(1)Except as otherwise provided in this section, where a candidate is a chairperson or holds any other political or public office, he or she shall not use local council or Government facilities for the purpose of campaigning for election under this Act.

(2)Where a candidate holds any political office, he or she shall, during the campaign period, restrict the use of the official facilities ordinarily attached to his or her office to the execution of his or her official duties.

(3)For the purpose of enforcing this section, the Electoral Commission shall, by writing, require any candidate to state in writing the facilities ordinarily attached to any office held by that person to which subsection (2) applies, and the candidate shall comply with the requirement.

(4)This section applies with the necessary modifications to an employee of a statutory corporation or company in which the Government owns a controlling interest and a member of a commission or committee established by the Constitution as it applies to a public officer.

(5)A person who contravenes any provision of this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.