Borough and County Council Elections (excluding Metropolitan Borough Councils): Being Practical Notes, with an Appendix of Statutes and Forms1907 |
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administrative county alderman allowed Appendix apply appointed attend authorised Ballot Act ballot box ballot paper behalf borough or ward bribery burgess roll candidate's canvassing cards carriage central committee room clerk committed in reference corporate office corrupt and illegal corrupt or illegal corrupt practice counting agents County Council election county councillors County Electors county of London day of election deemed disqualified election court election expenses election of councillors election petition electoral area electoral division employment entitled exceeding give guilty of illegal hackney carriages High Court illegal payment illegal practice joint candidates liable mayor municipal borough Municipal Corporations Act Municipal County Council nomination paper notice number of electors paid parliamentary election polling agent polling booth polling day polling district polling station premises presiding officer procure purpose refrain from voting respect return and declaration returning officer thereof town-clerk undue influence vacancies Vict vote or refrain ward electoral division withdrawal workers
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Page 65 - ... and shall be liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or to both such imprisonment and such fine...
Page 70 - 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 49 - ... to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 58 - No payment or contract for payment shall, for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate...
Page 61 - ... on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election.
Page 44 - Has directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by, or on behalf of the council...
Page 37 - Every returning officer, presiding officer, and clerk who is guilty of any wilful misfeasance or any wilful act or omission in contravention of this Act shall, in addition to any other penalty or liability...
Page 40 - herein.] 28. A voter who has inadvertently dealt with this ballot paper in such manner that it cannot be conveniently used as a ballot paper, may, on delivering to the presiding officer...
Page 38 - ... 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.
Page 35 - ... in the case of a candidate who stood nominated at the time of the countermand of the poll. 2.—Pott at Elections.—In the case of a poll at an election the votes shall be given by ballot. The ballot of each voter shall consist of a paper (in this Act called a ballot paper) showing the names and description of the candidates.