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CurrentDisqualification of prisoners
Chapter 6Administration
Part 2Councillors
Division 1Qualifications of councillors
154 Disqualification of prisoners
(1)
A person can not be a councillor while the person is a prisoner.
(2)
A prisoner is a person who—
(a)
is serving a period of imprisonment; or
(b)
is liable to serve a period of imprisonment, even though the person has been released from imprisonment (on parole or leave of absence, for example); or
(c)
would be serving a term of imprisonment had the term of imprisonment not been suspended under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 144.
(3)
A person automatically stops being a councillor when the person becomes a prisoner.
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