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ELECTIONS (CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL
CONDUCT) ORDINANCE

Ord. No. 10 of 2000
A219


10. Corrupt conduct to deface or destroy nomination papers

A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person, with intent to prevent or obstruct another person from standing for election, defaces or destroys a completed or partly completed nomination paper.

11. Corrupt conduct to bribe electors and others at elections

(1) A person engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person, without reasonable excuse—

(a) offers an advantage to another person as an inducement to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(b) offers an advantage to another person as a reward for having voted at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(c) offers an advantage to another person as an inducement to get, or try to get, a third person to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(d) offers an advantage to another person as a reward for having got, or having tried to get, a third person to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(e) solicits or accepts an advantage as an inducement to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(f) solicits or accepts an advantage as a reward for having voted at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(g) solicits or accepts an advantage as an inducement to get, or try to get, another person to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(h) solicits or accepts an advantage as a reward for having got, or having tried to get, another person to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates.

(2) A person also engages in corrupt conduct at an election if the person, without reasonable excuse—

(a) offers an advantage to another person as an inducement not to vote at the election, or not to vote at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or
(b) offers an advantage to another person as a reward for not voting at the election, or for not voting at the election for a particular candidate or particular candidates; or