The Criminal Code Act 1899 - Ozcase Queensland Historical Legal ...

CRIMINAL CODE ss. P12-PP§ 59
C~FS at EIlections. Any person who-
(1) Being a presiding officer at an election, and being called
upon, in the case of an elector who is blind or is unable
to read, to strike out from a ballot-paper the name of the
candidate or candidates other than the candidate or candidates
for whom the elector says that he desires to vote, wilfully
fails to do so In the polling-booth, and in the presence and
sight of the persons then lawfully present; or
eing a presiding officer at an election, and whilst an elector
preparing his ballot-paper in a compartment provided for
the use of electors actually voting, wilfully allows any other
person. to be in the compartment;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with har
labour for three years.
~~~~~~~~. Any person who at an
election-
(1) ~ilfully makes a false answer to any question which is
lawfully put to him by the presiding officer, and which he is
required by law to answer; or
eing lawfully required to make a declaration before voting,
wilfully makes a false declaration;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment with hard labour for
seven years.
The offender cannot be arrested without warrant except by direction
of the presiding officer.
214. ~ ~ ~ Any ~ person ~ o who- ~ § ,
(1) At or after an election, knowingly and wilfully, and without
the lawful command of some competent court or tribunal,
unfastens the fold upon a ballot-paper within wliich. the
nuniber of an elector is written, and which fold has been
made under the authority of the law; or
(2) Being a person required by law to discharge duties at an
election at which the voting is by ballot, attempts to ascertain
or discover, or aids in ascertaining or discovering, the
candidate for whom the vote of any person is given at the
election, except in the case of a person voting openly; or
(3) Having in the exercise of his ofice at an election obtained
knowledge or the means of knowledge of the candidate for
whom any person has voted at the election, discloses or aids
in disclosing such knowledge otherwise than in answer to a
question put in the course of proceedings before some
competent court or tribunal; or
(4) Being a person required by law to discharge duties at an
election, places upon a ballot-paper any mark or writing
not authorised by law;
is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment with hard
labour for two years.
at Electionatr;. Any person who
knowingly and wilfully, and without the lawful command of some
competent court or tribunal, opens or breaks the seal of a sealed parcell