Other forms of display prohibited
5.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall, between nomination day and polling day of an election, display or cause to be displayed any poster or banner relating to any candidate in that election or the contents of any such poster or banner —
(a)by means of any television broadcast for reception by the public or any section thereof (whether on payment or otherwise);
(b)by means of electronic transmissions on the Internet for immediate or future retrieval or access by the public or any section thereof (whether on payment or otherwise);
(c)by exhibiting the poster or banner or its contents in, or in a manner so as to be visible from, any place to which the public (or any section thereof) have or are permitted to have access (whether on payment or otherwise); or
(d)by publishing the poster or banner or its contents in any newspaper, magazine or periodical,
unless the person is authorised to do so by and does so in accordance with the directions of the Returning Officer.
(2)  Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prohibit the broadcast or publication (including publication on the Internet) of any item of news or current affairs which contains any reference to a poster or banner relating to a candidate or group of candidates in an election.