Section 31: Polling day offences.

(1) No person shall, on the date or dates upon which a poll is taken in respect of a primary election-
(a) convene, hold or attend any public meeting;
(b) operate any megaphone, amplifier or public address apparatus in that constituency for the purposes of making announcements concerning the primary election provided that this paragraph shall not apply to the operation of any such apparatus, by an officer appointed under this Act, for the purposes of making official announcements relating to the primary election.
(2) No person shall on the date or dates on which a poll is taken at any polling station commits any of the following acts within the polling station or in any public or private place within a distance of two hundred metres of the polling zone or station-
(a) canvassing for votes;
(b) soliciting the vote of any voter;
(c) persuading any voter to vote for a particular Presidential aspirant
(d) persuading any voter not to vote at a primary election;
(e) wearing, exhibiting or tendering any notice, sign, token, symbol, slogan, badge, photograph or party card referring to the primary election ; or
(f) shouting slogans concerning the primary election.
(3) No Presidential aspirant or other person with the connivance of a Presidential aspirant shall, whether on payment or otherwise, use, hire or procure any vessel or vehicle for the conveyance of any voter (other than the Presidential aspirant himself or his agent) to or from a polling station.
(4) No person shall bring alcoholic liquor into a polling station or a place being used for the counting of votes or shall consume alcoholic liquor in any such place.
(5) No political or Party office holder shall on the date or dates on which poll is taken at any polling station commit any of the following acts within the polling station in any public or private place within a distance of two hundred metres of the polling zone or station-
(a) use a siren on any vehicle or any mechanical or electronic device;
(b) operate any public address system or use any print or electronic media for the purpose of making any announcement concerning the primary election.
(6) The persons to whom this section applies are-
(a) party officials other than those charged with specific for the conduct of the primary election ;
(b) Governors, Deputy-Governors, members-elect of the National Assembly and members of the State Legislative Houses, Commissioners Directors-General and other public officers other than those charged with specific duties for the conduct of the primary election.
(7) A person who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this section is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of N5,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years or to both such fine and, imprisonment and shall in addition be disqualified to vote or to contest for elective office or post for a period of 5 years beginning from the date of his conviction.