8.-(1) Any person who-
(a) commits the offence of personation, or aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of the offence of personation; or
(b) commits the offences of treating, undue influence or bribery; or
(c) makes or publishes, before or during any election, for the purpose of affecting the return of any candidate, any false statement of fact in relation to the personal character or conduct of such candidate; or
(d) makes or publishes, before or during any election, for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of any candidate, any false statement of the withdrawal of any other candidate at such election,
shall be guilty of a corrupt practice, and shall be liable upon conviction, in the case referred to in paragraph (a) of this sub-section to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine, and, in any other case, to imprisonment not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine.
(2) Any person who is convicted of a corrupt practice shall become incapable for a period of seven years from the date of his conviction of being registered as an elector or, of voting at any election under the principal Law or any Law amending or replacing the same or any Law governing elections of members of the House of Representatives or the Communal Chambers for the time being in force.
(3) A prosecution for a corrupt practice shall not be instituted-
(a) after the expiration of one month-
(i) in the case of any offence committed after an election, from the date of the alleged offence;
(ii) in any other case, from the date of the publication of the result of the election in the Gazette;
(b) except for any corrupt practice as defined in paragraphs (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of this section, without the sanction of the Attorney-General.