Torres Strait Regional Authority Election Rules 1996
118Other offences relating to ballot‑papers etc
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118 Other offences relating to ballot‑papers etc
(a) personate anyone with the intention of obtaining a ballot‑paper to which the personator is not entitled; or
(b) personate anyone with the intention of voting; or
(c) fraudulently engage in conduct that destroys or defaces a nomination paper or ballot‑paper; or
(d) fraudulently put a ballot‑paper or other paper into the ballot‑box; or
(e) fraudulently take a ballot‑paper out of a polling booth or counting centre; or
(f) forge a nomination paper or ballot‑paper or utter a nomination paper or ballot‑paper knowing it to be forged; or
Note For forgery of official marks on ballot‑papers, see subrule 122 (2).
(g) supply ballot‑papers without authority; or
(h) unlawfully engage in conduct that destroys, takes, opens or otherwise interferes with ballot‑boxes or ballot‑papers; or
(i) vote more than once at the same election; or
(j) vote at more than one TSRA ward election held on the same day; or
(k) make a statement in a claim, application, voter card, return or declaration, or in an answer to a question, under these Rules, knowing that the statement is false or misleading in a material respect.
(2) A person must not engage in conduct that defaces, mutilates, destroys or removes a notice, list or other document affixed by the Returning Officer or by his or her authority.