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Part 13Electoral Offences and legal proceedings
Division 1Electoral offences
Subdivision 5Other offences relating to electoral papers
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(1) If a person is required by this Act to sign an electoral paper, the person must sign it with his or her personal signature.
Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) For subsection (1), if a person is unable to sign his or her name in writing, the person must be taken to have signed an electoral paper if the person makes a mark on the paper by way of signature.
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