ELECTORAL (POLLING) ORDINANCE * (polling)

ELECTORAL (POLLING)

CHAPTER 102

ELECTORAL (POLLING) ORDINANCE *

To make provision for the election and co-option of members of the House of

Representatives.

(3rd July, 1939) †

ORDINANCE XXXIV of 1939, as amended by Ordinances: II of 1945, IV of 1947;

Proclamation IX of 1947; Act VI of 1947; Ordinances: VI of 1959, XXXIV of 1961, XXIII and

XXV of 1962; Legal Notices: 4 of 1963, 46 of 1965; and Acts: XIX of 1966, XXXV, LVI and

LVIII of 1974; Legal Notice 148 of 1975; Acts: XLVII of 1975, I of 1976, XXVII and XLIX of

1981, XIII of 1983 and VIII of 1990; and Legal Notice 409 of 2007.

Repealed by article 118 of Act XXI of 1991.

PART I

P RELIMINARY

Articles 2 and 3 were repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

PART II

E LECTION P ROCEDURE

Articles 4 to 33 were repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

PART III

C OUNTING OF V OTES

Articles 34 to 38 were repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

PART IV

E LECTION A GENTS, E LECTION E XPENSES

AND I LLEGAL P RACTICES

39. Repealed by article 118 of Act XXI of 199I.

40. Repealed by article 118 of Act XXI of 1991.

41. A contract whereby any expenses are incurred on account

of or in respect of the conduct or management of an election shall

not be enforceable against a candidate at such election, unless made

by the candidate himself or by his election agent; provided that the

inability under this article to enforce such contract against the

candidate shall not relieve the candidate from the consequences of

any corrupt or illegal practice committed by his agent.

42. (1) Except as permitted by or in pursuance of this

Ordinance, no payment and no advance or deposit shall be made by

a candidate at an election, or by any agent on behalf of the

candidate, or by any other person, whether before, during or after

such election, in respect of any expenses incurred on account of or

in respect of the conduct or management of such election,

otherwise than by or through the election agent of the candidate;

and all money provided by any person other than the candidate for

any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or

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management of the election, whether as gift, loan, advance or

deposit, shall be paid to the candidate or his election agent and not

otherwise; provided that this article shall not be deemed to apply to

any sum disbursed by any person out of his own money for any

small expense legally incurred by himself, if such sum is not repaid

to him.

(2) A person who makes any payment, advance, or deposit in

contravention of this article or pays in contravention of this article

any money so provided as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an illegal

practice.

43. (1) Every payment made by an election agent in respect of

any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or

management of an election shall, except where less than fifty-eight

cents (0.58), be vouched for by a bill stating the particulars and by

a receipt.

(2) Every claim against a candidate at an election or his

election agent in respect of any expenses incurred on account of or

in respect of the conduct or management of such election, which is

not sent in to the election agent within the time limited by this

Ordinance, shall be barred and shall not be paid; and subject to

such exception as may be allowed in pursuance of this Ordinance,

an election agent who pays a claim in contravention of this article

shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

(3) Except as by this Ordinance permitted, the time limited by

this Ordinance for sending in claims shall be fourteen days after the

day on which the candidate returned is declared elected.

(4) All expenses incurred by or on behalf of a candidate at an

election, which are incurred on account of or in respect of the

conduct or management of such election, shall be paid within the

time limited by this Ordinance and not otherwise; and, subject to

such exception as may be allowed in pursuance of this Ordinance,

an election agent who makes a payment in contravention of this

provision shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

(5) Except as by this Ordinance permitted, the time limited by

this Ordinance for the payment of such expenses as aforesaid shall

be twenty-eight days after the day on which the candidate returned

is declared elected.

(6) Where it has been proved to the satisfaction of the court by

a candidate that any payment made by an election agent in

contravention of this article was made without the sanction or

connivance of such candidate, the election of such candidate shall

not be void, nor shall he be subject to any incapacity under this

Ordinance by reason only of such payment having been made in

contravention of this article.

(7) If the election agent in the case of any claim sent in to him

within the time limited by this Ordinance disputes it, or refuses or

fails to pay it within the said period of twenty-eight days, such

claim shall be deemed to be a disputed claim.

(8)

The claimant may, if he thinks fit, bring an action for a

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disputed claim in the competent civil court; and any sum paid by

the candidate or his agent in pursuance of the judgment or order of

such court shall be deemed to be paid within the time limited by his

Ordinance, and to be an exception from the provisions of this

Ordinance requiring claims to be paid by the election agent.

