Article 48 Declarations as to election expenses: candidates on a registered party’s regional list
(1)
Within 35 days after the day on which the result of a Scottish parliamentary election is declared, each candidate on a registered party’s regional list shall deliver to the appropriate returning officer a declaration in the form E set out in the Appendix.
(2)
Where a candidate is out of the United Kingdom when the declaration is due to be so delivered–
(a)
the declaration required by paragraph (1) may be made by him within 14 days after his return to the United Kingdom; and
(b)
in that case, the declaration shall forthwith be delivered to the appropriate returning officer.
(3)
If a person knowingly makes the declaration required by this article falsely, he shall be guilty of a corrupt practice.