REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 73J Obligations of persons present when pre - poll vote cast

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 - SECT 73J

    A person who is present when, under section   73D, an elector signs a pre - poll vote certificate for declaration voting or marks a ballot paper in the presence of an officer:

  (a)   shall obey all lawful directions of the officer; and

  (b)   except at the request of the elector:

  (i)   shall not make any communication to the elector in relation to the elector's vote;

  (ii)   shall not assist the elector or in any way interfere with the elector in relation to the elector's vote; and

  (iii)   shall not do anything that would enable the person to find out how the elector marked the ballot paper.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.