Registration offences
- Registering more than once, either at the same place or at different places (multiple registration)
- Registering in the name of some other person, alive, dead or fictitious (impersonation)
- Unlawful possession of registration materials.
- Lying about one’s nationality or age.
- Printing any form related to the registration of voters without authority from the commission.
- Interfering with or disrupting the registration process or the work of a registration official.
Forging or willfully destroying any official notice or document concerning the registration of voters
Penalty
Anyone found guilty of any of the above mentioned offences is liable on conviction by a court, to a fine not exceeding one Hundred Ghana cedis, (GH¢100.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two (2) year or both.
In addition, the offenders could be barred from registering as a voter for five (5) years, starting imprisonment from the date of the expiration of the term of imprisonment.
