(1) A foreign campaigner contravenes this subsection if: (a) amounts of electoral expenditure incurred by or with the authority of the foreign campaigner in a financial year total $1,000 or more; or (b) amounts fundraised for the purpose of electoral expenditure being incurred by or with the authority of the foreign campaigner in a financial year total $1,000 or more. Civil penalty: The higher of the following amounts: (a) 200 penalty units; (b) if there is sufficient evidence for the court to determine or estimate the amount of electoral expenditure incurred or fundraised in contravention of this subsection—3 times that amount. (2) Subsection (1) applies: (a) whether or not the conduct constituting the contravention of that subsection occurs in Australia; and (b) whether or not a result of the conduct constituting the alleged contravention of that subsection occurs in Australia.
StatuteCommonwealth Electoral Act 1918 — Division 5B — Electoral expenditure by foreign campaigners🇦🇺au
§ CEA s. 314AJProhibition on foreign campaigners incurring electoral expenditure or fundraising for that purpose
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