(1) Subject to such exception as may be allowed in pursuance of this Ordinance, no sum shall be paid and no expense shall be incurred by a candidate at an election or his election agent, whether before, during, or after an election on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election, in excess of one thousand and four hundred euro (1,400):

Provided that there shall not be included in such amountany expenditure incurred by the candidate for his personal expenses, nor the fee, if any, paid to the election agent not exceeding two hundred and thirty-five euro (235).

(2) In the case of candidates standing for election in the same division as members of the same political party, the expenses of such candidates may be added together and there shall not be deemed to have been a contravention of this article unless the aggregate expenses of such candidates, when added together, exceed either the sum of one thousand and four hundred euro (1,400) multiplied by the number of such candidates or the sum of seven thousand euro (7,000), whichever is the smaller: provided that if the aggregate of such expenses exceeds either of the sums aforesaid, the expenses of each such candidate shall be separated from the expenses of the others and the provisions of subarticle (1) shall apply.

(3) Any candidate or election agent who knowingly acts in contravention of this article shall be guilty of an illegal practice.