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Removing misbehaving persons from places to vote

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Part VIIElectoral offences

197 Removing misbehaving persons from places to vote

On each day on which voting occurs at a place to vote, or on a day to which polling at a place to vote is adjourned, a person may be removed, by a police officer authorised by the presiding officer, from the place to vote if the person —

(a)

misconducts themselves; or

(b)

fails to obey the lawful directions of the presiding officer.

[Section 197 inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 168.]

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