ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 95 Provision for persons unable to write

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 95

S. 95(1) substituted by No. 91/2003 s. 7.

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), a person who is required under this Part to sign the person's name and who is unable to write may—

        (a)     make the person's distinguishing mark and have it witnessed by another person; or

        (b)     request another person to note on the declaration or application to vote by post that the person who is required to sign his or her name is unable to do so by reason of physical incapacity.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if—

        (a)     the person is required to sign as a witness or as an election official; or

        (b)     the person is required to sign in the person's own handwriting.