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51.—(1) If–
(a)in the case of a candidate for return as a constituency member or an individual candidate for return as a regional member, the return and declarations as to election expenses; or
(b)in the case of a candidate included on a registered party’s regional list, his declaration as to elections expenses,
are not delivered before the expiry of the time limited for the purpose the candidate shall not, after the expiry of the time, sit or vote in the Parliament as a member for the constituency or, as the case may be, region until–
(i)where sub paragraph (a) applies, that return and those declarations have been delivered;
(ii)where sub paragraph (b) applies, that declaration has been delivered; or
(iii)the date of the allowance of an authorised excuse for the failure to deliver the return and declaration,
and if he sits or votes in contravention of this article he shall forfeit £100 for every day on which he so sits or votes.
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