# Representation of the People Act 1983, Section 141: Duty to answer relevant questions.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A person called as a witness respecting an election before any election court shall not be excused from answering any question relating to any offence at or connected with the election—
(a) on the ground that the answer to it may incriminate or tend to incriminate—
(i) that person or that person’s spouse or civil partner, , or
(ii) in Scotland, that person; or
(b) on the ground of privilege.
(2) An answer by a person to a question put by or before any election court shall not, except in the case of any criminal proceeding for perjury in respect of the evidence, be in any proceeding, civil or criminal, admissible in evidence against—
(a) that person or that person’s spouse or civil partner, ; or
(b) in Scotland, that person.
3), (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/section/141 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1983/section-141
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