2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

PART 2

17.   Provisions for ensuring secrecy

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    (1)   A person in attendance at the polling station or other place of voting shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting in such station or place and shall not communicate, except for some purpose authorised by Law, before the poll is closed, to any person any information as to the name or other means of identification of any elector who has or has not applied for a ballot paper or voted at that station or place, and no such person and no person whatsoever shall interfere with or attempt to interfere with a voter when marking his or her vote, or otherwise attempt to obtain in the polling station or other place of voting information as to the candidate for whom any voter in such station or place is about to vote or has voted, or communicate at any time to any person any information obtained in a polling station or other place of voting as to the candidate for whom any voter in such station or place is about to vote or has voted.

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    (2)   Every person in attendance at the counting of the votes shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting and shall not communicate any information obtained at such counting as to the candidate for whom any vote is given in any particular ballot paper. A person shall not, directly or indirectly, induce any voter to display his or her ballot paper after he or she shall have marked the same so as to make known to any person the name of the candidate for or against whom he or she has so marked his or her vote.

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    (3)   A person who acts in contravention of the provisions of this rule is liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding $100.