| | For subsection (2) substitute— |
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| | “(2) | In Scotland, a person shall be guilty of an |
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| | (a) | in the referendum, he forges or |
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| | counterfeits any ballot paper or the |
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| | official mark on any ballot paper; or |
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| | (b) | he fraudulently or without due |
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| | authority, as the case may be, |
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| | attempts to do any of those things.” |
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| | In subsection (3), for “a returning officer” |
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| | substitute “the Chief Counting Officer, a Regional |
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| | Counting Officer, a counting officer”. |
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| | In subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) to (d) |
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| | “(a) | the Chief Counting Officer, and |
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| | every Regional Counting Officer |
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| | and counting officer, attending at a |
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| | (b) | every deputy of such an officer so |
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| | (c) | every presiding officer and clerk so |
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| | (d) | every referendum agent, polling |
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| | agent and counting agent so |
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| | (e) | every person so attending by virtue |
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| | of any of sections 6A to 6D of the |
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| | In subsections (2)(b), (3)(b) and (c), (4)(d) and (5), |
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| | for “the candidate for whom” substitute “the |
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| | referendum answer for which”. |
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| | In subsection (3)(d), for “the name of the |
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| | candidate for whom” substitute “the referendum |
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| | (a) | for “blind voter” substitute “voter with |
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| | | ““Voter with disabilities” has the meaning |
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| | given by rule 31(11) of the referendum |
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| Section 66A (prohibition on |
| In subsection (1), for “an election to which this |
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| publication of exit polls) |
| section applies”, and for “the election” (in both |
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| | places), substitute “the referendum”. |
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