Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962

13(1)A person who commits an offence under[F1 Article 7(2) of the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987]N.I.

(a)at a political meeting held with reference to a parliamentary election for any constituency between the date of the issue of the writ and the date on which a return to the writ is made; or

(b)at a meeting in any local government electoral area with reference to a local election for that area, held[F2 in the period beginning with the last day on which notice of election may be published under rule 1 of the local elections rules and ending with] the day of election;

shall be guilty of an illegal practice in relation to that election.

Subs.(2) rep. by 1981 NI 17

F11987 NI 7

F2SI 1987/168