329Entitlement to vote at declared institutions

#### 329 Entitlement to vote at declared institutions 329 Entitlement to vote at declared institutions > > (1) An elector who— > > > > > (a) is, for the time being, a permanent or temporary resident of a declared institution, and > > > > > (b) has, by message to the returning officer for the area in which the institution is situated or a pre-poll voting officer assigned to take the poll at the institution, requested an opportunity to record his or her vote at the institution, > > > > is entitled to vote under this Subdivision while the pre-poll voting officers are at the institution for the purpose of taking the poll. > > > (2) An elector to whom a postal vote certificate and postal ballot paper have been issued is not entitled to vote under this Subdivision unless he or she first delivers for cancellation to a pre-poll voting officer who takes the poll at the institution of which the elector is a permanent or temporary resident, his or her postal vote certificate and postal ballot paper. > > > (3) A person to whom any message referred to in subsection (1)(b) is given for delivery to a pre-poll voting officer must, unless otherwise ordered on medical grounds by a legally qualified medical practitioner, deliver the message to a pre-poll voting officer before, or forthwith after, a pre-poll voting officer enters, for the purpose of taking the poll, the declared institution of which the person making the request is a permanent or temporary resident. > > > > Maximum penalty—0.5 penalty unit.