# Referendums (Scotland) Act 2020, Paragraph 1


(1) A person (“A”) commits the offence of personation in the referendum if—
(a) A votes in person or by post in the referendum as some other person, whether as a voter or as proxy, and whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person, or
(b) A votes, as proxy, in person or by post in the referendum—
(i) for a person whom A knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing to be dead or to be a fictitious person, or
(ii) when A knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing that A's appointment as proxy is no longer in force.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person is deemed to have voted if the person—
(a) has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person, or
(b) has marked, whether validly or not, and returned a ballot paper issued for the purpose of voting by post.
(3) A person commits a corrupt practice if the person commits the offence of personation in the referendum or aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of that offence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2020/2/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/referendums-scotland-act-2020/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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