Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012

Amendment of section 61 of Act of 1997.

26.— Section 61 of the Act of 1997 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2) (amended by section 7(c) of the Act of 2011)—

(i) in paragraph (h) by substituting “47, 48A or 48AA” for “47 or 48A”, and

(ii) in paragraph (i)—

(I) by substituting “with section 47, 48A or 48AA” for “with section 47 or 48A”, and

(II) by substituting “under section 48A or 48AA” for “under section 48A”,

(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2):

“(2A) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she knowingly furnishes a statement referred to in section 48AA(1)(ii) (inserted by section 22 of the Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Act 2012) which is false or misleading in any material respect.

(2B) A person shall be guilty of an offence if he or she—

(a) contravenes section 48AB (inserted by section 23 of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012), or

(b) knowingly furnishes information under section 48AB which is false or misleading in any material respect.”.

and

(c) in subsection (5)(b), by substituting “subsection (2)(d) or (g), subsection (2A), (2B)(b) or subsection (3)(c)” for “subsection 2(d) or (g) or subsection 3(c)”.