# The Recall of MPs Act 2015 (Recall Petition) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 24: Further provision as to avoidance of recall petitions and striking off signatures


In section 166 (signatures to be struck off for corrupt or illegal practices)—
(a) for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) Where, on a recall petition complaint, it is shown that a person has been guilty of bribery, treating or undue influence in respect of any other person who signed the petition there shall, on scrutiny, be struck off from the petition one signature for every person who signed it and is proved to have been so bribed, treated or unduly influenced.”;
(b) in subsection (2), for the words after “hiring at” substitute “a recall petition signs that petition, that signature is void”;
(c) in subsection (3), for the words after “Parliamentary election” to the end substitute “and, by reason of that incapacity, is not entitled to sign a recall petition signs that petition, that signature is void.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111141991/schedule/4/paragraph/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-recall-of-mps-act-2015-recall-petition-regulations-2016/schedule-4/paragraph-24
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