Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1998

Amendment of section 25 of Act of 1997.

8.—Section 25 of the Act of 1997 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):

“(1A) A person who is required by section 24(1A) to furnish a donation statement shall be guilty of an offence if he or she—

(a) fails to furnish that statement and make the statutory declaration required by section 24(3) on or before the relevant specified date, or

(b) knowingly furnishes a statement or makes a statutory declaration which is false or misleading in any material respect.

(1B) A person to whom section 24A applies shall be guilty of an offence if he or she—

(a) knowingly accepts a donation the acceptance of which is prohibited by section 24A(2),

(b) fails to notify the Public Offices Commission in accordance with section 24A(3) of the receipt of a donation acceptance of which is prohibited by section 24A(2), or

(c) fails to remit to the Public Offices Commission in accordance with section 24A(3) such a donation or its value.”.