Electoral Reform Act 2022

Amendment of section 25 of Principal Act

187. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1E):

“(1F) A person who fails to furnish a statement under section 24B(1), or a statutory declaration under section 24B(2), or who knowingly furnishes a statement under section 24B(1) or statutory declaration under section 24B(2) which is false or misleading in any material respect, shall be guilty of an offence.

(1G) A person who—

(a) fails to notify the Standards in Public Office Commission of the receipt of a donation the acceptance of which is prohibited by section 23, 23A or 23AA,

(b) (i) fails to remit to the Standards in Public Office Commission a donation the acceptance of which is prohibited by section 23 or 23A(2), or in the case of a donation referred to in section 23A(1) or 23AA(1) which is a monetary donation, the part of it exceeding the limit concerned or the value thereof, to the Commission, or

(ii) fails to return to the donor the donation referred to in section 23A(1) or 23AA(1) or that part of the donation exceeding the limit,

(c) fails to furnish the statement of an institution, certificate or statutory declaration referred to in section 23B or furnish the donation statement or make the statutory declaration referred to in section 24(3) to the Standards in Public Office Commission,

(d) fails to furnish the statement referred to in section 24(1A) or make the statutory declaration referred to in section 24(3) to the Standards in Public Office Commission, or

(e) (i) fails to notify the Standards in Public Office Commission of the receipt of a donation the acceptance of which is prohibited by section 24A(2), or

(ii) fails to remit a donation the acceptance of which is prohibited by section 24A(2), or its value, to the Commission,

shall be guilty of an offence.”,

(b) in paragraph (b) of subsection (2), by the substitution of “(1D), (1E)(b) or (1G)” for “(1D) or (1E)(b)”, and

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Summary proceedings for an offence under this section may be brought and prosecuted by the Standards in Public Office Commission.”.