(9) On cause shown to the satisfaction of the competent civil

court, the court on application by the claimant or by the candidate

or his election agent may, by order, give leave for the payment by a

candidate or his election agent of a disputed claim, or of a claim for

any such expenses as aforesaid, although sent in after the time in

this article mentioned for sending in claims; or although the same

was sent in to the candidate and not to the election agent.

(10) Any sum specified in any such order may be paid by the

candidate or his election agent, and when paid in pursuance of such

leave shall be deemed to be paid within the time limited by this

Ordinance.

44. So far as circumstances admit, this Ordinance shall apply

to a claim for his remuneration by an election agent and to the

payment thereof in like manner as if he were any other creditor, and

if any difference arises respecting the amount of such claim, the

claim shall be a disputed claim within the meaning of this

Ordinance, and be dealt with accordingly.

45. (1) The candidate at an election may pay any personal

expenses incurred by him on account of or in connection with or

incidental to such election to an amount not exceeding twenty-

seven euro and ninety-five cents (27.95), but any further personal

expenses so incurred by him shall be paid by his election agent.

(2) The candidate shall send to the election agent within the

time limited by this Ordinance for sending in claims, a written

statement of the amount of personal expenses paid as aforesaid by

such candidate.

(3) The personal expenses of a candidate include his reasonable

travelling expenses and the reasonable expenses of his living at

hotels or elsewhere for the purposes of the election.

(4) Any person may, if so authorized in writing by the election

agent of the candidate pay any necessary expense for stationery,

postage, telegrams, and other petty expenses to a total amount not

exceeding that named in the authority, but any excess above the

total amount so named shall be paid by the election agent.

(5) A statement of the particulars of payments made by any

person so authorized shall be sent to the election agent within the

time limited by this Ordinance for the sending in of claims, and

shall be vouched for by a bill containing the receipt of that person.

46. (1) Subject to such exception as may be allowed in

pursuance of this Ordinance, no sum shall be paid and no expense

shall be incurred by a candidate at an election or his election agent,

whether before, during, or after an election on account of or in

respect of the conduct or management of such election, in excess of

one thousand and three hundred and ninety-seven euro and sixty-

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two cents (1,397.62)

Provided that there shall not be included in such amount

any expenditure incurred by the candidate for his personal

expenses, nor the fee, if any, paid to the election agent not

exceeding two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents

(232.94).

(2) In the case of candidates standing for election in the same

division as members of the same political party, the expenses of

such candidates may be added together and there shall not be

deemed to have been a contravention of this article unless the

aggregate expenses of such candidates, when added together,

exceed either the sum of one thousand and three hundred and

ninety-seven euro and sixty-two cents (1,397.62) multiplied by the

number of such candidates or the sum of six thousand nine hundred

and eighty-eight euro and twelve cents (6,988.12), whichever is the

smaller: provided that if the aggregate of such expenses exceeds

either of the sums aforesaid, the expenses of each such candidate

shall be separated from the expenses of the others and the

provisions of subarticle (1) shall apply.

(3) Any candidate or election agent who knowingly acts in

contravention of this article shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

47. (1) No payment or contract for payment shall, for the

purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate at

any election, be made -

(a) on account of the conveyance of voters to or from the

poll, whether for the hiring of vehicles, or otherwise;

or

(b) to or with a voter on account of the use of any house,

land, building, or premises for the exhibition of any

address, bill, or notice, or on account of the exhibition

of any address, bill, or notice.

(2) Subject to such exception as may be allowed in pursuance

of this Ordinance, if any payment or contract for payment is

knowingly made in contravention of this article either before,

during, or after an election, the person making such payment or

contract shall be guilty of an illegal practice, and any person

receiving such payment or being a party to any such contract

knowing the same to be in contravention of this article, shall also

be guilty of an illegal practice

Provided that where it is the ordinary business of a voter as an

advertising agent or publisher to exhibit for payment bills and

advertisements, a payment to or contract with such voter, if made in

the ordinary course of business, shall not be deemed to be an illegal

practice within the meaning of this article.

48. (1) No person shall, for the purpose of promoting or

procuring the election of a candidate at any election, be engaged or

employed for payment or promise of payment for any purpose or in

any capacity whatever, except for the purposes or in the capacities

following

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(a) one election agent and no more;

(b) a reasonable number of clerks and messengers, having

regard to the area of the electoral division and the

number of voters on the electoral register for such

division.

(2) Subject to such exception as may be allowed in pursuance

of this Ordinance, if any person is engaged or employed in

contravention of this article, either before, during or after an

election, the person engaging or employing him shall be guilty of

an illegal practice.

49. The provisions of this Ordinance prohibiting certain

payments and contracts for payments, and the payment of any sum,

and the incurring of any expense in excess of a certain maximum,

shall not affect the right of any creditor, who, when the contract

was made or the expense was incurred, was ignorant of the same

being in contravention of this Ordinance.

