votes in person or by post as some other person, whether as an elector or as proxy, and whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person; or

he votes in person or by post, whether as an elector or as proxy, or applies to F1vote by proxy or by post as elector, at a parliamentary or local government election, or at parliamentary or local government elections, knowing that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote at the election or, as the case may be, at elections of that kind; or

he applies for the appointment of a proxy to vote for him at F2any parliamentary or local government election or at parliamentary or local government elections knowing that he or the person to be appointed is subject to a legal incapacity to vote at the election or, as the case may be, at elections of that kind; or

he votes, whether in person or by post, F3. . . ,as proxy for some other person at a parliamentary or local government election, knowing that that person is subject to a legal incapacity to vote.

at a parliamentary election, where P knows that the person to be appointed is already appointed as proxy to vote at that election, or at parliamentary elections, for four or more other electors;

at a local government election in England, where P knows that the person to be appointed is already appointed as proxy to vote at that election, or at local government elections in England, for four or more other electors;

at parliamentary elections, where P knows that the person to be appointed is already appointed as proxy to vote at a parliamentary election, or at parliamentary elections, for four or more other electors;

at local government elections in England, where P knows that the person to be appointed is already appointed as proxy to vote at a local government election in England, or at local government elections in England, for four or more other electors;

the person votes as elector otherwise than by proxy in more than one electoral area at an election of councillors for any local government area in Scotland when the polls for more than one local government election are held on the same day, or

he votes as elector in person at a parliamentary or local government election at which he is entitled to vote by post; or

he votes as elector in person at a parliamentary or local government election, knowing that a person appointed to vote as his proxy at the election either has already voted in person at the election or is entitled to vote by post at the election; or

F4. . . , he applies for a person to be appointed as his proxy to vote for him at parliamentary elections F5in any constituency without applying for the cancellation of a previous appointment of a third person then in force F5in respect of that or another constituency or without withdrawing a pending application for such an appointment F5in respect of that or another constituency.

more than once at the same election of the Mayor of London;

more than once at the same election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;

more than once in the same Assembly constituency at the same election of a constituency member of the London Assembly;

in more than one Assembly constituency at the same ordinary election; or

in any Assembly constituency at an ordinary election, or an election of the Mayor of London held under section 16 of the 1999 Act, when there is in force an appointment of a person to vote as his proxy at the election in some other Assembly constituency.

the person votes as proxy for the same elector in more than one electoral area at an election of councillors for any local government area in Scotland when the polls for more than one local government election are held on the same day, or

he votes in person as proxy for an elector at a parliamentary or local government election at which he is entitled to vote by post as proxy for that elector; or

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he votes in person as proxy for an elector at a parliamentary or local government election knowing that the elector has already voted in person at the election.

more than once at the same election of the Mayor of London;

more than once at the same election of the London members of the London Assembly at an ordinary election;

more than once in the same Assembly constituency at the same election of a constituency member of the London Assembly; or

in more than one Assembly constituency at the same ordinary election.

made under section 3(1) of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9) as to the conduct of elections of councillors, and

which entitles him to do so despite the fact that he is or may be entitled to an absent vote at the election.

the court before whom a person is convicted of any such offence may, if they think it just in the special circumstances of the case, mitigate or entirely remit any incapacity imposed by virtue of section 173 below; and

a candidate shall not be liable, nor shall his election be avoided, for an illegal practice under this section of any agent of his other than an offence under subsection (5) above.

except as permitted by this Act, when he knows that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote, or

when he knows that it contains a statement which is false,

engages in an act specified in subsection (2) at a parliamentary or local government election, and

intends, by doing so, to deprive another of an opportunity to vote or to make for himself or another a gain of a vote to which he or the other is not otherwise entitled or a gain of money or property.

applying for a postal or proxy vote as some other person (whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person);

otherwise making a false statement in, or in connection with, an application for a postal or proxy vote;

inducing the registration officer or returning officer to send a postal ballot paper or any communication relating to a postal or proxy vote to an address which has not been agreed to by the person entitled to the vote;

causing a communication relating to a postal or proxy vote or containing a postal ballot paper not to be delivered to the intended recipient.

engages in any of the acts specified in subsection (3) below at the election; and

intends, by doing so, to deprive another of an opportunity to vote or to make for himself or another a gain of a vote to which he or the other is not otherwise entitled or a gain of money or property.

applying for a postal or proxy vote as some other person (whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person);

otherwise making a false statement in, or in connection with, an application for a postal or proxy vote;

inducing the registration officer or returning officer to send a postal ballot paper or any communication relating to a postal or proxy vote to an address which has not been agreed to by the person entitled to the vote;

causing a communication relating to a postal or proxy vote or containing a postal ballot paper not to be delivered to the intended recipient.

the Clerk of the Crown (or, in Northern Ireland, the Clerk of the Crown for Northern Ireland),

any F43... registration officer, returning officer or presiding officer,

any other person whose duty it is to be responsible after a F19parliamentary or local government election for the used ballot papers and other documents (including returns and declarations as to expenses),

any F20official designated by a universal postal service provider, and

any deputy of a person mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) above or any person appointed to assist or in the course of his employment assisting a person so mentioned in connection with his official duties;

a returning officer for an election to which section 46 of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 applies is guilty of an act or omission in breach of his official duty, but

he remedies that act or omission in full by taking steps under subsection (1) of that section,

fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any nomination paper; or

fraudulently defaces or fraudulently destroys any ballot paper, or the official mark on any ballot paper, or any F23postal voting statement or declaration of identity or official envelope used in connection with voting by post; or

without due authority supplies any ballot paper to any person; or

fraudulently puts into any ballot box any paper other than the ballot paper which he is authorised by law to put in; or

fraudulently takes out of the polling station any ballot paper; or

without due authority destroys, takes, opens or otherwise interferes with any ballot box or packet of ballot papers then in use for the purposes of the election; or

fraudulently or without due authority, as the case may be, attempts to do any of the foregoing acts.

