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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Constituency nomination papers: name of registered party",
  "text": "(1) A constituency nomination paper may not include a description of a candidate which is likely to lead voters to associate the candidate with a registered party unless the description is authorised by a certificate in the form M set out in the Appendix–\n(a) issued by or on behalf of the nominating officer of the party; and\n(b) received by the constituency returning officer at some time during the period for the delivery of nomination papers set out in the Table in rule 1(1) above.\n(2) A person shall be guilty of a corrupt practice if he fraudulently purports to be authorised to issue a certificate under paragraph (1) above on behalf of a registered party’s nominating officer.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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