The Law Relating to Corrupt Practices at Elections and the Practice on Election Petitions with an Appendix of Statutes, Rules and FormsWaterlow, 1883 - 298 pages |
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... otherwise ) for 7 years . ( 3 ) Incapable for 7 years of holding any public or judicial office . ( 4 ) If a justice of the peace , barrister , & c . , & c . , liable to further consequences under sec . 38 . All the above incapacities ...
... otherwise ) for 7 years . ( 3 ) Incapable for 7 years of holding any public or judicial office . ( 4 ) If a justice of the peace , barrister , & c . , & c . , liable to further consequences under sec . 38 . All the above incapacities ...
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... otherwise have voted for his opponent , he should have declared the election void . In 1874 , Baron Bramwell deprecated the practice as shown in the Durham Case , and warned future candidates of the danger they incurred by following ...
... otherwise have voted for his opponent , he should have declared the election void . In 1874 , Baron Bramwell deprecated the practice as shown in the Durham Case , and warned future candidates of the danger they incurred by following ...
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... more lavish than it would otherwise have been is no matter for me to enquire into , because that would not affect the election if it was made out . " burn's view . The law which his lordship laid down 24 THE LAW RELATING TO.
... more lavish than it would otherwise have been is no matter for me to enquire into , because that would not affect the election if it was made out . " burn's view . The law which his lordship laid down 24 THE LAW RELATING TO.
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... otherwise not have subscribed to ; but I think that is a step off corrupt practices ; it is charity stimulated by gratitude or hope of favours to come . " So , in the Belfast Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 282 ; 21 L.T. , n.s. , 475 ) where it ...
... otherwise not have subscribed to ; but I think that is a step off corrupt practices ; it is charity stimulated by gratitude or hope of favours to come . " So , in the Belfast Case ( 1 O'M . & H. , 282 ; 21 L.T. , n.s. , 475 ) where it ...
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... otherwise would not be corrupt at all . " These remarks of his lordship have given rise to a good deal of discussion , and while some judges have expressed their approval of them , others have thought they were too wide , and calculated ...
... otherwise would not be corrupt at all . " These remarks of his lordship have given rise to a good deal of discussion , and while some judges have expressed their approval of them , others have thought they were too wide , and calculated ...
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Page 4 - 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 6 - ... 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 290 - 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 221 - 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 277 - The enactments mentioned in the second schedule to this Act are hereby repealed as from the commencement of this Act to the extent in that schedule mentioned.
Page 250 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election.
Page 3 - ... any office, place, or employment, to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any AD 1871.
Page 113 - Every claim against a candidate at an election or his election agent in respect of any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election...
Page 241 - ... and within the prescribed time after the notice is given any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates, may apply to the Court or Judge in, and at the prescribed manner, time, and place, to be substituted as a petitioner.
Page 224 - 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.