The Parliamentary Election Acts for England and Wales: Arranged According to the Qualification and the Registration of Electors, Electoral Areas, the Disqualification of Candidates, the Election and the Election Petiltion, with Notes, History and Summary : Being a Treatise on the Law of the Election of Members in England and Wales to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom |
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... described in the register ( p . 399 ) . At every polling place there must be a sufficient number of polling stations , which are distributed by the returning officer among the voters entitled to vote at that polling place . Each station ...
... described in the register ( p . 399 ) . At every polling place there must be a sufficient number of polling stations , which are distributed by the returning officer among the voters entitled to vote at that polling place . Each station ...
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... described , are and shall be taken to be conveyances within the true intent and meaning of the said Act , as if the same had been therein specially mentioned : Provided always , that this Act shall not revoke or defeat or be construed ...
... described , are and shall be taken to be conveyances within the true intent and meaning of the said Act , as if the same had been therein specially mentioned : Provided always , that this Act shall not revoke or defeat or be construed ...
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... described , are and shall be taken to be conveyances within the true intent and meaning of the said Act , as if the same had been therein specially mentioned : Provided always , that this Act shall not revoke or defeat or be construed ...
... described , are and shall be taken to be conveyances within the true intent and meaning of the said Act , as if the same had been therein specially mentioned : Provided always , that this Act shall not revoke or defeat or be construed ...
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... described by the Act to be passed for that purpose as herein before mentioned , shall confer the right of voting in the election of a member or members to serve in any future Parliament for such city or town in the same manner as if ...
... described by the Act to be passed for that purpose as herein before mentioned , shall confer the right of voting in the election of a member or members to serve in any future Parliament for such city or town in the same manner as if ...
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... described as " Office , " " Chambers , " " Studio , " or by any like term applic- able to the case . In and for the purposes of the Representation of the People " Dwelling- Act , 1867 , the term " Dwelling House " shall include any part ...
... described as " Office , " " Chambers , " " Studio , " or by any like term applic- able to the case . In and for the purposes of the Representation of the People " Dwelling- Act , 1867 , the term " Dwelling House " shall include any part ...
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Popular passages
Page 381 - ... 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...
Page 401 - ... for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 45 - Act, 1870, real and personal property of every description may be taken, acquired, held, and disposed of by an alien in the same manner in all respects as by a natural-born British subject ; and a title to real and personal property of every description may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien, in the same manner in all respects as through, from, or in succession to a naturalborn British subject.
Page 449 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election...
Page 435 - ANY person who corruptly by himself or by any other person, either before, during or after an election, directly or indirectly gives or provides or pays wholly or in part the expense of giving or providing any meat, drink, entertainment or provision to or for any person, for the purpose of corruptly influencing that person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote...
Page 507 - Petition shall be divided into paragraphs, each of which, as nearly as may be, shall be confined to a distinct portion of the subject...
Page 421 - A description or citation of a portion of an Act is inclusive of the words, section, or other part, first or last mentioned, or otherwise referred to as forming the beginning, or as forming the end, of the portion comprised in the description or citation.
Page 75 - January 5 then last past, and the overseers shall keep the said list, to be perused by any person, without payment of any fee, at any time between the hours of ten of the clock in the forenoon, and four of the clock in the afternoon...
Page 480 - 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 323 - ... directly or indirectly, himself, or by any other person in trust for him, or for his use or benefit, or on his account, undertake, execute, hold, or enjoy, in whole or in part, any contract or agreement, made or entered Into in behalf of the United States...