# The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016, Regulation 120: Offences relating to applications for postal and proxy signing


(1) A person commits an offence if they—
(a) engage in an act specified in paragraph (2) in relation to a petition; and
(b) intend by doing so to deprive another person of an opportunity to sign the petition, to secure a signature on the petition, or to gain money or property of any description.
(2) These are the acts—
(a) applying as some other person to sign a petition by post or proxy (whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person);
(b) otherwise making a false statement in, or in connection with, an application to sign a petition by post or proxy;
(c) inducing the petition officer to send a postal signing sheet or any communication relating to signing a petition by post or proxy to an address which has not been agreed to by the person entitled to sign the petition;
(d) causing a communication relating to signing a petition by post or proxy or containing a postal signing sheet not to be delivered to the intended recipient.
(3) In paragraph (2), a reference to signing the petition by post includes signing the petition by post as a proxy and postal signing sheet is to be construed accordingly.
(4) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) or who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of such an offence is guilty of a corrupt practice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111141991/regulation/120 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/regulation-120
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