This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The National Assembly for Wales Referendum (Assembly Act Provisions) (Referendum Question, Date of Referendum Etc.) Order 2010 No. 2837
22.—(1) A person who is guilty of a corrupt practice is liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment—
(i)in the case of a corrupt practice under paragraph 1(11) (offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes) or 2 (personation) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both;
(ii)in any other case, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to a fine, or to both; or
(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.
(2) In relation to an offence committed after commencement of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, the reference in paragraph (1)(b) to 6 months is to be read as a reference to 51 weeks.
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