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Paragraph 47 Penalties for unauthorised persons sitting or voting.

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(1)

Any person who sits or votes in the Legislative Council knowing or having reasonable grounds for knowing that he is not entitled so to do shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred Eastern Caribbean dollars for every day upon which he so sits or votes.

(2)

The said penalty shall be recoverable by action in the High Court at the suit of the Attorney-General.