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ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT 2000 (NO. 36 OF 2000) - SECT 79

79 .         Section 187 amended

        (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).

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