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PART I. ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

TITLE VIII. ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 56. VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS

PENALTIES ON INDIVIDUALS FOR OFFENCES RELATING TO THE CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES, CAUCUSES AND ELECTIONS

Offences by Voters

Chapter 56: Section 26. Illegal voting or attempt to vote

Section 26. Whoever, knowing that he is not a qualified voter in any place, wilfully votes or attempts to vote therein; whoever votes or attempts to vote more than once on his own name, his name having been registered more than once; whoever votes or attempts to vote in more than one voting precinct or town, his name having been registered in more than one voting precinct or town; whoever votes or attempts to vote in any name other than his own, or knowingly casts or attempts to cast more than one ballot at one time of balloting; or whoever votes or attempts to vote otherwise illegally, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.