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Provincial Councils Elections Act (No. 2 of 1988) - Sect 89

Punishment on conviction for illegal practices

88.
(1) Every person who commits an illegal practice shall on conviction by a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred rupees and shall on conviction become incapable for a period of three years from the date of his conviction of being registered as an elector or of voting at an election under this Act or being elected as a member of a Provincial Council, and if at that date he has been elected as a member of a Provincial Council, his election shall be vacated from the date of such conviction.
(2) A prosecution for an illegal practice shall not be instituted without the sanction of the Attorney-General.


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