ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (a) any voters roll or portion of a voters roll; (b) any data or information relating to a voters roll; whether the voters roll, data or information is in electronic or printed form shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years. (2) If in a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) it is proved that the accused person destroyed, damaged or concealed anything referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection and thereby prevented any voter from voting in an election, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is shown, that the accused person intended to disrupt or prevent the holding of the election. 92 Employer to allow employees to vote (1) Every employer of a person who is entitled to vote in an election shall allow the employee leave of absence from his or her work for the whole of either the morning or the afternoon of the polling day or of one of the polling days, as the case may be, to afford the employee an opportunity to vote in the election. (2) An employee shall not be required to suffer any deduction from his wages or salary by reason of any leave of absence taken in terms of subsection (1). (3) Any employer who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level ten. PART XVI ELECTION EXPENSES AND ELECTION AGENTS 93 What expenses permissible No election expenses of a candidate shall be lawful except in respect of the following matters— (a) purchasing voters rolls; (b) the expenses of printing, the expenses of advertising, and the expenses of publishing, issuing and distributing, addresses and notices; (c) stationery, messages, postage, telegrams, telefacsimiles, electronic mails and the use of telephones; (d) public meetings and hiring of halls or premises therefor; (e) one chief election agent for the candidate and no more; (f) a number of election agents within the constituency concerned not exceeding such number as may be prescribed; (g) a number of clerks not exceeding such number as may be prescribed and the same number of messengers; (h) miscellaneous expenses not exceeding in the whole such sum as may be prescribed, and not being expenses incurred in respect of any matter or in any manner constituting an offence under this Act or any other law, or in respect of any matter or thing payment for which is prohibited by this Act or any other law; (i) personal expenses; - 65 -