[173 Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice]
Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c 2) | Legislation

[173  Incapacities on conviction of corrupt or illegal practice]

[(1)     Subject to subsection (2) below, a person convicted of a corrupt or illegal practice—

(a)     shall, during the relevant period specified in subsection (3) below, be incapable of—

(i)     being registered as an elector or voting at any parliamentary election in the United Kingdom or at any local government election in Great Britain, or

(ii)     being elected to the House of Commons, or

(iii)     holding any elective office; and

(b)     if already elected to a seat in the House of Commons or holding any such office, shall vacate the seat or office subject to and in accordance with subsections (4) and (5) below.

(2)     The incapacity imposed by subsection (1)(a)(i) above applies only to a person convicted of a corrupt practice under section 60[, 62A][, 62B or 112A] above or of an illegal practice under section 61 above.

[(2A)     A person convicted of a corrupt practice under paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (undue influence)—

(a)     is, during the relevant period specified in subsection (3), incapable of being elected to the House of Commons, and

(b)     if already elected to

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