Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012
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Amendment of section 61 of Act of 1997. |
26.— Section 61 of the Act of 1997 is amended— | |
(a) in subsection (2) (amended by section 7(c) of the Act of 2011)— | ||
(i) in paragraph (h) by substituting “47, 48A or 48AA” for “47 or 48A”, and | ||
(ii) in paragraph (i)— | ||
(I) by substituting “with section 47, 48A or 48AA” for “with section 47 or 48A”, and | ||
(II) by substituting “under section 48A or 48AA” for “under section 48A”, | ||
(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2): | ||
“(2A) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she knowingly furnishes a statement referred to in section 48AA(1)(ii) (inserted by section 22 of the Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Act 2012) which is false or misleading in any material respect. | ||
(2B) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she— | ||
(a) contravenes section 48AB (inserted by section 23 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012), or | ||
(b) knowingly furnishes information under section 48AB which is false or misleading in any material respect.”. | ||
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(c) in subsection (5)(b), by substituting “subsection (2)(d) or (g), subsection (2A), (2B)(b) or subsection (3)(c)” for “subsection 2(d) or (g) or subsection 3(c)”. |