Section 4

makes, in any record, return or other docu-ment which he is required to keep or make under such written law, any entry which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be false, or does not believe to be true; or

permits any person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe not to be a blind per-son or an incapacitated person to vote in the man-

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Election Offences ner provided for blind persons or incapacitated persons, as the case may be; or

refuses to permit any person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be a blind person or an incapacitated person to vote in the manner provided for blind persons or incapaci-tated persons, as the case may be; or

wilfully prevents any person from voting at the polling station at which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe such person is entitled to vote; or

wilfully rejects or refuses-'io count any ballot paper which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe is validly cast for any candidate in accord-ance with the provisions of such written law; or

(/) wilfully counts any ballot paper as being cast for any candidate, which he knows or has reason-able cause to believe was not validly cast for such candidate; or

is without reasonable cause guilty of any act or omission in breach of his official duty, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for 3

years and a fine of $10,000 and, subject to any specific provi-sion to the contrary in any written law relating to any elec-tion, shall until the expiration of 5 years from conviction or release from such imprisonment, whichever shall be the la-ter, be incapable of being registered or listed as an elector or of voting at any election or of being elected at any election, and if at that date he has been elected at any election, his seat shall be vacated from the date of such conviction.