50. (1) Within thirty-one days after the date of the publication

of the result of an election in the Government Gazette, the election

agent of every candidate at that election shall transmit to the

commissioners a return of the election expenses of such person,

containing the particulars specified in the Seventh Schedule to this

Ordinance, signed both by the candidate and by his election agent.

In the case of the candidate’s absence from Malta the duties

imposed on him may be performed by a duly appointed

representative.

(2) Every such return shall contain a statement of all payments

made by the candidate or by his election agent, or by any persons

on behalf of the candidate, or in his interest, for expenses incurred

on account of, or in respect of, the conduct and management of the

election, and a further statement of all unpaid claims in respect of

such expenses, of which he or his election agent is aware.

(3) The return shall be accompanied by declarations to be made

on oath before a magistrate by the candidate and his election agent,

in the form contained in the Seventh Schedule to this Ordinance.

(4) If any candidate or election agent acts in contravention of

the requirements of this article, he shall, subject to the provisions

of article 56, be guilty of an illegal practice.

51. When any return of election expenses and the declarations

made in respect thereof have been lodged with the commissioners,

the commissioners shall, as soon as may be, cause a notice of the

date on which the return and the declarations have been lodged, and

of the time and place at which they can be inspected to be affixed in

some conspicuous place in the commissioner’s office and to be

published in the Government Gazette, and any person shall be

entitled, on payment of a fee of twelve cents (0.12), to inspect any

such return or declarations and, on payment of a fee of fourteen

cents (0.14) for every folio of 120 words, to obtain a copy or copies

of any part thereof.

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52. (1) Any person committing an illegal practice shall, on

conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding four hundred

and sixty-five euro and eighty-seven cents (465.87) and shall in

consequence of such conviction become incapable, during a period

of four years from the date of conviction, of being registered as a

voter or voting at any election or of being elected a member, and if

before that date he has been elected a member, his election shall,

subject to the provisions of article 55 of the Constitution of Malta,

be vacated from the date of such conviction.

(2) No prosecution for an illegal practice shall be instituted

without the sanction of the Attorney General.

PART V

C ORRUPT P RACTICES

53. Any person who at an election held under this Ordinance

applies for a ballot paper in the name of some other person,

whether that name be that of a person living or dead, or of a

fictitious person or, who having voted once at any such election,

applies at the same election for a ballot paper in his own name,

shall be guilty of the offence of personation.

54. (1) Any person who corruptly by himself or by any other

person, either before, during or after an election, directly or

indirectly, gives or provides, or pays wholly or in part the expense

of giving or providing any food, drink, entertainment, or provision

to or for any person, for the purpose of corruptly influencing that

person or any other person to give or refrain from giving his vote at

the election, or on account of such person or any other person

having voted or refrained from voting or being about to vote or

refrain from voting at such election, shall be guilty of the offence

of treating.

(2) Every voter who corruptly accepts or takes any such food,

drink, entertainment, or provision shall also be guilty of the offence

of treating.

55. Every person who directly or indirectly, by himself or by

any other person on his behalf, makes use of or threatens to make

use of any force, violence, or restraint, or inflicts, or threatens to

inflict, by himself or by any other person, any temporal or spiritual

injury, damage, harm, or loss upon or against any person in order to

induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on

account of such person having voted or refrained from voting at

any election, or who by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent device

or contrivance, impedes or prevents the free exercise of the

franchise of any voter or thereby compels, induces, or prevails

upon any voter either to give or refrain from giving his vote at any

election, shall be guilty of the offence of undue influence.

56. The following persons shall be deemed guilty of the

offence of bribery

(a) every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or

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by any other person on his behalf, gives, lends or

agrees to give or lend, or offers, promises or promises

to procure, or to endeavour to procure, any money or

valuable consideration to or for any voter, or to or for

any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any

other person, in order to induce any voter to vote or

refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act as

aforesaid on account of such voter having voted or

refrained from voting at any election under this

Ordinance;

(b)

every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or

by any other person on his behalf, gives or procures, or

agrees to give or procure, or offers, promises or

promises to procure or to endeavour to procure any

office, place or employment to or for any voter or to or

for any person on behalf of any voter or to or for any

other person in order to induce any voter to vote or

refrain from voting, or corruptly does any such act as

aforesaid on account of any voter having voted or

refrained from voting at any election under this

Ordinance;

(c)

every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or

by any other person on his behalf, makes any such gift,

loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement as

aforesaid, to or for any person in order to induce such

person to procure or endeavour to procure the return of

any person as a member of the House, or the vote of

any voter at any election under this Ordinance;

