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allowance may be questioned on petition, 442
candidate withdrawing, 431

forging, &c., nomination paper, 432

forms supplied to electors, 441

NON-COMPLIANCE WITH RULES
not to avoid election, 437

NOTICE, ELECTION,

of vacancy to Speaker, 393, 417
of election at Universities, 394
of elections to War Office, 410
of place and time of election, 440
of day of poll, 442

of withdrawal of candidature, 442
of candidates nominated, 442
notice of polling stations, 443
of result of elections, 447
additional, of election, 460
agents' office for receiving, 478
service of, 500

of trial of election petition, 545
of abatement of petition, 549

NOTICE, PUBLIC,

in county, for claims, to be sent in, 76
of persons claiming, 77

of persons objected to, 78

in borough as to obligation to pay rates, 79
of persons entitled to vote, 80

of freemen, 81

of persons claiming or objected to, 83

mode of publication in counties and boroughs, 85
at post and telegraph offices, 142, 165

of sittings of revision court, 89

seven days' notice sufficient, 89, 167

NOTICE, REGISTRATION,

mode of service of, 114

of objection to overseers, 77, 92
to party objected to, 78, 92
grounds to be specified, 122

in borough, 152

of rates in arrear,

OATH

126

to be taken at poll, 404

OBJECTION

by any person on register (counties), 77
by any person on voters' list (boroughs), 82
notice of (counties), 77

grounds to be specified, 122

burden of proof on objector, 154

notice of objection must be proved, 154

OBJECTION TO NOMINATION,

returning officer to decide on, 442

disallowance final, 442

allowance may be questioned on petition, 442

OCCUPATION,

of £10 land or tenement, qualification by, 62
conditions in county, 39
conditions in borough, 17

of dwelling-house, qualification by, 59
conditions of, 35

of lodgings, qualification by, 59
conditions of, 37

of freehold for life, 13

rent-charge cannot be occupied, 13

OCCUPATION VOTER,

registration of, in counties, 165

meaning of term, 177

OCCUPIER, inhabitant,

of dwelling-house, 35

qualification of, to vote for borough, 35
for county, 59

OCCUPIER, "land or tenement,"

of £10, qualification of, 62

OFFICE,

occupation of, qualification by, 55

tenure of house by, not to invalidate vote, 60

OFFICES

for election and sub-agents, 478

OFFICES UNDER THE CROWN,

holders of, disqualified candidates, 349, 378
acceptance of, in succession, 378

OMNIBUS, PUBLIC,

not to be lent for conveyance of voters, 473

OVERSEERS,

meaning of term, 113

what they are to do in counties, 180

in order of date, 185

what they are to do in boroughs, 209

in order of date, 214

mode of serving notices on, 114
revising barrister may fine, 101
under Act of 1878.. 158

inquiry by, as to inhabitant occupiers, 64
preparation of lists in counties by, 76
in boroughs, 80

OWNERSHIP VOTER,
registration of, 165
meaning of term, 176

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PERSONAL EXPENSES

defined, 502

PERSONATION,

apprehending person charged with, 405
bail for, 406

compensation on false charge of, 407
definition of, 438, 513

appointment of personation agent, 405
agents, 405

PETITION, ELECTION,

by whom presented, 522

mode of presenting, 539

form of, 540

PEW,

right to sit in, no qualification by, 3

PLACARDS,

printer's name on, 474

PLACE OF ELECTION
in divided counties, 518

POLICE,

disqualification of, 12, 28, 34

And see CONSTABLE.

POLICE MAGISTRATES,

disqualification of, as candidates, 370

POLL,

adjournment of, for riot, 400, 402
duration of, in boroughs, 402
questions at, 403

in what event to be taken, 431
to be taken by ballot, 431
hours of, 515

appointing day of, 442

POLL BOOKS,

custody of, 408, 446

POLLING AGENT

appointed by election agent, 478
defined, 502

POLLING DISTRICT,

completion of revision in, 168

appointment of, by local authority, 167, 434, 494

claim to vote in particular, 91

constitution of, in counties, 424, 494

in boroughs, 424, 434, 494

POLLING PLACE,

holding of revision court at each, 89

POLLING STATIONS OR BOOTHS
in counties, 398, 442

voters to poll at, for his district, 399
candidate to pay for, 400

limit of expense for, 400

cost of each, 400

rooms instead of, 425
notice of, 443

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