3

Subject to the provisions of subsection (3A) and section 113(2) to (6), a candidate or other person reported by an election court personally guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice—

a

shall during the relevant period specified in subsection (4) be incapable of—

i

being registered as an elector or voting at any local election in Northern Ireland, or

ii

holding any elective office; and

b

if already holding any such office shall vacate it as from the date of report.

3A

The incapacity incurred by subsection (3)(a)(i) applies to a candidate or other person reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice under paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 (personation) or of an illegal practice under paragraph 12A of Schedule 9 (other voting offences)7.

4

For the purposes of subsection (3) the relevant period is the period beginning with the date of the report and ending—

a

in the case of a person reported personally guilty of a corrupt practice, five years after that date, or

b

in the case of a person reported personally guilty of an illegal practice, three years after that date.