ELECTORAL ACT 2004 (NO. 51 OF 2004) - SECT 119
Powers of returning officer, election official and police officer at polling place or place where ballot material is sorted, checked or counted
ELECTORAL ACT 2004 (NO. 51 OF 2004) - SECT 119
Division 8 - General provisions at polling places and other places where ballot papers are sorted, checked or counted
Powers of returning officer, election official and police officer at polling place or place where ballot material is sorted, checked or counted
(1) A returning officer, an election official or a police officer has
and may exercise such powers as may be necessary to maintain order and keep
the peace at or in the immediate vicinity of a polling place or a place where
ballot material is being sorted, checked or counted.
(2) Without
limiting any other powers conferred on him or her by law, a returning officer,
an election official or a police officer may remove or cause to be removed
from –
(a) a polling place or its immediate vicinity; or
(b) a place
where ballot material is being sorted, checked or counted or its immediate
vicinity –
a person who he or she believes on reasonable grounds is
committing, has committed or is attempting to commit an offence under this
Act.
(3) Without limiting any other powers conferred on him or her by
law, a police officer may without warrant arrest or cause to be arrested a
person who he or she believes on reasonable grounds is committing, has
committed or is attempting to commit an offence under this Act at or in the
immediate vicinity of a polling place or a place where ballot material is
being sorted, checked or counted.
