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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—

  1. (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

  2. (b)

    not being duly qualified to vote as proxy for another person, so votes;

  3. (c)

    votes or applies for a ballot paper as proxy for another person knowing or having reasonable grounds for supposing that that other person—

    1. (i)

      is no longer entitled to vote at that election; or

    2. (ii)

      is no longer entitled to vote by proxy at that election.

Annotations

Textual amendments

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SI 1987/168

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

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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

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mod. SI 2003/1557