Clause 38
Personation
of Presidential Elections Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 47 of 85
Clause 38
(1)
Every person who —
(a)
at an election applies for a ballot paper in the name of some other person, whether that name be that of a person living or dead or of a fictitious person; or
(b)
having voted once at any such election, applies at the same election for a ballot paper in his own name,shall be guilty of the offence of personation.
(2)
The offence of personation under this section shall be a seizable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code [Cap. 68].