at a parliamentary or local government election, he forges any nomination paper, delivers to the returning officer any nomination paper knowing it to be forged, or forges or counterfeits any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot paper; or

at a local government election, he signs any nomination paper as candidate or in any other capacity certifies the truth of any statement contained in it, knowing such statement to be false; or

he fraudulently or without due authority, as the case may be, attempts to do any of the foregoing acts.

on conviction on indictment to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both;

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both

a statement of the name or home address of a candidate at the election which he knows to be false in any particular; or

(where the election is a parliamentary election) a statement under rule 6(5)(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act which he knows to be false in any particular; or

a statement of his date of birth,

a statement as to his qualification for being elected at that election, or

a statement that he is not a candidate at an election for any other constituency the poll for which is to be held on the same day as the poll at the election to which the consent relates,

that he is qualified for being elected,

that he will be qualified for being elected, or

that to the best of his knowledge and belief he is not disqualified for being elected.

any parliamentary election, or

F29except for the purposes of subsections (1)(c) and (1A)(c), any local government election in England or Wales.

a statement of the name or home address of a candidate at the election which he knows to be false in any particular; or

a statement of his date of birth; or

a statement as to his qualification for being elected at the election,

that he is qualified for being elected;

that he will be qualified for being elected; or

that to the best of his knowledge and belief he is not disqualified for being elected.

every returning officer and every presiding officer or clerk attending at a polling station,

every candidate or election agent or polling agent so attending,

every person so attending by virtue of any of sections 6A to 6D of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000,

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ascertain or attempt to ascertain at the counting of the votes the number F31or other unique identifying mark on the back of any ballot paper;

communicate any information obtained at the counting of the votes as to the candidate for whom any vote is given on any particular ballot paper.

interfere with or attempt to interfere with a voter when recording his vote;

otherwise obtain or attempt to obtain in a polling station information as to the candidate for whom a voter in that station is about to vote or has voted;

communicate at any time to any person any information obtained in a polling station as to the candidate for whom a voter in that station is about to vote or has voted, or as to the number F32or other unique identifying mark on the back of the ballot paper given to a voter at that station;

directly or indirectly induce a voter to display his ballot paper after he has marked it so as to make known to any person the name of the candidate for whom he has or has not voted.

except for some purpose authorised by law, obtain or attempt to obtain information, or communicate at any time to any other person any information, as to the number or other unique identifying mark on the back of a ballot paper sent to a person for voting by post at a relevant election;

except for some purpose authorised by law, obtain or attempt to obtain information, or communicate at any time to any other person any information, as to the official mark on a ballot paper sent to a person for voting by post at a relevant election;

obtain or attempt to obtain information, in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (3B), as to the candidate for whom a person voting by post at a relevant election (“V”) is about to vote or has voted;

communicate at any time to any other person information obtained in contravention of paragraph (c).

a person (“E”) who is voting by proxy does not contravene subsection (3A) by obtaining or attempting to obtain from the person appointed as E’s proxy information as to a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) of that subsection that relates to E’s vote, and

a person who is appointed as proxy for an elector does not contravene subsection (3A) by communicating to that elector information as to a matter mentioned in paragraph (a) or (c) of that subsection that relates to that elector’s vote.

a published statement relating to the way in which voters intend to vote or have voted at the relevant election, or

a published forecast as to the result of that election which is based on information given by voters.

“forecast” includes estimate;

“published” means made available to the public at large or to any section of the public, in whatever form and by whatever means;

the reference to the result of the relevant election is a reference to the result of the election either as a whole or so far as any particular candidate or candidates at the election is or are concerned.

must not communicate at any time to any person other than that elector any information as to the candidate for whom the person is about to vote, or has voted, as proxy for that elector;

except for some purpose authorised by law, must not communicate at any time to any person other than that elector the number or other unique identifying mark on the back of a ballot paper sent or delivered to the person for voting as proxy for that elector.

Except for some purpose authorised by law, communicate, before the poll is closed, to any person any information obtained at those proceedings as to the official mark; or

except for some purpose authorised by law, communicate to any person at any time any information obtained at those proceedings as to the number F33or other unique identifying mark on the back of the ballot paper sent to any person; or

except for some purpose authorised by law, attempt to ascertain at the proceedings in connection with the receipt of ballot papers the number F34or other unique identifying mark on the back of any ballot paper; or

attempt to ascertain at the proceedings in connection with the receipt of the ballot papers the candidate for whom any vote is given in any particular ballot paper or communicate any information with respect thereto obtained at those proceedings.

the candidate for whom the voter intends to vote or has voted, or

the number or other unique identifying mark on the back of the ballot paper given for the use of the voter.

a parliamentary election, or

an election in England under the local government Act.

any statement relating to the way in which voters have voted at the election where that statement is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information given by voters after they have voted, or

any forecast as to the result of the election which is (or might reasonably be taken to be) based on information so given.

any parliamentary election; and

any local government election in England or Wales.

if he fails to comply with any conditions imposed in pursuance of regulations under rule F5619B, 56A or 57 of the parliamentary elections rules, or

if he is an appropriate supervisor of a person (P) who fails to comply with such a condition and he failed to take appropriate steps.

he has an appropriate supervisor, and

he has complied with all the requirements imposed on him by his appropriate supervisor.

an appropriate supervisor is a person who is a director of a company or concerned in the management of an organisation in which P is employed or under whose direction or control P is;

appropriate steps are such steps as it was reasonable for the appropriate supervisor to take to secure the operation of procedures designed to prevent, so far as reasonably practicable, the occurrence of a failure to comply with the conditions.