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| (1) Where an illegal practice is committed in connection with an election under this Act by any candidate who was not elected as a member at the election or with his knowledge or consent or by any of his agents such candidate shall on conviction by a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred rupees : |
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| (2) Every person who is convicted of an illegal practice under this section, shall, by 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 of 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. |
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| (3) A prosecution for an illegal practice under this section shall not be instituted against any candidate at an election under this Act who was not elected as a member at such election except with the sanction of the Attorney- General. |
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| (4) Nothing in the preceding provisions of this section shall be deemed or construed to preclude or prevent a candidate who was not elected as a member at an election under this Act from being prosecuted for an illegal practice in connection with such election under section 88. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts