PART IV

Special Provisions as to Other Local Elections

England and Wales, and Scotland

Voting offences at election of councillors in Scotland
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A person who at an election of councillors in Scotland—
a
fabricates, in whole or in part, or alters, defaces, destroys, abstracts or purloins any ballot paper, or
b
personates any person entitled to vote at the election, or
c
falsely assumes to act in the name or on behalf of any person so entitled to vote, or
d
interferes with the delivery or collection of any ballot papers, or
e
delivers any ballot paper under a false pretence of being lawfully authorised to do so,
shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, or to imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months and shall be deemed to have committed an illegal practice.