# The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 22: Further provision as to avoidance of recall petitions and striking off signatures


In section 164 (avoidance of election for general corruption etc)—
(a) for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) Where on a recall petition complaint it is shown that corrupt or illegal practices or illegal payments or hirings committed in reference to the petition for the purpose of promoting or procuring a particular outcome in that petition have so extensively prevailed that they may reasonably be supposed to have affected the result, that petition shall be void.”;
(b) omit subsection (3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111141991/schedule/4/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-22
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