Day of election for county, 40; for borough,
Death of agent during election, 58.

40.

of candidate, how in such case, 5.
Decision of returning officer, finality of, 5.
Declaration of election when there is no poll, 2.
of result of poll, 5.

of voter being unable to read, 47.

of inability to read, form of, 72.

of secrecy, by whom to be made, 58; form of, 72.

Defacing nomination paper, penalty, 6; ballot paper, 6.
Definition of local authority, 9.

of personation, 29.

Deputy returning officer, appointment of, 13.

Description of candidates in nomination paper, 41; objections
to, when, 41.

Direction of writ for parliamentary election, 66; of certifi-
cate, 67.

Directions as to printing ballot paper, 71; for guidance of
voter, 71.

Disclosure of vote, prohibition against, 15.

Disqualification for appointment to assist at elections, 57.

of candidates found guilty of personation, 32.

District borough, meaning of, 59; list of, 60.

polling stations for, 45.

Division of counties and boroughs into polling districts, 8.
Duties of returning and election officers, 12.

Election, notice of, to be given by returning officer, 57.
officers, duties of, 12.

transmission of certificate of, through the post, 56.
when not to be declared invalid for non-compliance
with rules, 15; punishment for personation
at, 29.

writ and return, transmission of through the post to
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, 56.

Elections for universities, saving as to, 38.

procedure at, 1.

offences at, 6; penalty for infringement of secrecy
at, 7.

Elections, notice of, for counties, 39; for boroughs, 39; day
of, 40; place of, 40; rooms for, where to be situated,
40; time for, 41; attendance of candidates and
others at, 42; notice of, when contested, 42; time
for taking poll at, 44; how elector shall fill up
and deposit his ballot paper, 47.

Elector, how to fill up and deposit his ballot paper, 47.
Endorsement of writ for parliamentary election, 66; certifi-
cate of election, 67.

Equality of votes, how in such case, 6.

Evidence of documents, 55.

Expenses of returning officer, 13; at a municipal election, 26.

Finality of decision of returning officer, 5.

Forging ballot paper, penalty, 6.

nomination paper, penalty, 6.

Form of nomination paper to be supplied by returning
officer, 41.

Fraudulently destroying nomination paper, penalty, 6.

Good Friday excluded in reckoning time, 59.

House of Commons, order of, for inspection of ballot
papers, 54, 55.

Identification of candidates, 41.

Inability of voter to read, how in such case, 47; form of
statutory declaration, as to, 72.

Incapacity of voter from blindness or other physical cause, how
to vote in such case, 47.

Indictment for offences at elections, how laid, 7.

Infringement of secrecy at elections, penalty, 7.

Inspection of ballot papers in custody of Clerk of the Crown in
Chancery, 54, 55.

of documents relating to election in custody of
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, 55.

Ireland, application of Act to, 18, 28, 62, 65.

Jews, how they may vote if the poll be taken on a Saturday, 47.

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Liability of officers for misconduct, 14.

List of district boroughs, 60.

of municipal boroughs, 34.

Local authorities, duty of, with regard to division of counties
and boroughs into polling districts, 8; definition of, 9.

Marking of ballot paper with official mark, 47.

Mayor, to mean returning officer at municipal elections, 25
duty of, 26.

Messengers employed by candidate, how if they vote at.
election, 33.

Misconduct at polling station, authority of presiding officer in
such case, 13; liability of officers for, 14.

Mode of voting at polling stations, notice of, 45.
Modification of Act to Scotland, 61; to Ireland, 62, 65.
Municipal ballot boxes and use of for parliamentary elec-
tions, 15.

Municipal borough, definition of, 34; list of, 34.
Municipal Corporation Acts, definition of, 35.
Municipal elections, application of Act to, 25, 37.
meaning of, 37.

poll at, 25; how as to expenses, agents,
&c., 26; when there is no contest, to
be conducted as heretofore, 27; to be
held before mayor, &c., 27; punish-
ment for personation at, 29.

rules for, 63; jurisdiction of county court
with regard to, 63; form of nomination
paper, 69.

Name of agent to be transmitted to returning officer, 58.

Nomination of candidates, 1, 41.

Nomination paper, form of, to be supplied by returning officer,
41; delivery of, to returning officer, 42.

in parliamentary elections, form of, 68; in
municipal elections, 69.

validity of objection to be decided by

returning officer, 44.

penalty for forging or fraudulently destroy-

ing, 6; who to provide, 12.

Non-attendance of agents, how in such case, 59.

Non-compliance with rules, when not to invalidate election,

15.

Notice of county election, 39; of borough election, 39; trans-
mission of by post, 39.

of contested election, 42; of day of taking poll, 42.
of parliamentary election, form of, 67.

of polling stations, 45; and of mode of voting, 45.
of result of election to be given by returning officer, 57;
and of number of votes given, 57; how to be
given, 57.

of time of counting of votes to be given by returning
officer, 51.

of withdrawal of candidate, 43.

how they may be sent to agent of candidate, 58.

Oath, administration of, by presiding officer, 14.

Objection to description of candidate in nomination paper,
41; time for, 44; returning officer to decide validity
of, 44.

Offences at elections, 6.

Official mark on ballot paper, 4, 46, 47.

penalty for forging or defacing, 6.

on ballot paper to be kept secret, 46; when to

be placed on ballot paper, 47.

Opening of ballot boxes after close of poll, 5.

Order at polling stations, preservation of, 13.

of House of Commons for inspection of ballot boxes,
55.

Parliamentary ballot boxes, &c., use of for municipal elec-

tions, 15.

election, application of Act to, 37.

form of notice of, 67; form of nomina-
tion paper, 68.

writ for, 66; direction of, 66; en-
dorsement, 66.

punishment for personation at, 29.

rules for, 39.

Personation, definition of, 29; punishment of, 29.

deemed to be a corrupt practice, 32; how in
Scotland, 33.

Place of election, 40.

Poll, when to be taken, 2.

countermand of, in case of death of candidate, 3.
votes at, to be taken by ballot, 4;

ascertained, 5; declaration of, 5.

at municipal elections, 25.

at contested elections, notice of, 42.
how to be taken, 44; time for, 44.

result of, how to be

close of, duty of presiding officer at, 50.

Polling booth to include polling station, 16.

districts, division of counties and boroughs into, 8, 9
place, meaning of, 60.

distance of, from electors, 8.

station, returning officer may preside at, 57.
stations to be provided, 45; how to be furnished, 45;
voting at allotted, 45; notice of situation
of, 45; materials for voters to be provided
at, 46; also copies of register of voters, 46;
appointment of presiding officer at, 46.
stations, who to provide, 12; preservation of order
in, 13.

how elector shall vote at, 47.

Post, transmission of notice of election by, 39.

of election through, 56; of notices to agent
of candidate, 58.

Postal telegraph offices, notices of contested elections in coun-
ties to be transmitted to, 43.

Postmaster, notice as to contested election to be given to, 42;
his duty in such case, 43.

Presiding officer, appointment of, at polling station, 46; his
authority and duties, 46; with regard to
the ballot box, 46.

duty of, at close of poll, 50.

his authority to preserve order at polling
station, 13; his powers generally, 14; to
administer oath, 14; liability of, for mis-
conduct, 14.