Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998)

Regulations

Election Regulations, 2004

Chapter 8 : General provisions

38. Offences and penalties

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(1)No person, except for a member of the security services on duty at that voting station, may without the permission of the presiding officer, enter into the boundaries of a voting station while in possession of a fire-arm or of any other weapon identified as a weapon by a member of the security services.

 

(1A)No person may make a photographic or any other form of image of a ballot paper which has been marked by a voter on election day or on a day on which special votes are casted.

[Regulation 38(1A) inserted by section 8(a) of Notice No. R. 968, GG 37132, dated 6 December 2013]

 

(2)Any person who contravenes subregulation (1) or (1A) or any other provisions of these regulations, is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to the payment of a fine or a period of imprisonment not exceeding one year.

[Regulation 38(1A) inserted by section 8(b) of Notice No. R. 968, GG 37132, dated 6 December 2013]