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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003/article-117",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/284",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assembly for Wales (Representation of the People) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assembly-for-wales-representation-of-the-people-order-2003",
  "path": "article/117",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Votes to be struck off for corrupt or illegal practices",
  "text": "(1) Where, on an Assembly election petition claiming the seat for any person, a candidate is proved to have been guilty by himself, or by any person on his behalf, of bribery, treating or undue influence in respect of any person who voted at an Assembly election there shall, on a scrutiny, be struck off from the number of votes appearing to have been given—\n(a) where he is an individual candidate, to the candidate, or\n(b) where he is a party list candidate, to the registered political party for which he is such a candidate,\none vote for every person who voted at the election and is proved to have been so bribed, treated or unduly influenced.\n(2) If any person who is guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice or of illegal payment, employment or hiring at an Assembly election votes at the election, his vote shall be void.\n(3) If any person who is subject under any enactment relating to corrupt or illegal practices to an incapacity to vote at—\n(a) an Assembly election,\n(b) a parliamentary election,\n(c) a European Parliamentary election,\n(d) an election to the Scottish Parliament,\n(e) an election to the Northern Ireland Assembly, or\n(f) an election to any public office,\nvotes at that Assembly election, his vote shall be void.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/284/article/117",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:32:23.668590+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."
}