Paragraph 31 Penalty for unauthorised person sitting or voting.

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.2, (Constitution s. 3(1)(c) subst) (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.2
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 7(1)(c)(d) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.3
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 12(1) rep in pt) (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.4
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 13(1)(bb) added by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.5
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 15(2) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art6
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 19(d) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.7
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 21(2) subst) (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.8(1)
Sch.2, (Constitution ss. 34A, 34B added by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.9
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 44(1)(a) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.10
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 49(2) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.11
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 53(3) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.12
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 57(3) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.13
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 58(4) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.14
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 59(2) am) am. (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.15
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 61(c)(d) added by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.16
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 87(5) subst) (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.17
Sch.2, (Constitution s. 88(1) defn of high legal office added by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 1993 art.18
Sch 2 am (prosp) by Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution 2002 arts 2, 3

(1)

Any person who sits or votes in the Legislative Council knowing, or having reasonable grounds for believing, that he is not entitled so to do shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars for each day on which he so sits or votes.

(2)

The penalty referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be recoverable by action in the Supreme Court at the suit of the Attorney General.