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Other eiectoral offences and penalties I d:iw o;;!.;? therefor. (1) A person shall be guilty of an ( , 1 .~-!r',- electoral offence if at any election, he- ! 1 Q ' ' - ;;'. .. . (a) fraudulently defacea or fraudulently . - " . destroys any nomination paper; or : I n 9 i p n ~ f p ! ; ~ ,T'-&R~. 1 .. , ,--? ' 6 ' b fraudulently defaces destroys or I . . ! removes any list, notice or other document ; - . , . . .i:r:i:r> .air:. aff ired by or under the authority of a i +id> r : ~ : -3n3rzi%a returning offioer ; or ! -+k.... 6'. :ro. i is*.;: O'!::?P"P . (c) fraudulently defaces or fraudulently / .I;?&:-: ..: ,.i:. i4t-.destroys any ballot paper or ,the official . "i'u rsa mark on any ballot paper ;'$ br i . ,. . ..*n . . . . t+ - . , iirj r:.., t ! 3.. (d) without dueauthority supplies any . . ballot paper to any person or receives any i .,SJL. ,%:~I+I~o-J ,R% ballot paper from any person or is in / 3,; .x!:? ? ! !.:* ..&A:' :, possession of any .ballot paper. 8 or I XS$?*: . + !:-;+i> - m?:, - i ' tan2 r ' ,.? : .t.:wdr:r; p, (e) .fraudulentlyputs intoany ballot box i . : ,<. ... - anvthina. other than the.ballot paper which he - - i is-auth&ised by law to put in ; or I - - yisAlJ n.-c i o b95 ss be?.' 2 -. 1.4 , l o .,J (f) without due authority destroys, toil G: e : taken, opens or otherwise interferes with ! -ro : ttsd333 anv ballot box or ballot papers then in use ! fo; the purposes of the el;ction ; or j 8 L ..r!? .3 i$ate$.l~ j a a ~ s u q , 0 b e ? ( g ) fraudulently, or without due ; yrrs ,-r,...i:. 1,. ,c.i 8 authority as the case may be, attempts to do 3rfj 2 ~ , >eris-.,-, to 3 any of &he foregoing acts or wilfully aids 1 3 : k I - : t , or abets the doing of any such acts. yne i c :1ir2.:1 :.L:, t ! 90 ssnsm-r~.? (2) Any person guilty of an offmce under this . : section .shall. - --- ..--.--- -. ' (a) if hc is a returning officer or a presiding officer at a polling satation or any .-. .." other officer or clerk employed on official duty in connection with the election. on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years. or with fine, or with both ; (b) iS he is any other person,on conviation be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, or with - - both,, u.r.*-u b " . -* r . <-.r-s *- . x:+.ta233 .j *"$Me a%$ *%,$$k 313 f 4 ,. " * .C ( 3 ) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be on official duty if his duty is to take part in the conduct of an election or part of an election including the counting of votes . or to be responsible after an election for the used t$B 2 ~ : ~ . t ballot papers and other documents in connection with such election but the expression official duty shall not include any dvty imposed otherwise than by or ,, : - j . i ~ : s < ~ ~ ~ + : q under this Regulation. ., , &I& *$YO i'k.si: ( 4 ) pn offence punishable under clause (b) of Y O ~;.n-~;*e sub. a ection ( 2 ) shall be cognizable. "rsp:m.:E .r g. 3 t,; .; ,s 2 %