Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 111
In forcePresiding officer helping an elector with a disability
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 3Offences against the administration of law and justice, against office and against public authority
111 Presiding officer helping an elector with a disability
If—
(a)
a presiding officer at an election agrees to help an elector who is blind, or otherwise unable to vote without help, by marking the elector’s ballot paper for the elector; and
(b)
the presiding officer wilfully fails to mark the ballot paper—
(i)
in the way requested by the elector; and
(ii)
in the sight of anyone else lawfully present;
the presiding officer commits a misdemeanour. Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment. sch 1 pt 3 ch 14 ch div 3 s 111 amd 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
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