# The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1987, Paragraph 30


At the end of section 118 (time limit for prosecutions) 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.’.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/168/schedule/1/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-30
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