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178 :::(a) to which the candidate or election agent is party; and
 * (b) under which the candidate or election agent (as the case may be) is accustomed or under an obligation (whether formal or informal) to engage in conduct in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of a foreign principal or, where the foreign principal is a corporation, of the directors of the foreign principal.”.

(8) Section 74 of the Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 is amended by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:
 * “(5) For the purposes of this section, “donation” has the meaning given by the definition of “political donation” in section 51 of the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021, and a donation is accepted by a candidate or an election agent if it is accepted within the meaning of that Act.”.

(9) The Parliamentary Elections Act 1954 is amended by inserting, immediately after section 87, the following section:
 * “Authorised excuse for non-compliance with section 73A
 * 87A.—(1) Where—
 * (a) any declaration which is required by section 73A(1) to be given by a candidate at an election in an electoral division to the Returning Officer is not so given within the time delimited under that section, or being given contains a false statement; and