![]() ![]() (2) Omit the word “or” before paragraph (b) and after that paragraph insert ”.ģ1.-(1) Paragraph 5A( 7) (false statements in nomination paper, etc.), which becomes sub-paragraph (1), is amended as follows. “proxy postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a proxy postal voter. “postal voter” means a person entitled to vote by post at an election as an absent voter or as a proxy and ![]() “postal ballot paper” means a ballot paper issued to a postal voter (4) In sub-paragraph (2) a reference to a postal vote or a postal ballot paper includes a reference to a proxy postal vote or a proxy postal ballot paper (as the case may be). (3) In sub-paragraph (1)(b), property includes any description of property. (d) causing a communication relating to a postal or proxy vote or containing a postal ballot paper not to be delivered to the intended recipient. (c) inducing the registration officer or returning officer to send a postal ballot paper or any communication relating to a postal or proxy vote to an address which has not been agreed to by the person entitled to the vote (b) otherwise making a false statement in, or in connection with, an application for a postal or proxy vote (a) applying for a postal or proxy vote as some other person (whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person) (b) intends, by doing so, to deprive another of an opportunity to vote or to make for P or another a gain of a vote to which P or the other is not otherwise entitled or a gain of money or property. (a) engages in an act specified in sub-paragraph (2) at a local election, and ”.Ģ9. Schedule 9 to the 1962 Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs 30 to 39.ģ0. After paragraph 4 (personation) insert- “Offences relating to applications for postal and proxy votes at a local electionĤA.- (1) A person (“P”) is guilty of a corrupt practice if P. (c) an illegal practice under paragraph 12A of Schedule 9 (other voting offences). (b) a corrupt practice under paragraph 4A of Schedule 9 (offences relating to applications for postal or proxy votes) or “(1A) The incapacity imposed by subsection (1)(a)(i) applies only to a person convicted of. ”.Ģ3. In section 98(1) (avoidance of election for general corruption, etc) for “, employments or hirings” substitute “or employments”.Ģ4. In section 105(4)( 2) (prosecution and trial of electoral misdemeanours) for “, illegal employment or illegal hiring” substitute “or illegal employment” and for “, paragraph 30 or paragraph 31” substitute “or paragraph 30”.Ģ5. In section 107( 3) (power to except innocent act from being illegal practice, payment, employment or hiring) omit “or hiring” in the heading and in subsection (2) for the words “, employment or hiring” in each place in which they occur substitute “or employment”.Ģ6. In section 108(4)(a)(i)( 4) (penalties for corrupt practices) after “paragraph 4” in each place where it occurs insert “or 4A”.Ģ7. In section 111(3)( 5) (penalties for electoral offences by officers and other persons) for “a postmaster” substitute “an official designated by a universal service provider”.Ģ8. In section 112( 6) (incapacities resulting from convictions for corrupt or illegal practices), for subsection (1A) substitute. (c) an illegal practice under paragraph 12A of that Schedule (other voting offences). (b) a corrupt practice under paragraph 4A of that Schedule (offences relating to applications for postal or proxy votes) or (a) a corrupt practice under paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 (personation) “(3A) The incapacity imposed by subsection (3)(a)(i) applies only to a candidate or other person reported personally guilty of. Part 2 Amendments to Part 9 (Questioning of elections) and Part 10 (Electoral misdemeanours)Ģ2. In section 96( 1) (provisions applying to all persons reported personally guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice), for subsection (3A) substitute. ![]()
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