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(1)The report of the election court under section 144 or section 145 above shall state the names of all persons (if any) who have been proved at the trial to have been guilty of any corrupt or illegal practice F1. . . , but in the case of someone—
(a)who is not a party to the petition, or
(b)who is not a candidate on behalf of whom the seat or office is claimed by the petition,
the election court shall first cause notice to be given to him, and if he appears in pursuance of the notice shall give him an opportunity of being heard by himself and of calling evidence in his defence to show why he should not be so reported.
F2(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F3(3)The report shall be laid before the Director of Public Prosecutions.]
(4)Subject to the provisions of section 174 below, a candidate or other person reported by an election court personally guilty of a corrupt practice shall for five years from the date of the report be incapable—
(a)of being registered as an elector or voting at any parliamentary election in the United Kingdom or at any election in Great Britain to any public office, and
(b)of being elected to and sitting in the House of Commons, and
(c)of holding any public or judicial office,
and, if already elected to the House of Commons or holding such office, shall from that date vacate the seat or office.
(5)Subject to the provisions of section 174, a candidate or other person reported by an election court personally guilty of an illegal practice shall for five years from the date of the report be incapable of being registered as an elector or voting at any parliamentary election or at any election or to a public office held—
(a)if the offence was committed in reference to a parliamentary election, for or within the constituency for which it was held or for or within any constituency or local government area wholly or partly within the area of the first mentioned constituency as constituted for the purposes of the election;
(b)if the offence was committed in reference to an election under the local government Act, for or within the local government area for which the election was held or for or within any constituency or local government area wholly or partly within the area of the first mentioned local government area as constituted for the purposes of the election.
Where the offence was committed in reference to an election of councillors in Scotland, for the reference to an election to a public office there shall be substituted a reference to an election to the office of councillor.
(6)Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of section 205(2) below, nothing in subsection (4) or subsection (5) above affects matters relating to the Northern Ireland Assembly or local elections or holding office in Northern Ireland.
(7)The provisions of this section as to the consequences of the report that a candidate was guilty by his agents of a corrupt or illegal practice have effect subject to the express provisions of this Act relating to particular acts which are declared to be corrupt or illegal practices.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 28, Sch. 5
F2S. 160(2) repealed by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), ss. 24, 28, Sch. 4 para. 52(a), Sch. 5
F3S. 160(3) substituted by Representation of the People Act 1985 (c. 50, SIF 42), s. 24, Sch. 4 para. 52(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 160 applied with modifications (N.I.) by S.I. 1986/2250, regs. 2, 3, 5, Sch. 1 Pt. I
C2S. 160 applied with modifications (E.W.S.) by S.I. 1986/2209, regs. 2, 3, 5(1)(6)–(8), Sch. 1 Pt. I
C3S. 160 applied (with modifications) (11.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/787, art. 85(1)-(3), Sch. 6 Pts. I II
C4S. 160 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (4.5.1996) by S.I. 1996/1220, art. 3(1)(5)-(8), Sch. 1
C5S. 160(4) extended (W.) (11.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/450, art. 124(2)
C6S. 160(4)(5)(7) applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by 1997 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 13 Table 1
C7S. 160(4) applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (25.4.1998) by S.I. 1998/1126, art. 6, Sch. 2
C8S. 160(5) extended (W.) (11.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/450, art. 124(3)
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