83(1)If an elector requires assistance to mark his or her ballot paper, he or she shall be assisted by an election officer at the polling station or, if the elector prefers, by another person chosen by the elector.

83(2)A person assisting an elector under this section, other than an election officer, shall take an oath in the prescribed form to mark the elector’s ballot paper in accordance with the elector’s directions and to keep that elector’s vote secret.

83(3)A person other than an election officer may assist only one elector to vote.

83(1)If an elector requires assistance to mark his or her ballot paper, he or she shall be assisted by an election officer at the polling station or, if the elector prefers, by another person chosen by the elector.

83(2)A person assisting an elector under this section, other than an election officer, shall take an oath in the prescribed form to mark the elector’s ballot paper in accordance with the elector’s directions and to keep that elector’s vote secret.

83(3)A person other than an election officer may assist only one elector to vote.

83(1)On the application of an elector who is unable to read or write, or who is incapacitated from blindness or any other physical cause from voting in the manner prescribed by this Act, and who has taken the oath in the form prescribed by regulation, and who is accompanied by a friend, the deputy returning officer shall permit such friend to accompany the incapacitated elector into the voting compartment and assist him in marking his ballot paper for him, but no person shall at any election be allowed to act as the friend of more than one elector.

83(2)Any friend who is permitted to complete the ballot paper of an incapacitated elector as aforesaid shall first be required to take an oath in the form prescribed by regulation.

83(3)The poll clerk shall enter in the poll book opposite the name of an elector voting in the manner provided in this section, in addition to any other requisite entry, the nature of his incapacity and the name of the person, if any, acting as the friend of such elector.

83(4)When an incapacitated elector makes application to vote and is not accompanied by a friend, and is not capable of voting without assistance, the deputy returning officer shall require him to take the oath in the form prescribed by regulation and shall thereafter assist him by marking his ballot paper in the manner directed by such elector in the presence of the poll clerk and of the sworn scrutineers or electors representing candidates or recognized parties in the polling station and no other person, and shall place such ballot paper in the ballot box.