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Prohibition of canvassing on polling day and eve of polling day

Parliamentary Elections Act 1954

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—(1) A person must not on polling day and the eve of polling day at an election in an electoral division —(a)by word, message, writing or in any other manner endeavour to persuade any person to give or dissuade any person from giving his or her vote at the election; or(b)visit an elector at his or her home or place of work for any purpose in connection with the election.(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.(3) Despite the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 relating to the powers of search of any police officer, if any police officer has reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed under subsection (1), the police officer, by virtue of his or her office, is empowered to enter and search any premises or place for the purpose of ascertaining whether such an offence is being committed.(4) The offence under subsection (2) is an arrestable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.(5) For the purposes of this section, any person who, on polling day or on the eve of polling day, enters or is seen at more than 2 houses or places of work of electors in the same polling district other than his or her own home or place of work, is, unless the person proves the contrary, presumed to have committed an offence under subsection (1)(a) and (b).

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