Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 3 Offences against the administration of law and justice, against office and againstpublic authorityChapter 14 Corrupt and improper practices at elections[s 108]108 Interfering at electionsA person who wilfully interrupts, obstructs or disturbs aproceeding at an election commits a misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.109 Electors attempting to violate secrecy of ballotAny person who, having received a ballot paper from thepresiding officer at an election—(a) wilfully makes on the ballot paper any mark or writingnot expressly authorised by law; or(b) wilfully fails to fold up the ballot paper in such amanner as to conceal how the person has voted; or(c) wilfully fails to deposit the ballot paper in the ballot boxin the presence of the presiding officer;commits a misdemeanour.Maximum penalty—3 years imprisonment.110 Stuffing ballot boxesA person who wilfully puts in a ballot box a ballot paper thathas not been lawfully handed to, and marked by, an electorcommits a crime.Maximum penalty—7 years imprisonment.111 Presiding officer helping an elector with a disabilityIf—(a) a presiding officer at an election agrees to help anelector who is blind, or otherwise unable to vote withouthelp, by marking the elector’s ballot paper for theelector; and(b) the presiding officer wilfully fails to mark the ballotpaper—Current as at 1 December 2014 Page 95