Paragraph 54 Penalty for unauthorised person sitting or voting
United Kingdom
(1)
Any person who sits or votes in the F1Parliament knowing, or having reasonable grounds for believing, that he or she is not entitled to do so shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 1,000 United States dollars for each day on which he or she so sits or votes.
(2)
The penalty referred to in subsection (1) shall be recoverable by action in the Supreme Court at the suit of the Attorney General.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Sch. 2 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 8(1) (with arts. 4, 8(2))