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An election officer, clerk, interpreter or other person who has a duty to perform, whether under this Law or otherwise, in relation to an election and who -

(a) makes in any record, return or other document, which he is required to keep or make in pursuance of this Law or of regulations made under it, any entry which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be false, or does not believe to be true; or

(b) permits a person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe not to be a person who is blind or incapacitated from voting by other physical cause to vote in the manner provided for such persons; or

(c) refuses to permit a person whom he knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be a person who is blind or incapacitated from voting by other physical cause to vote in the manner provided for such persons; or

(d) wilfully prevents a person from voting at the polling station at which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe the person is entitled to vote at; or

(e) wilfully counts a ballot paper as being cast for a candidate which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe was not validly cast for the candidate; or

(f) without reasonable cause acts or fails to act in breach of his official duty, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding c1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.