Legislative Council (Elections).


Infringement of.
secrecy.


Maintenance of
order at
polling stations.


 In any information or prosecution for an offence in relation.
to the ballot boxes, ballot papers, and other things in use at an
election, the property in such ballot boxes, ballot papers, or
things may be stated to be in the returning officer at such
election.

 70. (1) Every officer, clerk and agent, in attendance at a
polling station shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy
-of the voting in such station, and shalLnot communicate except
for some purpose authorised by law before the poll is closed, to
to any person any information as to the name or number on the
list of electors of any"elector who has or has not applied .for a
ballot paper or voted at that station, and no person shall interfere
with or attempt to interfere with an elector when marking his
vote or otherwise attempt to obtain in the polling station any
information- s to the candidate for whom any. elector in such
station is about to vote or has voted.
 (2) -Every officer, clerk and agent in attendance at the
 counting of the votes shall maintain and' aid in maintaining the
 secrecy of the voting and shall not attempt to communicate any
 information obtained at such counting 'as to the candidate or
 candidates for whom any vote is given in any particular ballot
 paper.
 (3) No.person shall, directly or indirectly, induce any voter to
 display his ballot paper after he has marked it so as to make
 known' to any person the name of the candidate or candidates for
 whom cr against whose name he has so marked his vote.
 (4) Every person who act:. in contravention of any of the
 provisions of this section shall be liable, on summary conviction,
 to imprisonment for six months or to a fine of two hundred and
 forty dollars.

 71. (1) Subject to the provisions of subjection (2) of this
 section during the hours when the poll is open upon election day
 no persons shall assemble or congregate within one hundred!
 yards of any. building in which is situate any polling station.
 (-2) This section shall not apply-
 (a) to any electors who are waiting to poll their votes at such
 polling station and who-obey any instructions which may
 be given by thie presiding officer or any constable.for the
 purpose of forming, a queue with other electors also so
 waiting; or
 (b) to any person who may under the provisions of this
 Ordinance lawfully enter or remain in such polling station.
 (3)- Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with any
 of the provisions' of this section shall be guilty of an offence


. 1951-