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136 Division 4—Offences Late Part 6 reports, etc.

86.—(1) Where any foreign affiliations report or declaration which is required by section 76 to be given to the competent authority is not so given within the time delimited under section 77, then the following persons shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $200 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction:
 * (a) where the foreign affiliations report or declaration is required in respect of a political party or a Part 4 politically significant entity—the responsible officers of the political party or politically significant entity in question;
 * (b) where the foreign affiliations report or declaration is required in respect of a candidate at an election or the candidate’s election agent—the candidate and the candidate’s election agent in question or (as the case may be) the candidate at a presidential election and the candidate’s principal election agent in question;
 * (c) where the foreign affiliations report or declaration is required in respect of any other politically significant person—that person.

(2) Where any declaration which is required by section 79 to be given to the competent authority is not so given within the time delimited under section 79, then the person required to give the declaration shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $200 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

(3) Where any foreign volunteers report or declaration which is required by section 85(2)(b) to be given to the competent authority is not so given by the Part 4 politically significant person given the directive under section 85(2)(b) within the time delimited under section 85(3)(b), then the following persons shall each be guilty of an