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Section 131, The Public Elections Act, 2012
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(1) No person shall on the day on which an election isheld do any of the following acts or things in a polling station or
within a distance of three hundred metres of a polling station:–
(a) canvass for votes;
(b) solicit for the vote of a voter;
(c) persuade a voter not to vote for any particular
candidate;
(d) persuade a voter not to vote at the election;
(e) shout slogans concerning the election;
(f) be in possession of an offensive weapon or
missile or wear a dress or have any facial or
Disorderly
conduct at
elections
Voting by
unregistered
persons.
Offences on
election day.
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(3) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of
this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine
not less than one million leones or to imprisonment for a term not
less than six months.
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