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ELECTORAL LAW ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 108

Penalties for corrupt practices.

108.(1) A person convicted on indictment of the corrupt practice of
personation or of attempting or conspiring to commit that corrupt practice or
of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of that corrupt
practice, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years
or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to both such imprisonment and
such fine.

(2) A person convicted on indictment of any corrupt practice other than those
referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to both
such imprisonment and such fine.

(3) A person shall be liable on summary conviction of any corrupt practice

(a)by an election court, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months
or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds;

(b)by a court of summary jurisdiction, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds;

Penalty for illegal practices.

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