Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012
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Amendment of section 25 of Act of 1997. |
16.— Section 25 of the Act of 1997 is amended— | |
(a) in subsection (1)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (a) by substituting “section 23, 23A or 23AA” for “section 23 or 23A”, and | ||
(ii) in paragraph (b)— | ||
(I) by substituting “said section 23, 23A or 23AA” for “said section 23 or 23A”, and | ||
(II) by substituting “under section 23A or 23AA” for “under section 23A”, | ||
(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (1B) (inserted by section 8 of the Act of 1998): | ||
“(1C) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she knowingly furnishes a statement referred to in section 23AA(1)(ii) (inserted by section 10 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012) which is false or misleading in any material respect. | ||
(1D) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she knowingly furnishes information to the Standards in Public Office Commission under section 23D (inserted by section 14 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012) which is false or misleading in any material respect. | ||
(1E) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she— | ||
(a) contravenes section 23AB (inserted by section 11 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012), or | ||
(b) knowingly furnishes information under section 23AB which is false or misleading in any material respect.”. | ||
(c) in subsection (2)(b) by substituting “subsection (1)(d), (1A)(b), (1C), (1D), or (1E)(b)” for “subsection (1)(d) or (1A)(b)”, and | ||
(d) in subsection (2A) (inserted by section 4(c) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2002 ) by substituting “section 23, 23A or 23AA” for “section 23 or 23A”. |