Political Parties and Elections Act 2009
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12 Defence to charge of failing to return donation from impermissible donor
In section 56 of the 2000 Act (acceptance or return of donations: general), after subsection (3) there is inserted— (3A) Where a party or its treasurer is charged with an offence under subsection (3), it shall be a defence to prove that— (a) all reasonable steps were taken by or on behalf of the party to verify (or ascertain) whether the donor was a permissible donor, and (b) as a result, the treasurer believed the donor to be a permissible donor.
12 Defence to charge of failing to return donation from impermissible donor
In section 56 of the 2000 Act (acceptance or return of donations: general), after subsection (3) there is inserted— (3A) Where a party or its treasurer is charged with an offence under subsection (3), it shall be a defence to prove that— (a) all reasonable steps were taken by or on behalf of the party to verify (or ascertain) whether the donor was a permissible donor, and (b) as a result, the treasurer believed the donor to be a permissible donor.
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