(1)A candidate may hold individual public campaign meetings in any part of the local government electoral area for which the candidate seeks an election, between seven o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon.

(2)Every candidate shall give a copy of his or her campaign programme to the returning officer and the returning officer shall ensure that campaign meetings by different candidates do not coincide.

(3)The returning officer shall forward a copy of every campaign programme submitted under subsection (2) to the Electoral Commission.

(4)The returning officer may, after consultation with all the candidates, organise one or more joint candidates' campaign meetings for those candidates who consent to hold such meetings.

(5)A candidate or a candidate's agent authorised in writing by the candidate to do so, may hold consultative meetings with the candidate's campaign agents for the purposes of planning and organising the candidate's election campaign.

(6)A candidate shall not hold any public campaign meeting under subsection (1) except in accordance with the programme submitted by the candidate to the returning officer under subsection (2).

(7)A candidate's agent may conduct campaign meetings on behalf of the candidate and otherwise conduct any campaign which the candidate is allowed to hold under this Act.

(8)A person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty-eight currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.