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(1)Each return prepared under section 120 in respect of referendum expenses incurred by or on behalf of a permitted participant must be accompanied by a declaration which complies with subsection (2) and is signed by the responsible person.
(2)The declaration must state-
(a)that the responsible person has examined the return in question;
(b)that to the best of his knowledge and belief-
(i)it is a complete and correct return as required by law, and
(ii)all expenses shown in it as paid have been paid by him or a person authorised by him.
(3)The declaration must also state, in a case where the permitted participant either is not a registered party or is a minor party, that-
(a)all relevant donations recorded in the return as having been accepted by the permitted participant are from permissible donors, and
(b)no other relevant donations have been accepted by the permitted participant.
(4)A person commits an offence if-
(a)he knowingly or recklessly makes a false declaration under this section; or
(b)subsection (1) is contravened at a time when he is the responsible person in the case of the permitted participant to which the return relates.
(5)In this section "relevant donation" has the same meaning as in Schedule 15.