The Ballot Act, 1872, with Copious Notes and IndexShaw and sons, 1872 - 106 pages |
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Act shall apply Act to amend agent amend the law apply to Scotland appointed assessors authority ballot boxes ballot paper borough into polling candidate charge clause commissioners Corrupt Practices counterfoil county or borough county or riding court Crown in Chancery declaration deputy district borough East Retford elec election of members enactments entitled to vote Extent of Repeal form of nomination hereby intituled An Act Ireland manner mayor member or members members to serve ment municipal borough municipal election newspaper circulated nomination paper notice offence of personation official mark parliamentary and municipal parliamentary borough parliamentary election peace having jurisdiction polling districts polling place polling station presiding officer Privy Council purpose pursuance quarter sessions register of voters registered electors respect returning officer royal burghs schedule Scotland sect serve in Parliament Session and Chapter sheriff taking the poll thereof tion ward whole Act William the Fourth writ
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Page 66 - ... ballot paper will be void, and will not be counted. If the voter takes a ballot paper out of the polling station, or deposits in the ballot box any other paper than the one given him by the officer, he will be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be subject to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
Page 9 - 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 vii - Any ballot paper which has not on its back the official mark, or on which votes are given to more candidates than the voter is entitled to vote for, or on which anything, except the said number on the back, is written or marked by which the voter can be identified, shall be void and not counted.
Page 8 - 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 77 - 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 41 - Act, or (if the poll be taken on Saturday) of any voter who declares that he is of the Jewish persuasion, and objects on religious grounds to vote in manner prescribed by this Act, or of ariy~voter who makes such a declaration as herein-after mentioned that he is unable to read...
Page 36 - 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.
Page 40 - J), shall show the ballot box empty to such persons, if any, as may be present in such station, so that they may see that it is empty, and shall then lock it up, and place his seal upon it in such manner as to prevent its being opened without breaking such...
Page 32 - ... any investigation, legal proceeding or 'remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy...
Page viii - Where an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates at an election for a county or borough, and the addition of a vote would entitle any of such candidates to be declared elected, the returning officer, if...