Part 1Espionage, sabotage and persons acting for foreign powers
Foreign interference
I1I216Foreign interference in elections
1
This section applies where—
a
a person commits a relevant electoral offence on or after the day on which this section comes into force, and
b
the foreign power condition is met in relation to the conduct of the person which constitutes the offence (see section 31).
2
A “relevant electoral offence” is an offence listed in column 1 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (“the table”).
3
The person is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the specified maximum term or a fine (or both).
4
The specified maximum term is the term specified in column 2 of the table in relation to the relevant electoral offence.
5
Where an offence is found to have been committed over a period of 2 or more days, or at some time during a period of 2 or more days, it must be taken for the purposes of subsection (1) to have been committed on the first of those days.
6
Part 2 of Schedule 1 amends provisions relating to relevant electoral offences.