Penalty for certain illegal practices at election

Every person who– (a) votes or induces, or procures any person to vote, at any election, knowing that he or that person is prohibited by this Act, or by any law in force, from voting at that election; (b) before or during any election, knowingly publishes any of the withdrawal of a candidate at the election for REVISED EDITION 2018 33 the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of another candidate; (c) before or during any election, for the purpose of affecting the return of any candidate at such election, makes or publishes any false statement of fact in relation to the personal character or conduct of such candidate; or (d) between the date of notification by the Chief Elections Officer of the issue by the Governor- General of a writ for the purposes of an election and the day after polling at such election, whether in a general election or in a by-election, acts in a disorderly manner with intent to prevent the transaction of the business of a public meeting called for the purpose of promoting the election of a candidate as a member to serve in the House of Representatives, commits an illegal practice, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and, in default, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months.