C3C5C6C8C7C9C10C11C12 Part I Parliamentary and Local Government Franchise and its Exercise

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Offences

C1C2C462 Offences as to declarations.

F11

A person who—

a

makes a declaration of local connection or a service declaration—

i

when he is not authorised to do so by section 7B(1) or section 15(1) above, or

ii

except as permitted by this Act, when he knows that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote, or

iii

when he knows that it contains a statement which is false, or

b

attests a service declaration when he knows—

i

that he is not authorised to do so, or

ii

that it contains a false statement as to any particulars required by regulations under section 16 above,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

F21A

A person who makes a declaration under F4section 9B(1A)(a) 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.

2

Where the declaration is available only for local government elections F3the references in subsections (1) and (1A) above to a legal incapacity to vote refer to a legal incapacity to vote at local government elections.