Paragraph 30

At the end of section 118 (time limit for prosecutions)^f1 there shall be added the following subsection:

“(3)

In respect of the prosecution of an electoral misdemeanour committed or alleged to have been committed at a local election, this section shall have effect subject to the following amendments:

(a)

in subsection (1) the words, ‘whether before an election court or otherwise,’ shall be omitted, and

(b)

for subsection (2) there shall be substituted:

‘(2)

For the purposes of this section, the making of a complaint shall be deemed to be the commencement of a proceeding.’.”.