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ELECTORAL ACT 2004 - REG 185

Witnessing electoral papers
A person who –
(a) signs his or her name as a witness on a blank electoral paper; or
(b) signs his or her name as a witness on an electoral paper which has been wholly or partly completed unless it has been signed by the person intended to sign it; or
(c) signs his or her name as a witness on an electoral paper unless he or she has seen the person, whose signature he or she purports to witness, sign it; or
(d) writes on an electoral paper as his or her own name –
(i) the name of another person; or
(ii) any name not being his or her own name –
is guilty of an offence.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, or both.



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