(1) Section 187
is amended as follows:
(a) by
inserting before “In” the subsection designation
“(1)”;
(b) by
redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (4) and (5) as paragraphs
“(a)”, “(b)”, “(c)” and “(d)”
respectively.
(2) At the end of
section 187 the following subsections are inserted —
“
(2) Subsection (1)(a) and (b) do not apply in relation
to —
(a)
T-shirts, lapel buttons, lapel badges, pens, pencils or balloons;
(b)
business or visiting cards that promote the candidacy of any person in an
election;
(c)
letters and cards —
(i)
that bear the name and address of the sender; and
(ii)
that do not contain a representation or purported
representation of a ballot paper for use in an election;
or
(d) an
article included in a prescribed class of articles.
(3) Nothing in
subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) is to be regarded as limiting, by
implication, the kind of regulations that can be made for the purposes of
subsection (2)(d).
”.