C1C2C3C5C4C6C7C8C9 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Offences

62CC10C11C12C13F1Influencing voters at polling booths

1

A person who—

a

is with another person at a polling booth, and

b

intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,

commits an offence.

2

A person who—

a

is near a polling booth when another person is at that booth, and

b

intends to influence that other person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting,

commits an offence.

3

For the purposes of this section—

a

a “polling booth” is a compartment in a polling station in which voters can mark votes screened from observation;

b

assisting a person with voting, in accordance with rule 39 of Schedule 1 or any other legislation, is not influencing that person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting;

c

a person may be near one polling booth while at a different polling booth.

4

A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—

a

in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine or to both;

b

in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both.

5

This section does not have effect in relation to an election in Scotland or Wales under the local government Act.