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(iii) if the person was or has been nominated as a candidate at the election, for not having used the person's best endeavours to promote the election of the person; or

(g) solicits or accepts an advantage as an inducement to get, or try to get, another person—

(i) to stand, or not to stand, as a candidate the election; or

(ii) if the other person has been nominated as a candidate at the election, to withdraw the nomination; or

(iii) if the other person has been nominated as a candidate at the election, not to use the other person's best endeavours to promote the election of the other person; or

(h) solicits or accepts an advantage as a reward for having got, or having tried to get, another person—

(i) to stand, or not to stand, as a candidate at the election; or

(ii) if the other person was nominated as a candidate at the election, to withdraw the nomination; or

(iii) if the other person was or has been nominated as a candidate at the election, not to use the other person's best endeavours to promote the election of the other person.

(2) For the purposes of this section—

(a) a person offers an advantage if the person confers, undertakes to confer or shows a willingness to confer, an advantage on another person; and

(b) a person solicits an advantage if the person asks for, or shows a willingness to receive, an advantage, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of another person; and

(c) a person accepts an advantage if the person receives or obtains an advantage, or agrees to receive or obtain an advantage, either for the person's own benefit or for the benefit of another person.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a person is taken to offered an advantage even though the offer was made by another person, but only if the other person was acting with the person's authority. That authority may be conferred expressly or by implication.