Presidential Elections Act 1991 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Offences and Corrupt and Illegal Practices
60C. Exit polls ban on polling day
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A person must not publish or permit or cause to be published on polling day at an election before the close of all polling stations on that day —
publish
“publish” means making available to the general public, or any section of the public, in whatever form and by whatever means, including broadcasting (by wireless telegraphy or otherwise) and transmitting on the Internet;
any statement relating to the way in which voters have voted at the election where that statement is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information given by voters after they have voted; or
any forecast as to the result of the election which is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information so given.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
The offence under subsection (2) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.
In this section —
“forecast” includes estimates; and
the reference to the result of an election is a reference to the result of an election either as a whole or so far as any particular candidate at the election is concerned.