# Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962, Paragraph 3


Undue influence
(1) A person is guilty of undue influence if the person carries out an activity falling within sub-paragraph (3) for the purpose of—
(a) inducing or compelling an elector or proxy for an elector to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting, or
(b) otherwise impeding or preventing the free exercise of the franchise of an elector or of a proxy for an elector.
(2) A person (“P”) is also guilty of undue influence if P carries out an activity falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (f) of sub-paragraph (3) on account of—
(a) an elector or proxy for an elector having voted in a particular way or refrained from voting, or
(b) P assuming an elector or proxy for an elector to have voted in a particular way or to have refrained from voting.
(3) The following activities fall within this sub-paragraph—
(a) using or threatening to use violence against a person;
(b) damaging or destroying, or threatening to damage or destroy, a person’s property;
(c) damaging or threatening to damage a person’s reputation;
(d) causing or threatening to cause financial loss to a person;
(e) causing spiritual injury to, or placing undue spiritual pressure on, a person;
(f) doing any other act designed to intimidate a person;
(g) doing any act designed to deceive a person in relation to the administration of an election.
(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) an activity is carried out by a person (“P”) if it is carried out—
(a) by P,
(b) by P jointly with one or more other persons, or
(c) by one or more other persons on behalf of P and with P’s authority or consent.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/schedule/NINTH/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-NINTH/paragraph-3
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