71.—(1) If—
(a)any constituency or regional returning officer at a constituency election;
(b)any constituency or regional returning officer at a regional election;
(c)any person appointed under article 20(1);
(d)any officer or clerk appointed under Schedule 5; or
(e)any partner or clerk of any such person,
acts as an agent for any candidate or registered political party which has submitted a list of candidates in the conduct or management of the election, he shall be guilty of an offence, but nothing in this article prevents a constituency or an individual candidate from acting as his own election agent or a party list candidate from acting as election agent for the registered political party on whose list he is a candidate.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this article shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.