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Infringement of secrecy.
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22.—(1) Every officer, clerk, and person employed or in attendance at a polling station at the poll at a referendum shall maintain, and aid in maintaining, the secrecy of the voting in such station, and shall not, except for some purpose authorised by law, communicate before the poll is closed to any person any information as to the name or number on the register of electors of any voter who has or has not applied for a ballot paper or voted at that station, or as to the official mark, and no such officer, clerk or person, and no other person whosoever, shall interfere with or attempt to interfere with a voter when marking his vote, or otherwise attempt to obtain in the polling station information as to the manner in which any voter in such station is about to vote or has voted, or communicate at any time to any person any information obtained in a polling station as to the manner in which any voter in such station is about to vote or has voted, or as to the number on the back of the ballot paper given to any voter at such station.
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(2) Every officer, clerk, and person employed or in attendance at the opening of the ballot boxes or the counting of the votes by a local returning officer at a referendum shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting, and shall not attempt to ascertain at such opening or counting the number on the back of any ballot paper, or communicate any information obtained at such opening or counting as to the manner in which any vote is given in any particular ballot paper.
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(3) Every officer, clerk, and person concerned in or present at the issue of ballot papers to postal voters or the receipt of ballot papers from postal voters at a referendum shall maintain, and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting by such voters, and shall not, except for some purpose authorised by law, communicate before the poll is closed to any person any information as to the name or number on the register of electors of any postal voter to or from whom any ballot paper has been sent or received, or as to the official mark, and no such officer, clerk, or person, and no other person whosoever shall interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the receipt, marking, or return of his ballot paper by any postal voter at a referendum or attempt to obtain information as to the manner in which any such voter has voted, or communicate at any time to any person any information obtained in connection with the issue or receipt of ballot papers to or from postal voters at a referendum as to the manner in which any such voter has voted or as to the number on the back of the ballot paper sent to any such voter.
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