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Section 166: Offence of Undue Influence in Local Elections

166.Offence of undue influence

A person commits the offence of undue influence—

(a)if that person directly or indirectly, in person or through any other person—

(i)makes use of, or threatens to make use of, any force or violence; or

(ii)inflicts or threatens to inflict in person or through any other person any temporal or spiritual injury, damage, harm or loss upon or against any person, in order to induce or compel that person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of that person having voted or refrained from voting; or

(b)if that person by abduction, duress or any fraudulent device or contrivance impedes or prevails upon a voter either to vote or to refrain from voting,

and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

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You cannot use threats, violence, or fraud to influence anyone's vote in local elections. Directly or indirectly, you must not threaten force or viole...

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