Marginal note:Strict liability offences — summary conviction
489 (1) Every person is guilty of an offence who contravenes
(a) being an employer, subsection 132(1) (failure to allow time to vote) or 133(1) (making deductions from employees’ wages for time given to vote);
(b) section 165 (prohibited use of loudspeaker); or
(c) paragraph 166(1)(b) (wearing of emblems, etc., in polling station).
Marginal note:Offences requiring intent — summary conviction
(2) Every person is guilty of an offence who
(a) contravenes subsection 155(2) (assisting as a friend more than one elector);
(a.1) contravenes subsection 161(6) (vouching for more than one elector);
(b) being an elector, contravenes subsection 164(2) (failure to maintain secrecy); or
(c) contravenes paragraph 166(1)(a) (display of campaign literature in polling place).
Marginal note:Offences requiring intent — dual procedure
(3) Every person is guilty of an offence who
(a) being an employer, contravenes section 134 (preventing employee from using voting time);
(b) being a friend or relative of an elector, wilfully contravenes subsection 155(4) (disclosing for whom elector voted);
(c) being a candidate, an election officer or a representative of a candidate, contravenes subsection 164(1) (failure to maintain secrecy);
(d) contravenes paragraph 166(1)(c) (influencing vote in polling station);
(e) contravenes any of paragraphs 167(1)(a) to (d) (prohibited acts re ballots) or 167(2)(a) to (d) (prohibited acts re ballots or ballot box with intent to influence vote);
(f) being a deputy returning officer, contravenes paragraph 167(3)(a) (initialling ballot with intent to influence vote); or
(g) being a deputy returning officer, contravenes paragraph 167(3)(b) (placing identifying mark on ballot).
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