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REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 28 Provisions relating to scrutineers

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 28

Provisions relating to scrutineers

  (1)   A scrutineer appointed under section   27 shall not:

  (a)   interfere with or attempt to influence any elector within a polling booth; or

  (b)   communicate with any person in a polling booth except so far as is necessary in the discharge of his or her functions.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 6 months or 10 penalty units, or both.

  (2)   A scrutineer appointed under section   27 shall not be prevented from entering or leaving a polling booth during the voting at a referendum.

  (2A)   A person who is in a polling booth in the capacity of a scrutineer shall wear a badge, supplied by the Electoral Commission, that identifies the person as a scrutineer.

  (3)   A scrutineer appointed under section   27 who commits any breach of this section, or who is guilty of misconduct at a polling booth, or who fails at a polling booth to obey the lawful directions of the presiding officer at the polling booth, may be removed from the polling booth by any constable or by a person authorized by the presiding officer to remove the scrutineer.