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Paragraph 282
 

Vouching for more than one person


(1) No person shall vouch for more than one person at an election, except in the cases referred to in subsections 143(3.01), 161(2) and 169(2.01).


Voucher not qualified as elector, etc.


(2) No person shall vouch for another person if


(a) the person who vouches is not qualified as an elector;
(b) the person who vouches does not personally know the other person; or
(c) the person who vouches does not reside in a polling division assigned to the same polling station as the polling division in which the other person resides or, in the cases referred to in subsections 143(3.01), 161(2) and 169(2.01), in a polling division in the other person’s electoral district or an adjacent electoral district.


Vouchee acting as voucher


(3) No person who has been vouched for at an election shall vouch for another person at that election.