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[F13N.I.Undue influence
(1)A person is guilty of undue influence if the person carries out an activity falling within sub-paragraph (3) for the purpose of—
(a)inducing or compelling an elector or proxy for an elector to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting, or
(b)otherwise impeding or preventing the free exercise of the franchise of an elector or of a proxy for an elector.
(2)A person (“P”) is also guilty of undue influence if P carries out an activity falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (f) of sub-paragraph (3) on account of—
(a)an elector or proxy for an elector having voted in a particular way or refrained from voting, or
(b)P assuming an elector or proxy for an elector to have voted in a particular way or to have refrained from voting.
(3)The following activities fall within this sub-paragraph—
(a)using or threatening to use violence against a person;
(b)damaging or destroying, or threatening to damage or destroy, a person’s property;
(c)damaging or threatening to damage a person’s reputation;
(d)causing or threatening to cause financial loss to a person;
(e)causing spiritual injury to, or placing undue spiritual pressure on, a person;
(f)doing any other act designed to intimidate a person;
(g)doing any act designed to deceive a person in relation to the administration of an election.
(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) an activity is carried out by a person (“P”) if it is carried out—
(a)by P,
(b)by P jointly with one or more other persons, or
(c)by one or more other persons on behalf of P and with P’s authority or consent.]
F1Sch. 9 para. 3 substituted (1.11.2023) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), s. 67(1), Sch. 6 para. 24; S.I. 2023/1145, reg. 3(h)(iv)
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