C5C6 Part II The Election Campaign

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. 2 (ss. 67-119) applied with modifications (E.W.) by The Parish and Community Meetings (Polls) Rules 1987 (S.I. 1987/1), Rules, 2, 6

Pt. 2 (ss. 67-119) applied with modifications (E.W.) by The Local Elections (Parishes and Communities) Rules 1986 (S.I. 1986/2215), Rules 2, 9 (which S.I. was revoked (2.1.2007) by S.I. 2006/3305, rule 1(4), Sch. 1)

Agency by election officials and canvassing by police officers

C1C2C3C499 Officials not to act for candidates.

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If

a

any returning officer at a parliamentary or local government election, or

b

any officer or clerk appointed under the parliamentary elections rules, or the rules under section 36 or section 42 above, as the case may be, or

c

any partner or clerk of any such person,

acts as a candidate’s agent in the conduct or management of the election, he shall be guilty of an offence, but nothing in this subsection prevents a candidate from acting as his own election agent.

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A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.