Parliamentary Elections Act (Chapter 218 ) 2001 Revised
Edition
Under "ELECTION AGENT, ELECTION EXPENSES AND ILLEGAL
PRACTICES",
Blackout period for election survey results
78C. (1) No person shall publish or permit or cause to be
published the results of any election survey during the period
beginning with the day the writ of election is issued for an
election and ending with the close of all polling stations on
polling day at the election.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to
both.
(3) In this section, election survey means an opinion survey of
how electors will vote at an election or of the preferences of
electors respecting any candidate or group of candidates or any
political party or issue with which an identifiable candidate or
group of candidates is associated at an election.
Exit polls ban on polling day
78D. (1) No person shall publish or permit or cause to be
published on polling day before the close of all polling stations
on polling day
(a) any statement relating to the way in which voters have voted at
the election where that statement is (or might reasonably be taken
to be) based on information given by voters after they have voted;
or
(b) any forecast as to the result of the election which is (or
might reasonably be taken to be) based on information so
given.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to
both.
(3) In this section
(a) forecast includes estimates; and
(b) any reference to the result of an election is a reference to
the result of an election either as a whole or so far as any
particular candidate or group of candidates at the election are
concerned.
