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(c) communicate any information obtained at the counting
of the votes, as to the candidate for whom any vote
is given on any particular ballot paper.
(6) No person, whether or not such an officer, polling
agent or counting agent as aforesaid, shall –
(a) interfere with or attempt to interfere with an
elector when recording his vote; or
(b) otherwise obtain or attempt to obtain in a polling
station information as to the candidate for whom
an elector in that station is about to vote or has
voted; or
(c) communicate at any time to any person any
information obtained in a polling station as to
the candidate for whom an elector in that station
is about to vote or has voted, or as to the number
on the back of the ballot paper given to an elector
at that station; or
(a) directly or indirectly induce an elector to display
his ballot paper after he has marked it so as to make
known to any person the name of the candidate for or
against whom he has so marked his vote.
(7) No person having undertaken to assist a blind elector
to vote shall communicate at any time to any person any
information as to the candidate for whom that elector intends
to vote or has voted, or as to the number on the back of the
ballot paper given for the use of that elector.
(8) If any person acts in contravention of the provisions
of this paragraph, he shall be liable on sumary conviction to
a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding six months.
55. Any justice of the peace, any returning officer, and
any presiding officer may take any declaration authorised by
this Part of this Schedule to be made before him.
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