ABSTRACT
The words ‘office or employment’ appear, at first sight, not to include someone who obtains the opportunity to earn remuneration as an independent contractor, which may account for why, in King and Stockwell, the defendant was charged (successfully) under s 15. However, it has since been held, in Callender,120 that in this sub-section ‘employment’ means work and can include work as an independent contractor – in that case as a self-employed accountant.
