The Parliamentary Elections (corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1883. Ed., with an Introduction and Full Explanatory and Legal NotesW. Maxwell & son, 1883 - 251 pages |
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... pay the whole or part of the costs of the petition ( d ) . ( a ) S. 4 . ( b ) Ss . 6 , 38 ( 5 ) . ( c ) S. 38 ( 6 ) - ( 8 ) . ( d ) S. 44 . tion of ex- So far the Act only effects extensions PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ( CORRUPT.
... pay the whole or part of the costs of the petition ( d ) . ( a ) S. 4 . ( b ) Ss . 6 , 38 ( 5 ) . ( c ) S. 38 ( 6 ) - ( 8 ) . ( d ) S. 44 . tion of ex- So far the Act only effects extensions PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ( CORRUPT.
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... payments became in many cases indistinguishable from bribery , and even where not in themselves questionable , always tended to make easy the descent to practices that were eminently pernicious . Moreover , such extravagance was ...
... payments became in many cases indistinguishable from bribery , and even where not in themselves questionable , always tended to make easy the descent to practices that were eminently pernicious . Moreover , such extravagance was ...
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... pay . And thus it was that the " maximum expenditure . scale " was adopted as at once the most direct and the most efficacious means of limiting expenditure . Whether by himself or his agents , by direct payment or by contract , the ...
... pay . And thus it was that the " maximum expenditure . scale " was adopted as at once the most direct and the most efficacious means of limiting expenditure . Whether by himself or his agents , by direct payment or by contract , the ...
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... pay- ment , & c . , are punished on conviction by the same fine , but do not entail any incapacity ( e ) . and return expenses . Another leading feature in the Act is seen in its Payment provisions prescribing the payment of all claims ...
... pay- ment , & c . , are punished on conviction by the same fine , but do not entail any incapacity ( e ) . and return expenses . Another leading feature in the Act is seen in its Payment provisions prescribing the payment of all claims ...
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... payment , they will be loth to lose the price of their vote . Ambitious and reckless men may still be found willing , however great the risk , to pay this price . But the Act will do much to frighten and deter even those inured to such ...
... payment , they will be loth to lose the price of their vote . Ambitious and reckless men may still be found willing , however great the risk , to pay this price . But the Act will do much to frighten and deter even those inured to such ...
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The Parliamentary Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) ACT, 1883. Ed ... Henry Hobhouse No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 182 - 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 174 - ... myself"] or any other person for the purpose of defraying any expenses incurred on my behalf on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election.
Page 186 - 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 182 - Every person who shall, upon or in consequence of any such gift...
Page 144 - Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed as from the commencement of this Act to the extent in the third column of that schedule mentioned, provided that this repeal or the expiration of any enactment not continued by this Act shall not revive any enactment which at the commencement of this...
Page 14 - ... for the purpose of corruptly influencing such person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote...
Page 40 - No payment or contract for payment shall, for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate...
Page 182 - ... 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...
Page 42 - That the offences mentioned in the said report were of a trivial, unimportant, and limited character: and (d.) That in all other respects the election was free from any corrupt or illegal practice on the part of such candidate and of his agents...
Page 204 - 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 such Election, and the Nature of such corrupt Practice...