REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 128 Witnessing referendum papers

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 128

  (1)   A person shall not:

  (a)   sign as witness a blank referendum paper;

  (b)   sign as witness any referendum paper unless it has been signed by the person intended to sign it;

  (c)   sign as witness any referendum paper unless the person has seen the person whose signature he or she is purporting to witness sign it; or

  (d)   write on any referendum paper as his or her own name:

  (i)   the name of another person; or

  (ii)   a name that is not his or her own name.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

  (2)   In subsection   (1), referendum paper means any document required to be filled in or signed under this Act or the regulations.