{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-25",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/168",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "At the end of section 108 (penalties for corrupt practices) there shall be added the following subsection:\n“(4) Subsections (1) to (3) above shall not apply to a person convicted of a corrupt practice at a local election and such a person shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment—\n(i) in the case of a corrupt practice under paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 or paragraphs 8 or 9 of that Schedule in relation to the offence in paragraph 4, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both;\n(ii) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or to a fine, or to both;\n(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/417",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/417",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/168/schedule/1/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:33:06.477704+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}