VIRGIN
IsLanus.

Offences to
incite or con-
spire to disrupt ,
meetings of
candidates,

Offence in
respect of
ballot papers.

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Virgin Islands Constitution No. 7 of 1954,
and Elections,

(b) before or during an clection
knowingly publishes a false statement of
the withdrawal of a candidate at such
election for the purpose of promoting or
procuring the election of another candi-
date;

(c) between the date of the publica-
tion by the returning officer of a notice in
accordance with the provisions of sub-
section (1) of section 51 and the day after
pelling at the election, whether in a
general election or in a by-election, acts
in a disorderly manner, with intent to
prevent the transaction of the business of
a public meeting called for the purpose of
promoting the election of a candidate as
a member to serve in the Council,

shall be guilty of an illegal practice, and shall, on
summary conviction, be liable to a fine of four
hundred and eighty dollars and be incapable,
during a period of five years from the date of con-
viction, of being registered as a voter or of voting
at any election,

(2) Every person who, between the date of
the publication by the returning officer of a notice
in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1)
of section 51 and the day after polling at the election,
whether in a general election or in a by-election,
incites, combines or conspires with others to act ina
disorderly manner with intent to prevent the trans-
action of the business of a public meeting called for
the purpose of promoting -the election ‘of a candi-
date as member to serve in the Council, shal!.be
guilty of an illegal practice and shall, on conviction
on indictment, be liable imprisonment for two years,
and be incapable, during a perind of five years from
the date of conviction, of being registered as a voter
or of voting at any election.

99. Every person who—

(a) forges or counterfeits, or fradu-
lently defaces or destroys, any ballot
paper; or