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ELECTORAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION (ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) (ELECTION COMMITTEE) REGULATION - SECT 67

What constitutes offence at counting station

(1) A person who, during the relevant period, films or takes photographs or
makes any audio or video recording within a counting zone of a
counting station without the express permission of-

   (a)  (i) in the case of a central counting station, the Chief
        Returning Officer (Subsectors), or the Returning Officer in charge of
        the counting zone; or

        (ii)   in the case of a counting station that is not a central 
               counting station, the Returning Officer who supervises the
               counting  station; or

   (b)  any member of the Commission, commits an offence.

(2) In subsection (1), "relevant period" (有關期間) means, in relation to
a counting zone, the period commencing from the time, determined under
section 63, at which the counting of votes is to begin at the zone and ending
upon the completion of the counting and re-count, if any, at the zone.

(3) A person who, at or in the vicinity of a counting station, behaves in a
disorderly manner, or fails to comply with a lawful order given by-

   (a)  in the case of a central counting station, the Chief Returning 
        Officer (Subsectors), or the Returning Officer in charge of a
        counting  zone of the central counting station; or

   (b)  in the case of a counting station that is not a central 
        counting station, the Returning Officer who supervises the counting 
        station, commits an offence.

(4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable to a fine at
level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

"relevant period" (有關期間)



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