Rogers on Elections ...Stevens and Sons, limited, 1895 - Election law |
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... guilty of guilty of . any corrupt practice at an election he is , whether he obtained a certificate of indemnity or not , subject to the same incapacity as if he had been convicted of such offence , provided that a report of Election ...
... guilty of guilty of . any corrupt practice at an election he is , whether he obtained a certificate of indemnity or not , subject to the same incapacity as if he had been convicted of such offence , provided that a report of Election ...
Page 34
... guilty , and that it was not enough that the judge stated facts from which his guilt might be inferred . The principle of this decision still applies , and the finding by the report must be strictly in accordance with the words of the ...
... guilty , and that it was not enough that the judge stated facts from which his guilt might be inferred . The principle of this decision still applies , and the finding by the report must be strictly in accordance with the words of the ...
Page 35
... guilty of any corrupt practice , the election of such candidate is to be void . It is not necessary to prove an actual engagement of such a person by the candidate himself ; it is sufficient to prove that it was done with his knowledge ...
... guilty of any corrupt practice , the election of such candidate is to be void . It is not necessary to prove an actual engagement of such a person by the candidate himself ; it is sufficient to prove that it was done with his knowledge ...
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... guilty of illegal practices , or during the Parliament for which the election was held , if reported guilty by his agents , and , in either event , if he has been elected his election is void . It will be noticed that a candidate is ...
... guilty of illegal practices , or during the Parliament for which the election was held , if reported guilty by his agents , and , in either event , if he has been elected his election is void . It will be noticed that a candidate is ...
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... guilty of any mis- RETURNING feasance , or any wilful act or omission in contravention of the Act , is , in addition to any penalty to which he may be subject , to forfeit to any person aggrieved by such misfeasance , act , or omission ...
... guilty of any mis- RETURNING feasance , or any wilful act or omission in contravention of the Act , is , in addition to any penalty to which he may be subject , to forfeit to any person aggrieved by such misfeasance , act , or omission ...
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18 Vict 36 Vict 47 Vict adjourn aforesaid amend apply appointed avoid the election ballot paper bribery candidate certificate charges Cirencester clerk committed Committee common law conviction corrupt or illegal corrupt practice costs county or borough Crown Day's Day's El deputy disqualified division elec election agent Election Court election expenses election petition electors enacted evidence give given guilty held Hexham High Court House of Commons ibid illegal practice incurred indictment Ireland Journ judges justice Lord members to serve ment nomination paper notice offence paid parliamentary borough Parliamentary Elections payment penalties person petitioner polling districts polling station Pontefract presiding officer procure prosecution purpose question respect respondent returning officer rule Sched Schedule Scotland seat serve in Parliament set out post sheriff sit or vote statute Stepney sub-agent sub-section supra thereof tion treating trial vacate void voter voting paper Walsall writ
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Page 272 - 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 477 - Act, if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the body of this Act, and that such non-compliance or mistake did not affect the result of the election.
Page 429 - Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself, or by any other person on his behalf, give or procure, or agree to give or procure, or offer, promise, or promise to procure or to endeavour to procure, any office, place, or employment 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 such voter to vote or refrain from voting...
Page 482 - Printing-House, between the hours of ten in the morning and two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St.
Page 518 - Any person who before or during an election knowingly publishes a false statement of the withdrawal of a candidate at such election for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of another candidate shall be guilty of an illegal practice.
Page 485 - The elector, on receiving the ballot paper, shall forthwith proceed into one of the compartments in the polling station, and there mark his paper, and fold it up so as to conceal his vote, and shall then put his ballot paper, so folded up, into the ballot box...
Page 460 - Orders made in pursuance of this Section shall be laid before Parliament within Three Weeks after they are made, if Parliament be then sitting, and if Parliament be not then sitting, within Three Weeks after the Beginning of the then next Session of Parliament.
Page 519 - Whether any corrupt practice has or has not been proved to have been committed by or with the knowledge and consent of any candidate at...
Page 593 - An Act to amend the Representation of the People in Scotland ; " and in Schedule A of the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act, 1868. 61. The provisions of the Act of the session of the second and third years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter sixty-five...
Page 460 - Orders made as aforesaid shall be deemed to be within the Powers conferred by this Act, and shall be of the same Force as if they were enacted in the Body of this Act.