Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013

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1(1)A person (“A”) commits the offence of personation in the referendum if—S

(a)A votes in person or by post in the referendum as some other person, whether as a voter or as proxy, and whether that other person is living or dead or is a fictitious person, or

(b)A votes, as proxy, in person or by post in the referendum—

(i)for a person whom A knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing to be dead or to be a fictitious person, or

(ii)when A knows or has reasonable grounds for supposing that A's appointment as proxy is no longer in force.

(2)For the purposes of this paragraph, a person who has applied for a ballot paper for the purpose of voting in person or who has marked, whether validly or not, and returned a ballot paper issued for the purpose of voting by post, is deemed to have voted.

(3)A person commits a corrupt practice if the person commits the offence of personation in the referendum or aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of that offence.