C2C3C4C5C6Part III Legal Proceedings

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) by S.I. 1987/1, rules 2, 6 and S.I. 1986/2215, rules 2, 9 (which S.I. was revoked (2.1.2007) by S.I. 2006/3305, rule1(4), Sch. 1)

Pt. 3 applied (17.2.1994) by S.I. 1994/342, regs. 1(2)(3), 2(2), 11(2)

Pt. 3 extended (28.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/1214 reg. 5(3) (which S.I. was revoked (23.3.2004) by S.I. 2004/293, reg. 126)

Pt. 3 extended (9.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1184 reg. 7(2)

Pt. 3 extended (E.W.) (1.2.2002) by The Local Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/185), reg. 6

C3

Pt. 3: power to apply conferred (S.) (14.9.2006) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 3(4), 17(2); S.S.I. 2006/470, art. 2

C5

Pt. 3 applied in part (with modifications) (S.) (17.2.2007 except for specified purposes) by The Scottish Local Government Elections Order 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/42), art. 4

Procedure on all election petitions

C1C7141 Duty to answer relevant questions.

1

A person called as a witness respecting an election before any election court shall not be excused from answering any question relating to any offence at or connected with the election—

a

on the ground that the answer to it may incriminate or tend to incriminate—

i

that person or that person’s husband or wife, or

ii

in Scotland, that person; or

b

on the ground of privilege.

2

An answer by a person to a question put by or before any election court shall not, except in the case of any criminal proceeding for perjury in respect of the evidence, be in any proceeding, civil or criminal, admissible in evidence against—

a

that person or that person’s husband or wife; or

b

in Scotland, that person.

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