Offences as to declarations, etc.
C1C212 Offences as to declarations, etc.
C3C4C5C6C71
A person who makes F2a relevant declaration or a declaration purporting to be F2a relevant declaration —
a
when he knows that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote at parliamentary elections (age apart), or
b
when he knows that it contains a statement which is false,
is guilty of an offence.
F11A
In subsection (1) “relevant declaration” means—
a
an overseas elector’s declaration;
b
a renewal declaration (within the meaning given by section 1D(2)).
C3C4C5C6C72
A person who attests an overseas elector’s declaration or a declaration purporting to be an overseas elector’s declaration when he knows—
a
that he is not authorised to attest such a declaration, or
b
that it contains a statement which is false,
is guilty of an offence.
C8C9C103
A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false in any declaration or form used for any of the purposes of sections 5 to 9 of this Act or attests an application under section 6 or 7 of this Act when he knows that he is not authorised to do so or that it contains a statement which is false is guilty of an offence.
C11C12C13C8C6C7C104
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.