Payments for exhibition of election notices

1 No payment or contract for payment may be made to any elector on account of the exhibition of, or the use of any house, land, building, or premises for the exhibition of, any address, poster, or notice that promotes or procures the election of a candidate or candidates at an election. 2 Subsection (1) does not apply if it is the ordinary business of an elector to exhibit for payment posters and advertisements and the payment or contract is made in the ordinary course of that business. 3 If any payment or contract for payment is knowingly made in contravention of this section before, during, or after an election, the person making the payment or contract and, if he or she knew it to be in contravention of this Act, any person receiving the payment or being a party to the contract is guilty of an illegal practice. 1993 No 87 s 219 (pre-20 December 2007) Section 219 : substituted , on 1 March 2009 , by section 7 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1). Section 219 compare note : amended , on 1 October 2010 , by section 14 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 26).