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Illegal payment.

Expenses incurred by an-

(z) on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars

and imprisonment for three months;

(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of two thousand

dollars and imprisonment for six months,

and shall be incapable during a period of seven years from the date of his conviction of being registered as an elector or voting at any election,

11. No candidate or election agent shall directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person on his behalf for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate at an election make or contract to make any payment--

(4) on account of the conveyance of electors to or from the poll whether for the hiring of vehicles, or for fares or otherwise; or

(b) to any person other than a person whose ordinary business it is as an advertising agent to exhibit for payment bills and advertisements, on account of the use of any house, land, building or premises for the exhibi- tion of any address, bill or notice;

(c) on account of any committee room in excess of one for

each candidate.

12. (0) No person other than a candidate or the election agent of a candidate shall incur any expenses on account of authorized holding public meetings or issuing advertisements, circulars or publications for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of any candidate at an election, unless he is authorized in writing to do so by such candidate or election agent.

persons.

Election expenset.

(2) Any expenses incurred on account of any such purpose as aforesaid by any agent of the candidate shall be duly returned as part of the candidate's election expenses.

13. (1) The Governor in Council may by order prescribe the maximum scale of election expenses which may be incurred by or on behalf of a candidate.

(2) Subject to such exceptions as may be allowed in pur- suance of this Ordinance, no sum shall be paid and no expense shall be incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at an election,

whether before, during, or after an election, on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election or for the

of purpose promoting or procuring the election of any candidate at an election in excess of the maximum scale of election expenses prescribed by the Governor in Council.

14. No person shall vote or induce or procure any person to Voting by vote at an election, knowing that he or such person is prohibited, prohibiterl whether by this Ordinance or any other enactment, from voting al such election.

persons.

15. No person shall before or during any election knowingly Publishing publish a false statement of the withdrawal of a candidate at such false

atatement election for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of of with- another candidate.

drawal.

concerning

18. (c) No person shall before or during any election for False the purpose of affecting the return of any candidate at such statements election, make or publish any false statement of fact in relation a candidate. to the personal character or conduct of such candidate:

Provided that no person shall be deemed to be guilty of a contravention of this section if he can show that he had reasonable grounds for believing and did believe, the statement made by him.

(2) Where a body corporate is guilty of a contravention of subsection (1), every person who, at the time of such contraven- tion, was a director or officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of a contravention of the subsection unless he proves that the contravention was without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the contravention.

(3) Any person who shall make or publish any false state- ment of fact as aforesaid may be restrained by interim or perpetual injunction by the Court from any repetition of such false statement or any false statement of a similar character in relation to such candidate, and for the purpose of granting an interim injunction prima facie proof of the falsity of the statement shall be sufficient.

vehicles

17. (1) No person shall let, lend or employ for the purpose Employ- of the free conveyance of electors to or from the poll at an ment of election any vehicle which he keeps or uses for the purpose of kept for letting out for hire, or for the carriage of passengers on payment hire.

of a fare.