72.—(1) No member of a police force shall by word, message, writing or in any other manner, endeavour to persuade any person to give, or dissuade any person from giving, his vote, whether as an elector or as proxy—
(a)at any constituency election for an Assembly constituency; or
(b)at any regional election for an Assembly electoral region,
wholly or partly within the police area.
(2) A person acting in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale; but nothing in that paragraph shall subject a member of a police force to any penalty for anything done in the discharge of his duty as a member of the force.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 72 in force at 1.2.2007, see art. 1(1)