19:34-66.Ā  Knowing production, transmittal or dissemination of mass communication which appears to originate from or be on behalf of campaign of candidate for purpose of impeding campaign No person shall knowingly produce, transmit or disseminate any election advertisement, literature or other mass communication in any medium, including but not limited to newspapers, magazines, printed circulars, television, radio,Ā  movies, telephone, telegraph, billboards and signs, which purports to orĀ  appears to originate from, or be on behalf of, the campaign of a candidate forĀ  public office or party position, for the purpose of impeding the campaign ofĀ  such candidate while failing to reveal specifically in such communication thatĀ  he is acting under the instructions of, or on behalf of, another candidate orĀ  such other candidate's paid or volunteer campaign staff; provided, however,Ā  that this section shall not apply to any owner, manager, editor, publisher,Ā  reporter or employee of any newspaper, magazine, periodical or otherĀ  publication or of any radio or television station who, in the course of hisĀ  duties, publishes or broadcasts any such advertisement, literature or massĀ  communication.

L.1975, c. 190, s. 3, eff. Aug. 16, 1975.
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