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9(1)Section 62 (offences as to declarations) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)A person who makes a declaration under section 9B(1)(b) above—
(a)except as permitted by this Act, when he knows that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote, or
(b)when he knows that it contains a statement which is false,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”
(3)In subsection (2) for “the reference in subsection (1) above to a legal incapacity to vote refers” substitute “ the references in subsections (1) and (1A) above to a legal incapacity to vote refer ”.
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