# Representation of the People Act 1985, Section 12: Offences as to declarations, etc.


(1) A person who makes a relevant declaration or a declaration purporting to be a relevant declaration —
(a) when he knows that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote at parliamentary elections (age apart), or
(b) when he knows that it contains a statement which is false,
is guilty of an offence.
(1A) In subsection (1) “relevant declaration” means—
(a) an overseas elector’s declaration;
(b) a renewal declaration (within the meaning given by section 1D(2)).
(2) A person who attests an overseas elector’s declaration or a declaration purporting to be an overseas elector’s declaration when he knows—
(a) that he is not authorised to attest such a declaration, or
(b) that it contains a statement which is false,
is guilty of an offence.
(3) A person who makes a statement which he knows to be false in any declaration or form used for any of the purposes of sections 5 to 9 of this Act or attests an application under section 6 or 7 of this Act when he knows that he is not authorised to do so or that it contains a statement which is false is guilty of an offence.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/50/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/representation-of-the-people-act-1985/section-12
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.