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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 196

Opening of postal ballot paper

  (1)   A person other than:

  (a)   the DRO for the Division in respect of which a postal ballot paper has been issued; or

  (b)   an officer acting at the direction of the DRO;

shall not open an envelope that purports to contain a postal ballot paper on which a vote has been recorded.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

  (2)   Strict liability applies to an offence against subsection   (1).

Note:   For strict liability , see section   6.1 of the Criminal Code .

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