expenses to be publicly available, or
"People can see how much money a referendum promoter spent, and this information is available to the public."
76: Illegal practice to avoid limit set out in section 44(b), or
"Don't cheat to spend more than allowed on referendum advertising"
A person is guilty of an illegal practice if the person wilfully—
