A Manual of the Practice of Elections in the United Kingdom. With an Appendix of Statutes and Forms |
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... enact- ments which in larger works are banished to the Appendix . The present plan was adopted mainly with a view to the convenience of persons un- familiar with the language of the Statute Book ; but to professional readers , the ...
... enact- ments which in larger works are banished to the Appendix . The present plan was adopted mainly with a view to the convenience of persons un- familiar with the language of the Statute Book ; but to professional readers , the ...
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... enactment as follows : - - · --- Wales : of Oxford or And , first , as regards England and Wales : - In the University of Oxford or of Cambridge , In the Univ . the Returning Officer is the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge . the University ...
... enactment as follows : - - · --- Wales : of Oxford or And , first , as regards England and Wales : - In the University of Oxford or of Cambridge , In the Univ . the Returning Officer is the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge . the University ...
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... enacted that , " in all cases whenever there shall be , either from temporary vacancy , or from some [ i.e. any ] other cause , no person duly qualified in any borough , city , or town , to perform the duties of a Returning Officer for ...
... enacted that , " in all cases whenever there shall be , either from temporary vacancy , or from some [ i.e. any ] other cause , no person duly qualified in any borough , city , or town , to perform the duties of a Returning Officer for ...
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... enacted that , for these services , the Mes- Remunera- senger of the Great Seal shall be remunerated tion of Mes- from the Hanaper office , in the proportion of Great Seal two guineas for each writ for every election on a vacancy ; and ...
... enacted that , for these services , the Mes- Remunera- senger of the Great Seal shall be remunerated tion of Mes- from the Hanaper office , in the proportion of Great Seal two guineas for each writ for every election on a vacancy ; and ...
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... enactment , ought to be that at which elections were most usually held between the years 1656 and 1696.2 The greater number of the provisions on this head are to be found in the Reform Act , and in the supplementary statute passed later ...
... enactment , ought to be that at which elections were most usually held between the years 1656 and 1696.2 The greater number of the provisions on this head are to be found in the Reform Act , and in the supplementary statute passed later ...
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adjourn affirmation aforesaid agent Ante APPENDIX appointed Aylesbury behalf borough bribery burgh candidate CHAP Chiltern Hundreds cities or towns Clerk Commissioners Committee common law compartments contest Corrupt Practices counties of cities Cricklade Crown day of election day's polling declared delivered Deputy didate disqualified district ditto Dungarvan duties elec electors England and Wales English or Welsh expenses forthwith Frederick Dean freeholder freemen give given guilty Hempholme House ineligible Ireland Irish counties Irish elections issue John Purse liable Lord members to serve ment nomination day notice oath offence payment penalty place of election places for polling poll being demanded poll-books poll-clerk polling-place Postmaster precept proclamation procure receipt Returning Officer Returning Officer's Rogers Scotch counties Scotland seal seat serve in Parliament Sheriff statute tendered thereof tion undue influence Universities of Oxford unless vacancy Vict voter voting paper Welsh Welsh boroughs writ
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Page xxiv - Every person who shall directly or indirectly by himself, or by any other person on his behalf make use of, or threaten to make use of any force, violence, or restraint, or inflict or threaten the infliction by himself or by or through any other person of any temporal or spiritual injury, damage, harm, or loss...
Page xxi - Pounds over and above all Rents and Charges payable out of or in respect of the same...
Page xxiv - Bribery, and shall be punishable accordingly: 1. Every Voter who shall, before or during any Election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other Person on his Behalf, receive, agree, or contract for 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 vii - Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four.
Page 116 - Consideration, to or for any Voter, or to or for any Person on behalf of any Voter, or to or for any other Person...
Page xxxix - ... on the ground that the answer thereto may criminate or tend to criminate himself...
Page xxiii - 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 xxiii - Election: 3. Every Person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other Person on his Behalf, make any such Gift, Loan, Offer, Promise, Procurement, or Agreement as aforesaid, to or for any Person, in order to induce such Person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the Return of any Person to serve in Parliament, or the Vote of any Voter at any Election: 4.
Page 101 - ... incur a penalty not exceeding five pounds for every day during which it is so in operation.
Page 77 - ... 1. Are you the same person whose name appears as AB on the register of voters now in force for the county of [or for the riding...