A Guide to Election Law, and the Law and Practice of Election PetitionsDavis and Son, 1870 - 185 Seiten |
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A Guide to Election Law and the Law and Practice of Election Petitions Chandos Leigh Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2023 |
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27 Vict aforesaid agency alleged appointed behalf Bewdley Blackburn Bodmin bribe C. P. P. Act candidate canvasser certificate clerk COLIN BLACKBURN committee common law Common Pleas corrupt practices costs county or borough Court of Common court of session court or judge deemed disqualified E. F. and G. H. elec election and return election petition evidence expenses express decision give given guilty of bribery house of commons intimidation J. B. the person Judgments July 31 lady the queen master members to serve ment Northallerton notice offence Oldham Parl Parliamentary Elections Act PENALTIES Peop person charged peti petition relates petitioner further says poll presented procure puisne judge refrain from voting Register Number register of voters respect respondent returning officer revising barrister Rogers on Elections rota scrutiny serve in parliament sheriff statute struck Tamworth tion trial of election undue influence voted or refrained withdrawal witness
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Seite 1 - use of any other person, with the intent that such money or any part thereof shall be expended in bribery at any election, or who shall knowingly pay or cause to be paid any money to any person in discharge or repayment of any money wholly or in part expended in bribery at any election.
Seite 23 - Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person on his behalf, make use of or threaten to make use of any force, violence or restraint, or inflict or threaten the infliction of, by himself or by or through any other person,
Seite 127 - revoke and alter, general rules and orders (in this act referred to as the rules of court) for the effectual execution of this act, and of the intention and object thereof, and the regulation of the practice, procedure and costs of election petitions and the trial thereof, and the certifying and reporting thereon.
Seite 88 - such costs, charges and expenses as are by this act otherwise provided for, shall be defrayed by the parties to the petition in such manner and in such proportions as the court or judge may determine, regard being had to the disallowance of any costs, charges or expenses which may, in the opinion of the court or
Seite 23 - either to give or to refrain from giving his vote at any election, shall be deemed to have committed the offence of undue influence, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in Scotland of an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment, and shall also be liable to forfeit the sum of 50Z. to any person who shall sue for the
Seite 120 - pleas at Westminster, and in its application to Ireland the court of common pleas at Dublin, and such court shall, subject to the provisions of this act, have the same powers, jurisdiction and authority with reference to an election petition, and the proceedings thereon as it would have if such petition were an ordinary cause within their jurisdiction.
Seite 132 - years of the reign of his majesty King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, or of the session of the third and fourth years of the reign of her present majesty, chapter one hundred and eight, or any municipal office; and
Seite 126 - of bribery and treating. 17. On the trial of an election petition under this act, unless the judge otherwise directs, any charge of a corrupt practice may be gone into and evidence in relation thereto received before any proof has been given of agency on the part of any candidate in respect of such corrupt practice.
Seite 73 - by 1. Some person who voted or who had a right to vote at the election to which the petition relates. 2. Some person claiming to have had a right to be returned or elected at such election. 3. Some person alleging himself to have
Seite 143 - 18 , before me [name and description} came AB, of [name and description as above prescribed] and acknowledged himself [or severally acknowledged themselves] to owe to our sovereign lady the queen the sum of one thousand pounds [or the following sums'] (that is to say) the said CD, the sum of