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Special Polling Stations in Northern Ireland
1.In section 62(1) (offences as to declarations) for the words...
2.In section 65 (tampering with nomination papers, ballot papers etc.)...
3.In section 66 (requirement of secrecy) in subsection (6) after...
4.In section 99 (officials not to act for candidates) for...
5.In section 100 (illegal canvassing by police officers) in subsection...
6.In section 110 (printer’s name and address on election publications)...
7.In section 149 (penalty for corrupt withdrawal and breach of...
8.In section 168 (prosecutions for corrupt practices) for subsections (1)...
9.In section 169 (prosecutions for illegal practices) for the words...
10.In section 175 (illegal payments etc.) in subsection (1) for...
11.In Schedule 2, in paragraph 13(1) (power for regulations as...
Miscellaneous Amendments of the Principal Act
Part I (parliamentary and local government franchise and its exercise)
1.In section 3(1) (disfranchisement of person detained in penal institution...
2.For subsections (2) and (3) of section 11 (correction of...
3.In section 15(7) (cancellation of service declarations), for the words...
4.(1) In section 18 (polling districts and places at parliamentary...
5.At the end of section 26 (returning officer: Northern Ireland)...
6.In section 28 (discharge of returning officer’s functions in England...
7.Section 38 (nominations and candidate’s death in local election in...
8.Subsection (8) of section 39 (two copies of every order...
9.Section 44 (candidate’s death in local election in Scotland) shall...
10.In section 49 (effect of registers) subsections (1)(d) and (2)(c)...
11.Section 51 (corrupt and illegal practices lists) shall cease to...
13.In section 53 (power to make regulations as to registration...
15.Section 55 (ascertainment of amount of registration expenses) shall cease...
18.In section 62(1)(b)(ii) (offences as to declarations) for “15” there...
19.For section 63 (breach of official duty in parliamentary elections)...
Part II (the election campaign)
20.In subsection (4) of section 67 (appointment of election agent)...
21.In subsection (3) of section 68 (nomination of sub-agent at...
22.In subsection (1)(a) of section 69 (office of election agent...
23.In section 70 (effect of default in election agent’s appointment)...
24.In section 75 (prohibition of expenses not authorised by election...
25.Section 76(3) (power to vary maximum amount of candidates’ election...
26.In section 78(1) (claims for election expenses which are not...
30.In section 86 (authorised excuses for failures as to return...
31.In section 87 (court’s power to require information from election...
32.In section 88 (publication of time and place for inspection...
33.In section 89 (inspection of returns and declarations) for the...
34.For subsection (1) of section 91 (candidate’s right to send...
35.In section 93(2)(b) (period when local government election deemed to...
36.(1) In section 94 (imitation poll cards) after the words...
37.In section 95 (schools and rooms for parliamentary election meetings)—...
38.For section 96 (schools and rooms for local election meetings)...
39.In section 97 (disturbances at election meetings) in subsection (2)(b)...
40.Section 103(2) (which exempts carriages used only for the conveyance...
41.In section 106 (false statements as to candidates) subsection (4)...
43.In section 118 (interpretation of Part II) in the definition...
44.In section 122 (time for presentation or amendment of parliamentary...
45.In section 124 (judges’ expenses and reception: England and Wales...
46.In section 125 (judges’ expenses and reception: Scotland) paragraph (a)...
47.In section 126(3) (expenses of shorthand writers) for the words...
48.In section 136 (security for costs)— (a) in subsection (2)(a)...
49.In section 140 (witnesses)— (a) subsection (5) (duty of Director...
50.Sections 141(3) and (4) and 142 (certificates of indemnity given...
52.In section 160 (persons reported personally guilty of corrupt or...
54.In section 162 (member of legal and certain other professions)—...
55.In subsection (1)(b) of section 163 (holder of licence or...
56.In section 167 (applications for relief) after subsection (1) there...
57.In section 168 (prosecutions for corrupt practices) subsections (5) and...
58.Section 171 (prosecution of election petition offences in England and...
59.Section 172 (prosecution of election petition offences in Scotland) shall...
60.In section 173(a) (incapacities which arise on conviction of a...
62.For section 178 (prosecution of offences committed outside United Kingdom)...
63.In section 181— (a) in subsection (1) (duty of Director...
Part V (general and supplemental)
68.For subsection (1) of section 200 (public notices) there shall...
69.For subsection (2) of section 201 (regulations) there shall be...
70.In section 203 (interpretation) the definition of “registration duties” shall...
71.In section 203 (local government provisions as to England and...
72.In section 205 (general application to Northern Ireland) for paragraph...
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