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Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 s 58

Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 s 58

s 58 Treating

58.—(1) A person shall be guilty of treating if the person corruptly, by himself or herself or by any other person, either before, during or after an election, directly or indirectly gives or provides, or pays wholly or in part the expense of giving, any meat, drink, refreshment, cigarette, entertainment or other provision or thing or any money or ticket or other means or device to enable the procuring of any such meat, drink, refreshment, cigarette, entertainment or other provision or thing, to or for any person —(a) for the purpose of corruptly influencing that person or any other person to vote or refrain from voting; (b) for the purpose of inducing that person to attend or remain at any election meeting; (c) on account of any such person or any other person having voted or refrained from voting or being about to vote or refrain from voting at the election; or (d) on account of any such person having attended an election meeting. (2) A person shall also be guilty of treating if the person corruptly accepts or takes any such meat, drink, refreshment, cigarette, entertainment or other provision or thing or any such money or ticket or who adopts any other means or device to enable the procuring of such meat, drink, refreshment, cigarette, entertainment or other provision or thing.

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