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In forceElectoral papers—signatures
Part 17Electoral offences
Division 17.6Electoral papers
314 Electoral papers—signatures
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), if a person is required by this Act to sign an electoral paper, the person must sign it with their personal signature.
Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2)
If a person is unable to sign the person’s name in writing, the person is to be taken to have signed an electoral paper if—
(a)
the person makes a mark on the paper by way of signature; or
(b)
another person signs the document in the presence of and at the direction of the person.
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