(1) Subject to subsection (2) during the hours when the poll is open upon election day no persons shall assemble or congregate within 100 yards of any building in which is situate any polling station.
(2) This section shall not apply—
(a) to any electors who are waiting to poll their votes at such polling station and who obey any instructions which may be given by the presiding officer or any constable for the purpose of forming a queue with other electors also so waiting; or
(b) to any person who may under this Act lawfully enter or remain in such polling station.
(3) Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with this section commits an offence against this section and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $250 or to imprisonment for 3 months or to both such fine and imprisonment.