Part III Legal Proceedings

Director of Public Prosecutions’ duty to report corrupt practice

161 Justice of the Peace.

Where a justice of the peace is reported by an election court to have been guilty of any corrupt practice in reference to an election, F1. . . F2the court shall report the case to the Lord Chancellor F3or, in the case of a justice of the peace for any area in Scotland, the Secretary of State with such evidence as may have been given of the corrupt practice.