Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 28

28. (1) A scrutineer appointed under section 27 shall not-

   (a)  interfere with or attempt to influence any elector within a polling
        booth; or

   (b)  communicate with any person in a polling booth except so far as is
        necessary in the discharge of his functions.

Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) A scrutineer appointed under section 27 shall not be prevented from
entering or leaving a polling booth during the voting at a referendum.

(3) A scrutineer appointed under section 27 who commits any breach of this
section, or who misconducts himself at a polling booth, or who fails at a
polling booth to obey the lawful directions of the presiding officer at the
polling booth, may be removed from the polling booth by any constable or by a
person authorized by the presiding officer to remove him.