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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-independence-referendum-act-2013/schedule-7/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "asp/2013/14",
  "legislation_title": "Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scottish-independence-referendum-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "(1) A person (“A”) commits the offence of personation in the referendum if—\n(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\n(b) A votes, as proxy, in person or by post in the referendum—\n(i) for a person whom A knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing to be dead or to be a fictitious person, or\n(ii) when A knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing that A's appointment as proxy is no longer in force.\n(2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person who has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person or who has marked, whether validly or not, and returned a ballot paper issued for the purpose of voting by post, is deemed to have voted.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/14/schedule/7/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:20.420711+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."
}