The Parliamentary Election Acts for England & Wales...W. Clowes & sons, 1885 - 588 pages |
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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 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 " Chambers , ' " Office , " Studio , " or by any like term applic- as able to the case . 99 66 In and for the purposes of the Representation of the People " Dwelling- Act , 1867 , the term " Dwelling House " shall include any ...
... described " Chambers , ' " Office , " Studio , " or by any like term applic- as able to the case . 99 66 In and for the purposes of the Representation of the People " Dwelling- Act , 1867 , the term " Dwelling House " shall include any ...
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... described in the note must in any case be disregarded in respect to England , as is shown by Forms C. , No. 1 , in the schedules to the Registration Act , 1885 , not altering the dates in pursuance of the modification . ( 9. ) Crown ...
... described in the note must in any case be disregarded in respect to England , as is shown by Forms C. , No. 1 , in the schedules to the Registration Act , 1885 , not altering the dates in pursuance of the modification . ( 9. ) Crown ...
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31 Vict 49 Vict aforesaid amend appeal apply appointed ballot paper boundary candidate City of London city or borough claim claimants Commissioners comprised in Division CONTENTS OF DIVISIONS copy Corrupt Practices county or borough Cricklade day of July declaration deemed disqualified dwelling-house election agent election of members election petition electors enacted entitled to vote expenses franchise freehold freemen Hackney Parish hereby House of Commons Ireland list of voters lodgers member or members members to serve mentary municipal borough NAMES AND CONTENTS notice of objection overseers parish or township Parlia parliamentary borough Parliamentary Elections Parliamentary Registration Acts parliamentary voters payment peace person objected persons entitled place of abode polling district poor rate pounds precept premises Provided purpose qualification quarter sessions register of voters repealed Representation returning officer revising barrister Sched Schedule Scotland serve in Parliament Sessional Division sheriff subs thereof tion town clerk Ward writ
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Page 510 - ... to give or lend, or shall offer, promise, or promise to procure or to endeavour to procure, any money or valuable consideration, 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, 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 470 - Whether corrupt practices have, or whether there is reason to believe that corrupt practices have, extensively prevailed at the election to which the petition relates.
Page 430 - At the time of voting, the ballot paper shall be marked on both sides with an official mark, and delivered to the voter within the polling station, and the number of such voter on the register of voters shall be marked on the counterfoil, and the voter having secretly marked his vote on the paper, and folded it up so as to conceal his vote, shall place it in a closed box in the presence of the officer presiding at the polling station (in this act called "the presiding officer") after having shown...
Page 124 - 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 411 - ... 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, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : 3.
Page 537 - 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 465 - ... use of any force, violence, or restraint, or inflict or threaten to inflict, by himself or by any other person, any temporal or spiritual injury, damage, harm, or loss upon or against any person in order...
Page 23 - April then next preceding: provided also, that no such person shall be so registered in any year unless he shall have resided for six calendar months next previous to the last day of July in such year...
Page 510 - 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 437 - ... applies for a ballot paper in the name of some other person, whether that name be that of a person living or dead or of a fictitious person, or who having voted once at any such election applies at the same election for a ballot paper in his own name.