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| (1) Every person who commits an illegal practice shall on conviction by the High Court be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred rupees and 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 a Referendum under this Act or being elected as a Member of Parliament, and if at that date he has been elected as a Member of Parliament, his election shall be vacated from the date of such conviction. |
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| (2) A prosecution for an illegal practice shall not be instituted without the sanction of the- Attorney-General. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts