Ridgway's parliamentary manual. Also the principal laws regulating parliamentary elections ed. by A.M. Sullivan1884 |
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Page 133
... persons shall be deemed guilty of Bribery , and shall be punishable accordingly : 1. Every person who shall , directly or indirectly , by himself , or by any other person on his behalf , give , lend , or agree to give or lend , or shall ...
... persons shall be deemed guilty of Bribery , and shall be punishable accordingly : 1. Every person who shall , directly or indirectly , by himself , or by any other person on his behalf , give , lend , or agree to give or lend , or shall ...
Page 134
... person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any election : * Provided ... person on his behalf , receive , agree , or contract for any money , gift , loan , or valuable consideration , office ...
... person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any election : * Provided ... person on his behalf , receive , agree , or contract for any money , gift , loan , or valuable consideration , office ...
Page 136
... person or persons to whom , by virtue of his or their office , under any law , custom , or statute , the execution of any writ or precept doth or shall belong for the election of a member or members to serve in Parliament , by whatever ...
... person or persons to whom , by virtue of his or their office , under any law , custom , or statute , the execution of any writ or precept doth or shall belong for the election of a member or members to serve in Parliament , by whatever ...
Page 137
... person lawfully deputed to act for him , at any one of the appointed polling places , during the appointed hours of polling , by any one of the persons therein nominated in that behalf , who shall , on tendering such voting paper at the ...
... person lawfully deputed to act for him , at any one of the appointed polling places , during the appointed hours of polling , by any one of the persons therein nominated in that behalf , who shall , on tendering such voting paper at the ...
Page 138
... person now by law or custom authorised on behalf of any candidate to object to votes to inspect any voting paper ... person on whose behalf the voting paper is tendered is not qualified to vote : That the person tendering the voting ...
... person now by law or custom authorised on behalf of any candidate to object to votes to inspect any voting paper ... person on whose behalf the voting paper is tendered is not qualified to vote : That the person tendering the voting ...
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 134 - 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 314 - ... 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 271 - ... for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a Candidate...
Page 315 - ... (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.
Page 200 - ... voter to be marked on a ballot paper in manner directed by such voter, and the ballot paper to be placed in the ballot box, and the name and number on the register of voters of every voter whose vote is marked in pursuance of this rule, and the reason why it is so marked, shall be entered on a list, in this Act called " the list of votes marked by the presiding officer.
Page 302 - Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent in the third column of that Schedule mentioned : Provided that...
Page 277 - ... not be subject to any of the consequences under this Act of the said act or omission, the court may make an order allowing such act or omission to be an exception from the provisions of this Act which would otherwise make the same an illegal practice, payment, employment, or hiring, and thereupon such candidate, agent, or person shall not be subject to any of the consequences under this Act of the said act or omission.
Page 140 - Every man shall, in and after the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, be entitled to be registered as a voter, and, when registered, to vote for a member or members to serve in parliament for a county, who is qualified as follows; (that is to say,) 1. Is of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity...
Page 243 - ... the clock in the forenoon, and four of the clock in the afternoon of any day except Sunday...
Page 197 - 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.