Section 59: Offences in respect of nomination papers, ballot papers, etc. and ballot boxes.

(1) Every person who-
(a) forges or fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any nomination paper, or delivers to the officer charged with the conduct of an election any nomination paper, knowing the same to be forged; or
(b) signs a nomination paper as a candidate in more than one ward or constituency; or
(c) forges or counterfeits or fraudulently destroys any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot paper or any statement of result; or
(d) without due authority, supplies any ballot paper to any person; or
(e) fraudulently puts into any ballot box any paper which he is not authorised by law to put in; or
(f) fraudulently takes out of the polling station any ballot paper; or
(g) without due authority, destroys, takes, opens or otherwise interferes with any ballot box or packet of ballot papers then in use for the purpose of the election,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any attempt to commit any offence specified in this section shall be punishable in the same manner in which the offence is punishable.
(3) In any prosecution for an offence in relation to the nomination papers, ballot boxes, ballot papers and the marking instruments at an election held under this Act, the property in such papers, boxes and instruments, as well as the property in the counterfoils may be stated to be in the officer charged with the conduct of such election.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine of N2,000 or to both such imprisonment and fine.