Offence to omit qualified persons from registering

(1) A registering officer who wilfully or without reasonable excuse omits to register the name of any person qualified to be registered or who wilfully frustrates (by any means whatsoever) any such person from being so registered commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. (2) A registering officer convicted of an offence under sub- section (1) shall, in addition to any penalty prescribed by that sub-section, forfeit his right to payment for his services as a registering officer and, subject to sub-section (3), shall be incapable during a period of seven years from the date of his (a) of being qualified as an elector or of voting at any election; and (b) of being elected a member of the House of Representatives. (3) Where an appeal is made against a conviction for an offence under sub-section (1), the incapacity provided for by sub-section (2), in the event of any such conviction, shall continue until the appeal is determined, and thereafter if the conviction is not quashed such incapacity shall remain in force for a period of seven years from the determination of the appeal unless the court hearing the appeal directs that the period of seven years shall run from the date of conviction.