(1)A person is guilty of an offence if, on any occasion when elections to the European Parliament are held in all the member states under Article [F110] of the Act annexed to Council Decision 76/787, he votes as an elector more than once in those elections, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
(2)Subsection (1) is without prejudice to any enactment relating to voting offences, as applied by regulations under this Act to elections of MEPs held in the United Kingdom [F2and Gibraltar] .
(3)The provisions of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2), as applied by regulations under this Act, have effect in relation to an offence under this section as they have effect in relation to an offence under section 61(2) of that Act (double voting).
(4)In particular, the following provisions of that Act apply—
(a)section 61(7) (which makes an offence under section 61(2) an illegal practice but allows any incapacity resulting from conviction to be mitigated by the convicting court), and
(b)section 178 (prosecutions for offences committed outside the United Kingdom).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 9(1) substituted (8.6.2004) by The European Parliamentary Elections (Common Electoral Principles) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1374), regs. 1(1), 2(2)