Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 315

    (1)     A person shall not witness the signature of an electoral paper unless—

        (a)     the paper is signed by the signatory; and

        (b)     he or she has seen the signatory sign the paper; and

        (c)     he or she is satisfied as to—

              (i)     the identity of the signatory; and

              (ii)     the truth of any statements made in the paper by the signatory; and

        (d)     he or she is able to sign his or her own name.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

    (2)     For subsection (1) (c), a witness may satisfy himself or herself on the basis of—

        (a)     personal knowledge of the signatory; or

        (b)     inquiries made of the signatory; or

        (c)     any other reasonable means.

    (3)     In this section:

"signatory", in relation to a person witnessing the signature of an electoral paper, means the person whose signature is purported to be witnessed.