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Paragraph 18

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

At the end of section 86 (punishment for corrupt withdrawal) there shall be added the words:

“In respect of a petition relating to a local election, this section shall have effect as if for the words from ‘to a fine’ to ‘and such fine’ there were substituted ‘to a fine, or to both, or on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both’.”.