9(1)Section 62 (offences as to declarations) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)A person who makes a declaration under section 9B(1)(b) above—
(a)except as permitted by this Act, when he knows that he is subject to a legal incapacity to vote, or
(b)when he knows that it contains a statement which is false,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.”
(3)In subsection (2) for “the reference in subsection (1) above to a legal incapacity to vote refers” substitute “ the references in subsections (1) and (1A) above to a legal incapacity to vote refer ”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 1 paras. 2-16 extended (N.I.) (15.9.2014) by The Anonymous Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1116), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 9 wholly in force at 1.1.2007, see s. 77 and S.I. 2006/3412, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 12(a) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 2)