Tagline
Search

What penalties are envisioned for offences related to voter registration?

Anguilla

Anguilla

Answer
Both fine and imprisonment
Source

Omitting qualified persons from register

81. (1) The Electoral Registration Officer or any Registration Officer,assistant Registration Officer or enumerator who wilfully or without reasonablecause omits to register the name of any person qualified to be registeredcommits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $20,000 or toimprisonment for 6 months.

(2) TheElectoral Registration Officer or any Registration Officer, assistantRegistration Officer or enumerator who is convicted of an offence undersubsection (1) shall, in addition to any

otherpunishment—

(a) forfeit hisright to payment for his services as the Electoral Registration Officer, aRegistration Officer, assistant Registration Officer, or an enumerator, as thecase may be; and

(b) subject tosubsection (3), be disqualified during a period of 7 years from the date of theconviction from being—

(i) registeredas a voter or of voting at any election, and

(ii) elected orappointed a member of the Assembly or, if elected or appointed before hisconviction, of retaining his seat as such a member.

(3) Notwithstandingthat an appeal is made against conviction for an offence under subsection (1),the disqualification provided for by paragraph (2)(b) shall continue until theappeal is determined and after such determination, unless the conviction isquashed, the disqualification shall remain in force for a period of 7 yearsfrom the determination of the appeal unless the court hearing the appealdirects that the period of 7 years shall run from the date of the conviction.
Comment

Imprisonment for 6 months

Fine of$20,000

Close tooltip