160Scrutineers for polling places

1. Each constituency candidate may appoint 1 or more scrutineers for each polling place at any election.

2. If, at an election in a district, no constituency candidate is standing for a political party that is listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote, the secretary of the party may appoint 1 or more scrutineers for each polling place in the district.

3. Every appointment of a scrutineer—

4. must be in writing; and
5. must be signed by the constituency candidate or, as the case requires, the secretary of the party.

6. Repealed

7. Repealed

8. The number of scrutineers for a candidate or for a political party who may be present in a polling place may not exceed the number of issuing officers designated for the polling place.

9. A scrutineer may at any time during the hours of polling leave and re-enter the polling place for which he or she is appointed.

10. Nothing in this Act renders it unlawful for a scrutineer to communicate to a person information as to the names of persons who have voted.

11. In this section, polling place includes an advance polling place.