6. Every person disqualified under this Law who-
| (a) applies to be registered as a voter in any electoral list in respect of any local authority ; |
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| (b) votes at an election of any member of any local authority ; |
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| (c) signifies his consent to be nominated as a candidate at the election of any member of any local authority ; |
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| (d) sits and votes as a member of any local authority ; |
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| (e) accepts the office or acts in the capacity of a judicial officer, State officer or employee of the Local Government Service, any local authority or any scheduled institution; |
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| (f) consents to be nominated for election, or accepts appointment, or accepts nomination, as a member of any scheduled institution or the governing body thereof, |
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shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts