Recovery of expenses

All expenses incurred by the Electoral Commission in exercising the powers conferred by sections 197A(9) and 198(1) may be recovered by the Electoral Commission from the persons by whom or by whose direction the statement, name, emblem, slogan, or logo was exhibited, as a debt due by them jointly and severally to the Crown. 1956 No 107 s 127A(4); 1981 No 120 s 40(1) Section 199 : amended , on 21 March 2017 , by section 97 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).