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ELECTORAL LAW ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 95

Avoidance of election and incapacity of candidate reported guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice.

95.(1) If a candidate who has been elected is reported by an election court
personally guilty or guilty by his agents of any corrupt or illegal practice
his election shall be void.

(2) A candidate at a parliamentary election shall also be incapable from the
date of the report of being elected to and sitting in the House of Commons for
the constituency for which the election was held or any constituency which
includes the whole or any part of the area of the first-mentioned constituency
as constituted for the purposes of the election

(a)if reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice, for ten years;

(b)if reported guilty by his agents of a corrupt practice or personally guilty
of an illegal practice, for seven years;

(c)if reported guilty by his agents of an illegal practice, during the
Parliament for which the election was held.

(3) A candidate at a local election shall also be incapable from the date of
the report of holding any corporate office in the
local government electoral area for which the election was held, or in any
local government electoral area which includes the whole or any part of the
area of the first-mentioned local government electoral area as constituted for
the purposes of the election

(a)if reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice, for ten years;

(b)if reported guilty by his agents of a corrupt practice, for three years;

(c)if reported personally guilty or guilty by his agents of an illegal
practice, during the period for which the candidate was elected to serve or
for which if elected he might have served;

Provisions applying to all persons reported personally guilty of a corrupt or
illegal practice.

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