ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) 159 Finding on charge of electoral malpractice Any person charged with— (a) a corrupt practice may, if the circumstances warrant such a finding, be found guilty of an intimidatory practice or an illegal practice; (b) an intimidatory practice may, if the circumstances warrant such a finding, be found guilty of an corrupt practice or an illegal practice; (c) an illegal practice may be found guilty of that offence notwithstanding that the act constituting the offence amounted to a corrupt practice or an intimidatory practice. 160 When creditors not prejudiced in respect of prohibited payment (1) The provisions of this Act prohibiting certain payments and contracts for payments and the payment of any sum and the incurring of any expenses in excess of a certain maximum, shall not affect the right of any creditor who, when the contract was made or the expense was incurred, was ignorant of the same being in contravention of this Act. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no legal proceedings shall be maintainable by any person licensed to sell intoxicating liquor or by the owner or keeper of any shop or place of entertainment against a candidate or an election agent of a candidate for any liquor, food or refreshment of any kind supplied upon the credit of such candidate or agent during the progress of an election, except in respect of such liquor, food or refreshment as may have been supplied to the candidate or his election agent for their personal consumption, the payment whereof is under this Act part of the personal expenses allowed to the candidate. PART XXIA6 CONFLICT MANAGEMENT 160A Interpretation in Part XXIA In this Part— “Code” means the Electoral Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Candidates set out in the Fourth Schedule; “multiparty liaison committee” means a national multiparty liaison committee, a constituency multiparty liaison committee or a local authority multiparty liaison committee. 160B Constitution of multiparty liaison committees (1) As soon as possible after the close of nominations in an election, the Commission shall appoint— (a) a national multiparty liaison committee, in the case of a Presidential election or general election for the purpose of electing members of the House of Assembly; (b) a constituency multiparty liaison committee for each constituency in which the election is contested, in the case of a Presidential election, general election for the purpose of electing members of the House of Assembly or by-election to fill a casual vacancy in the House of Assembly: 6 New Part inserted by section 76 of Act 17/2007. - 93 -