Penalty for certain illegal practices at election

Every person who– (a) votes, or induces, or procures any person to vote, at any election, knowing that he or that other person is prohibited by these Regulations, or by any law in force, from voting at that election; or (b) before, or during an election knowingly publishes a false statement of the withdrawal of a candidate at the election for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of another candidate; or (c) before or during any election, for the purpose of affecting the return of any candidate at such election makes or publishes any false statement of fact in relation to the personal character or conduct of such candidate; or (d) between the date of notification of a day to be the date for nomination for the purposes of an election and the day after polling at such 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 on a Council, shall be guilty of an illegal practice and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and, in default, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding twelve months.