# The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1987, Paragraph 53


After paragraph 24 (offences in connection with service declarations) of Schedule 9 there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
“24A A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false in any declaration or form used for any of the purposes of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 (as substituted by Schedule 2 to the Local Elections (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Order 1987) or attests an application under that Part when he knows that he is not authorised to do so or that it contains a statement which is false shall be guilty of an electoral offence.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/168/schedule/1/paragraph/53 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-amendment-order-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-53
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