CO129-609-3 Future policy- draft Municipal Council Ordinance 1-1-1947 - 31-12-1947 — Page 122

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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.

(25)