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Article 133
 

(1) Any person who knowingly furnishes false information in a claim for correction in a draft register or, having been duly required pursuant to the provisions of the Second Schedule to give any information in his possession which a registration authority or county registrar may require for the purpose of their duties, fails or refuses to give the information or knowingly gives false information, shall be guilty of an offence.


(2) Any person who—


(a) in relation to a statement pursuant to section 12 or to an application pursuant to section 17 knowingly gives any information which is false or misleading, or
(b) makes a statement pursuant to section 12 in the name of another person, or
(c) applies in the name of another person to be entered in the postal voters list or the special voters list, or
(d) uses or causes to be used information in a copy of the register of electors, including a supplement to the register, or a copy of the draft register or electors lists for reasons other than electoral or other statutory purposes where an elector has indicated that he does not wish the information to be so used,


(2A) Where an offence under subsection (2)(d) is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of a person being a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, or any other person who was acting or purporting to act in any such capacity, that person as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of an offence and be liable to be proceeded against and punished as if he were guilty of the first-mentioned offence.


shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) (a) Any person who, without lawful authority, wilfully destroys or mutilates any notice, draft register, copy of the register of electors, electors lists or other document made available for public inspection in connection with the preparation of the register of electors shall be guilty of an offence.


(b) An offence under this subsection may be prosecuted by the authority which caused the notice, draft register, copy of the register of electors or other document to be made available for public inspection.