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| | (b) commits the offence of treating, undue influence or bribery, | | |
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| (2) Every person who is convicted of a corrupt practice shall, by conviction, become incapable for a period of seven years from the date of his conviction of being registered as an elector or of voting at a Referendum under this Act or of being elected as a Member of Parliament, and if at that date he has been elected as a Member of Parliament, his election shall be vacated from the date of such conviction. |
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| (3) A prosecution for a corrupt practice shall not be instituted without the sanction of the Attorney-General. |
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