Scottish Independence Referendum Act 2013

Prosecutions for illegal employment or illegal paymentS

21(1)A person who commits an offence of—S

(a)illegal employment under paragraph 19, or

(b)illegal payment under paragraph 20,

is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(2)On a prosecution for such an illegal employment or illegal payment it is sufficient to allege that the person charged has committed the offence of illegal employment or illegal payment (as the case may be).

(3)A person charged with an offence of illegal employment or illegal payment may be convicted of that offence, notwithstanding that the act constituting the offence amounted to a corrupt or illegal practice.