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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 200DB Provisions relating to scrutineers at pre - poll voting office

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 200DB

Provisions relating to scrutineers at pre - poll voting office

  (1)   A person commits an offence if the person:

  (a)   is a scrutineer; and

  (b)   interferes with or attempts to influence any elector within the pre - poll voting office.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (2)   A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person is a scrutineer; and

  (b)   the person communicates with someone else in the pre - poll voting office; and

  (c)   the communication is not reasonably necessary for the discharge of the person's functions as a scrutineer.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months.

  (3)   Subject to subsection   (4), a scrutineer must not be prevented from entering or leaving a pre - poll voting office on a day, and during the hours, declared under paragraph   200BA(1)(b).

  (4)   Only one scrutineer for each candidate is entitled to be present in the pre - poll voting office at any one time. A relieving scrutineer may, however, act during the absence of the scrutineer.

  (5)   A person who is in a pre - poll voting office in the capacity of a scrutineer must wear a badge, supplied by the Electoral Commission, that identifies the person as a scrutineer.

  (6)   A scrutineer who:

  (a)   commits any breach of this section; or

  (b)   is guilty of misconduct; or

  (c)   fails to obey the lawful directions of a pre - poll voting officer;

may be removed from the pre - poll voting office by a member of the Australian Federal Police or of the police force of a State or Territory.

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