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who, when the contract was made or the expense was

incurred, was ignorant of the same being in contravention

of this Ordinance.

Punishment of illegal payment, employment, or hiring.

3.17 (In U.K. £100)

21.- (1) A person guilty of an offence of illegal

payment, employment, or hiring shall, on summary conviction,

be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.

(2) Where an offence of illegal payment, employment,

or hiring is comitted by a candidate, or with his knowledge

and consent, such candidate shall be guilty of an illegal

practice.

Avoidance of election

for extensive

illegal practices.

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22.

Where upon the trial of an election petition it

is found by the Court that illegal practices or offences of

illegal payment, employment, or hiring, committed in

reference to the election questioned by such petition for

the purpose of promoting the election of a candidate at that

election, have so extensively prevailed that they may be

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reasonably supposed to have affected the result of that

election, the Court shall report such finding to the Governor

and to the clerk of the Council, and the election of the

candidate, if he has been elected, shall be void, and he

shall not be capable of being elected to or of holding office

as a member, officer, or servant of the Council during a

period of three years from the date of the report.

Report exonerating candidate in certain cases of corrupt and illegal practice by agents.

s.19

Excuse and Exemption for Corrupt or Illegal Practice

or Illegal Payment, Employment or Hiring.

23.

Where, upon the trial of an election petition,

the Court reports that a candidate at the election

questioned by the petition has been guilty by his agents of

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