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Parliament Elections Act (No. 1 of 1981) - Sect 71

General provisions relating to offences under sections 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70

71.
(1) Every person who attempts to commit an offence specified in section 66 or section 67 or section 68 or section 69 or section 70 shall be liable to the punishment prescribed for that offence.
(2) Every offence under section 66 or section 67 or section 68 or section 69 or section 70 shall be a cognizable offence within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act,, No. 15 of 1979.
(3) In a prosecution for an offence in relation to a nomination paper, ballot box, ballot paper or marking instrument at an election, the property in such nomination paper, ballot box, ballot paper, marking instrument, as well as the property in the counterfoil of any ballot paper, may be stated to be in the returning officer at that election.
(4) A prosecution for an offence under section 66 or section 67 or section 68 or section 69 or section 70 shall not be instituted without the sanction of the Attorney-General.


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