The Parliamentary Elections Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Acts, 1854 to 1883: With Explanatory Notes ... |
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... question and is at once enabled , without any unavoidable delay , to satisfy himself as to the object of his search . In furtherance of this aim , the Author has been careful to omit from his pages whatever seemed to be , in consequence ...
... question and is at once enabled , without any unavoidable delay , to satisfy himself as to the object of his search . In furtherance of this aim , the Author has been careful to omit from his pages whatever seemed to be , in consequence ...
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... question of no slight intricacy , as a glance at the fifth schedule , comprising only the enactments now repealed , will suffice to show . And the labour of collecting and piecing together in something like logical order the dis- jecta ...
... question of no slight intricacy , as a glance at the fifth schedule , comprising only the enactments now repealed , will suffice to show . And the labour of collecting and piecing together in something like logical order the dis- jecta ...
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... question which contains the most probable solution of the whole problem , why the constituencies themselves should not , in the first instance , bear the cost of returning their members to Parliament . Members serve their constituents ...
... question which contains the most probable solution of the whole problem , why the constituencies themselves should not , in the first instance , bear the cost of returning their members to Parliament . Members serve their constituents ...
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... question , s . 36. This also results from offences at Municipal and other Elections ( s . 37 ) . As above . As above ... questions as to his identity when put to him , it is a misdemeanour , and he shall be in- dicted and punished ...
... question , s . 36. This also results from offences at Municipal and other Elections ( s . 37 ) . As above . As above ... questions as to his identity when put to him , it is a misdemeanour , and he shall be in- dicted and punished ...
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... question ( Sec . 36 ) , or at any election for which he is dis- qualified . Sec . 37 . ( 3. ) If election court report " by or with knowledge and consent of candidate , ” incapacity also to sit for said constituency for seven years ...
... question ( Sec . 36 ) , or at any election for which he is dis- qualified . Sec . 37 . ( 3. ) If election court report " by or with knowledge and consent of candidate , ” incapacity also to sit for said constituency for seven years ...
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Page 69 - ... to procure any Money, or valuable Consideration, to or for any Voter, or to or for any Person on Behalf of any Voter, or to or for any other Person in order to induce any Voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such Act as aforesaid, on account of such Voter having voted or refrained from voting at any Election : 2.
Page 93 - Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election : 5. Every person who shall advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any money to or to the use of any other person with the intent that such money or any part thereof shall be expended in bribery at any election...
Page 44 - ... upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting at any election, or...
Page 97 - ... any money, gift, loan, or valuable consideration, office, place, or employment for himself or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting, at any election: 2.
Page 312 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said nomination or election.
Page 372 - No person shall directly or indirectly induce any voter to display his ballot paper after he shall have marked the same, so as to make known to any person the name of the candidate for or against whom he has so marked his vote.
Page 275 - Expenses Acts, 1869 and 1871, shall apply accordingly as if they were herein re-enacted, and in terms made applicable to the above-mentioned costs and sums.
Page 375 - Act, or by reason of any irregularity, if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in this Act, and that such non-compliance or mistake or irregularity did not affect the result of the election.
Page 429 - Any ballot paper which has not on its back the official mark, or on which votes are given to more candidates than the voter is entitled to vote for, or on which anything, except the said number on the back, is written or marked by which the voter can be identified, shall be void and not counted.
Page 391 - The returning officer, while counting and recording the number of ballot papers and counting the votes, shall keep the ballot papers with their faces upwards, and take all proper precautions for preventing any person from seeing the numbers printed on the backs of such papers.