Clause 6 - Offences
Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Bill
4:30 pm
Mr David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)
With this we may take the following amendments:
No. 9, in page 5, line 32, at end add—
`13 Multiple registration`(1)
Any person who—
(a) registers as an elector in more than one parliamentary constituency; or
(b) registers as an elector in more than one local government area,
is guilty of an offence.
No. 11, in title, line 9, leave out
`in relation to voters with disabilities'.
New clause 4—Multiple voting at local government elections—
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—
(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or
(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale,
or to both
New clause 8—Registration: notification of multiple voting—
`(1) In section 10 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (maintenance of registers: annual canvass) there is inserted—
``(5A). The information to be obtained by the use of such a form for the purposes of a canvass in Northern Ireland shall include an indication of any other address at which the person is registered.''
(2) In section 10A (maintenance of the registers: registration of electors) and in section 13A (alteration of registers) of the 1983 Act there is inserted—
``( ). An application for registration in respect of an address in Northern Ireland shall include an indication of any other address at which the person is registered.''
(3) Any person knowlingly giving false information in response to any requirement of this section is guilty of an offence with liability on summary conviction to—
(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months; or
(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale,
or to both.'.