Section 95 Avoidance of election and incapacity of candidate reported guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice.

(1)

If a candidate who has been elected is reported by an election court personally guilty or guilty by his agents of any corrupt or illegal practice his election shall be void.

(2)

A candidate at a parliamentary election shall also be incapable from the date of the report of being elected to and sitting in the House of Commons for the constituency for which the election was held or any constituency which includes the whole or any part of the area of the first-mentioned constituency as constituted for the purposes of the election—

(a)

if reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice, for ten years;

(b)

if reported guilty by his agents of a corrupt practice or personally guilty of an illegal practice, for seven years;

(c)

if reported guilty by his agents of an illegal practice, during the Parliament for which the election was held.

Subs. (3) rep. by SI 2001/417

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