Paragraph 5
Misdemeanours as to proxy voting
F1Except at a local election A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanour as to proxy voting if he—
- (a)
votes at any parliamentary. . . election as proxy for more than two electors of whom he is neither the spouse, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child or grandchild; or
- (b)
not being duly qualified to vote as proxy for another person, so votes;
- (c)
votes or applies for a ballot paper as proxy for another person knowing or having reasonable grounds for supposing that that other person—
- (i)
is no longer entitled to vote at that election; or
- (ii)
is no longer entitled to vote by proxy at that election.
- (i)
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
SI 1987/168
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
- F1
Refs. to registration officer, returning officer or electoral officer are to be construed as refs. to Chief Electoral Officer, 1972 NI 13
Notes on Schedule NINTH
Textual amendments
- F1
mod. SI 2003/1557