18. Where any person who is not qualified to be elected as a Member of Parliament
| (a) by reason of his conviction for a corrupt or illegal practice or by reason of the report of an Election Judge under the Ceylon (Parliamentary Elections) Order in Council, 1946, or under this Act, or by reason of the report of the Supreme Court under the Presidential Elections Act, 1981 ; or |
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| (b) by reason of the imposition of civic disability on him in terms of Article 81 (1) of the Constitution, |
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signifies his consent to be nominated as a candidate at an election under this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts