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| (1) Every person who at any election
| | (a) votes in person or by post as some other person- whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person ; or | | |
| | (b) votes more than once in or under his own name at such election, shall be guilty of the offence of personation which shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning of the code of criminal procedure code act, no. 15 of 1979. | | |
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| (2) For the purposes of this section, a person who
| | (a) has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person; or | | |
| | (b) has made an application to be treated as a postal voter; or | | |
| | (c) has marked, whether or not validly, and returned a ballot paper issued for the purpose of voting by post, | | |
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