145Signature to electoral paper

145  Signature to electoral paper

 (1) Every electoral paper which under these Rules has to be signed by any person must be signed by that person with his or her personal signature.

 (2) Where a person who is unable to sign his or her name in writing makes his or her mark as his or her signature to an electoral paper, the mark is to be deemed to be his or her personal signature, if it is identifiable as such, and is made in the presence of a witness who signs the electoral paper as such witness.

 (3) Nothing in this rule authorises any person to sign any electoral paper by a mark or otherwise than in his or her own handwriting in cases where these Rules require him or her to sign the electoral paper in his or her own handwriting.

 (4) A person must not make the signature of any other person on an electoral paper.

 (5) Subrule (4) does not affect the liability of any person to be proceeded against for forgery, but so that he or she is not to be liable to be punished twice in respect of the same offence.

 (6)  In this rule, electoral paper includes an approved form.