Paragraph 20

At the end of section 96 (provisions applying to all persons reported personally guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice)^f1 there shall be added the following subsection:

“(5)

In respect of the report of an election court at the trial of a local election petition, this section shall have effect subject to the following amendments:

(a)

in subsection (1) the words from ‘and whether’ to ‘indemnity’ and from ‘It shall be the duty’ to ‘is given’ shall be omitted; and

(b)

for subsection (2) there shall be substituted:

‘(2)

The report shall be laid before the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.’.”.