Presiding Officer to receive votes

The presiding officer at any polling station shall receive the votes of all duly qualified persons whose names are on the register of electors and who appear and apply for a ballot paper. 69:01.–(1) Any elector unable to cast his vote at the polling station in the polling area in which his name appears on the register of electors by reason of the fact thatVoting by Proxy. 52 Belize City Council (a) he is a person employed in an essential service elsewhere, or (b) he is a member of the Belize Defence Force; or (c) he is a policeman assigned for duty in some other polling area; or (d) he is a person acting as an election officer in some other polling station; or (e) is a person employed in transporting or in any other manner assisting an election officer in some other polling station; may vote by proxy: Provided that– (a) a person shall not be entitled to have more than one person at a time appointed as proxy to vote for him at the election; (b) a person shall not be capable of being appointed to vote as proxy unless he is a registered elector and is not subject to any legal incapacity to vote thereat; (c) the appointment shall be made by the Returning Officer by means of a proxy paper issued by him in the manner set out in Form 14 on application made to him by the elector; (d) the application shall be in the manner set out in Form 15 and shall be signed by the voter in the presence of a Justice of the Peace, the Commissioner of Police or the Commandant of the Belize Defence Force, as the occasion permits. Belize City Council 53 (2) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on any instrument appointing a proxy under these Regulations. (3) The Returning Officer shall keep a record of electors for whom proxies have been appointed and the names and addresses of the persons so appointed. (4) Any person who impersonates a proxy or in any manner acts in contravention of this regulation shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. (5) The Minister may by order prescribe what services are essential services for the purposes of this regulation.