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Article 118.57
 

(1) Any person who commits the offence of personation, treating, undue influence, or bribery or aids, abets, counsels, or procures the commission of the offence of personation, and any candidate or election agent who knowingly makes the declaration, as to election expenses required by article 50, falsely, shall be guilty of a corrupt practice and shall be liable, on conviction, in the discretion of the court, to a fine ( multa ) not exceeding one thousand and one hundred and sixty euro (1,160), or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine (multa) and imprisonment, and shall in consequence of such conviction become incapable, for a period of seven years from the date of his conviction of being registered as a voter or voting at an election under this Ordinance, or of being elected a member, and ifat that date he has been elected member, his election shall, subject to the provisions of article 55 of the Constitution of Malta, be vacated from the date of such conviction.


(2) No prosecution for a corrupt practice shall be instituted without the sanction of the Attorney General.


(3) For the purposes of this Part of this Ordinance, references to "voting" or to "refraining from voting", or to "giving" or "refraining from giving a vote", shall include references to "voting" or "refraining from voting" in a particular way.