- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
Dyma’r fersiwn wreiddiol (fel y’i gwnaed yn wreiddiol).
(1)A person shall be guilty of an offence, if, at a parliamentary or local government election, he—
(a)fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any nomination paper; or
(b)fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any ballot paper, or the official mark on any ballot paper, or any declaration of identity or official envelope used in connection with voting by post; or
(c)without due authority supplies any ballot paper to any person; or
(d)fraudulently puts into any ballot box any paper other than the ballot paper which he is authorised by law to put in ; or
(e)fraudulently takes out of the polling station any ballot paper; or
(f)without due authority destroys, takes, opens or otherwise interferes with any ballot box or packet of ballot papers then in use for the purposes of the election ; or
(g)fraudulently or without due authority, as the case may be, attempts to do any of the foregoing acts.
(2)In Scotland, a person shall be guilty of an offence if—
(a)at a parliamentary or local government election, he forges any nomination paper, delivers to the returning officer any nomination paper knowing it to be forged, or forges or counterfeits any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot paper; or
(b)at a local government election, he signs any nomination paper as candidate or in any other capacity certifies the truth of any statement contained in it, knowing such statement to be false; or
(c)he fraudulently or without due authority, as the case may be, attempts to do any of the foregoing acts.
(3)A person guilty of an offence under this section at a parliamentary election shall be liable—
(a)if he is a returning officer, a presiding officer or clerk in attendance at a polling station, or a clerk in attendance at the proceedings in connection with the issue or receipt of postal ballot papers, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years;
(b)if he is any other person, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
(4)If, at a local government election in England and Wales, a person is guilty of any offence specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, or of any attempt to commit such offence, he shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale or to both.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under this section at a local government election (other than an offence punishable under subsection (4) above) shall—
(a)if he is a returning officer, a presiding officer or clerk appointed to assist in taking the poll or counting the votes or a clerk appointed to assist at the proceedings in connection with the issue or receipt of postal ballot papers, be liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years;
(b)if he is any other person, be liable—
(i)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both;
(ii)on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
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