C9C16C17C19C18C20C21C22C23 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Offences

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C10C11C12C13C14C15C2460 Personation.

1

A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if he commits, or aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of, the offence of personation.

2

A person shall be deemed to be guilty of personation at a parliamentary or local government election if he—

a

votes in person or by post as some other person, whether as an elector or as proxy, and whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person; or

b

votes in person or by post as proxy—

i

for a person whom he knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing to be dead or to be a fictitious person; or

ii

when he knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing that his appointment as proxy is no longer in force.

3

For the purposes of this section, a person who has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person or who has marked, whether validly or not, and returned a ballot paper issued for the purpose of voting by post, shall be deemed to have voted.