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REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 128

Witnessing referendum papers

128. (1) A person shall not-

   (a)  sign his name as witness on a blank referendum paper;

   (b)  sign his name as witness on any referendum paper unless it has been
        signed by the person intended to sign it;

   (c)  sign his name as witness on any referendum paper unless he has seen
        the person whose signature he is purporting to witness sign it; or

   (d)  write on any referendum paper as his own name-

        (i)    the name of another person; or

        (ii)   a name that is not his own name.

Penalty: $1,000.
(2) In sub-section (1), ''referendum paper'' means any document required to be
filled in or signed under this Act or the regulations. 


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