8 Undue influence
Elections Act 2022 (2022 c 37) | Legislation

Undue influence

8  Undue influence

(1)     After section 114 of RPA 1983 insert—

“114A Undue influence

(1)     A person is guilty of a corrupt practice if the person is guilty of undue influence.

(2)     A person (“P”) is guilty of undue influence if P carries out an activity falling within subsection (4) for the purpose of—

(a)     inducing or compelling a person to vote in a particular way or to refrain from voting, or

(b)     otherwise impeding or preventing the free exercise of the franchise of an elector or of a proxy for an elector.

(3)

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