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Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
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#### 128 Witnessing referendum papers
(1) A person shall not:
(a) sign as witness a blank referendum paper;
(b) sign as witness any referendum paper unless it has been signed by the person intended to sign it;
(c) sign as witness any referendum paper unless the person has seen the person whose signature he or she is purporting to witness sign it; or
(d) write on any referendum paper as his or her own name:
(i) the name of another person; or
(ii) a name that is not his or her own name.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) In subsection (1), referendum paper means any document required to be filled in or signed under this Act or the regulations.