(d)

every person who, upon or in consequence of any such

gift, loan, offer, promise, procurement, or agreement,

procures or engages, promises or endeavours to

procure, the return of any person as a member of the

House or the vote of any voter at any election under

this Ordinance;

(e)

every person who advances or pays or causes to be

paid any money to or for the use of any other person,

with the intent that such money or any part thereof

shall be expended in bribery at any election under this

Ordinance, 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 such election;

(f)

every person being a voter who, before or during any

election under this Ordinance, directly or indirectly, by

himself or by any other person on his behalf, receives,

agrees, or contracts for any money, gift, loan, or

valuable consideration, office, place or employment,

for himself or for any other person, for voting or

agreeing to vote or for refraining or agreeing to refrain

from voting at any such election;

(g)

every person who, after any election under this

Ordinance, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any

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other person on his behalf, receives any money or

valuable consideration on account of any person

having voted or refrained from voting or having

induced any other person to vote or to refrain from

voting at any such election.

57. (1) Any person who commits the offence of personation,

treating, undue influence, or bribery or aids, abets, counsels, or

procures the commission of the offence of personation, and any

candidate or election agent who knowingly makes the declaration,

as to election expenses required by article 50, falsely, shall be

guilty of a corrupt practice and shall be liable, on conviction, in the

discretion of the court, to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand

and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents

(1,164.69), or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six

months, or to both such fine (multa) and imprisonment, and shall in

consequence of such conviction become incapable, for a period of

seven years from the date of his conviction of being registered as a

voter or voting at an election under this Ordinance, or of being

elected a member, and if at that date he has been elected member,

his election shall, subject to the provisions of article 55 of the

Constitution of Malta, be vacated from the date of such conviction.

(2) No prosecution for a corrupt practice shall be instituted

without the sanction of the Attorney General.

(3) For the purposes of this Part of this Ordinance, references

to "voting" or to "refraining from voting", or to "giving" or

"refraining from giving a vote", shall include references to "voting"

or "refraining from voting" in a particular way.

PART VI

E XCUSE FOR C ORRUPT AND I LLEGAL P RACTICES

58. The election of a candidate, who has been guilty, by his

agents, of the offence of treating and undue influence, and illegal

practice, or of any such offences, in reference to such election shall

not, by reason of such offences, be declared void, nor shall the

candidate be subject to any incapacity under this Ordinance, if the

court is satisfied after giving the Attorney General an opportunity

of being heard that the candidate has proved -

(a) that no corrupt or illegal practice was committed at

such election by the candidate or his election agent and

the offences aforesaid were committed contrary to the

orders and without the sanction or connivance of such

candidate or his election agent; and

(b) that such candidate and his election agent took all

reasonable means for preventing the commission of

corrupt and illegal practices at such election; and

(c) that the offences aforesaid were of a trivial,

unimportant and limited character; and

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(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.

59. Where, in any proceedings, it is shown to the court by such

evidence as seems to the court sufficient -

(a) that any act or omission of a candidate at any election,

or of his election agent or of any other agent or person,

would, by reason of being the payment of a sum or the

incurring of expense in excess of any maximum

amount allowed by this Ordinance, or of being a

payment, engagement, employment, or contract in

contravention of this Ordinance, or of otherwise being

in contravention of any of the provisions of this

Ordinance, be but for this article an illegal practice;

and

(b) that any such act or omission arose from inadvertence

or from accidental miscalculation or from some other

reasonable cause of a like nature, and in any case, did

not arise from any want of good faith,

and under the circumstances it seems to the court, after giving the

Attorney General an opportunity of being heard, to be just that the

candidate at the said election and other agent and person or any of

them, should not be subject to any of the consequences under this

Ordinance, the court may allow such act or omission to be an

exception from the provisions of this Ordinance which would

otherwise make the same an illegal practice, and thereupon such

candidate, agent, or person shall not be subject to any of the

consequences under this Ordinance of the said act or omission.

60. (1) Where the return and declarations respecting election

expenses of a candidate at an election have not been transmitted as

required by this Ordinance, or being transmitted contain some error

or false statement, then -

(a) if the candidate in any criminal or civil proceedings

under this Ordinance proves to the satisfaction of the

court that the failure to transmit such return and

declarations, or any of them or any part thereof, or any

error or false statement therein, has arisen by reason of

his illness or of the absence, death, illness or

misconduct of his election agent or of any clerk or

officer of such agent, or by reason of inadvertence, or

of any reasonable cause of a like nature, and not by

reason of any want of good faith on the part of the

candidate; or

(b) if the election agent of the candidate proves to the

satisfaction of the court that the failure to transmit the

return and declarations which he was required to

transmit or any part thereof, or any error or false

statement therein, arose by reason of his illness or of

the death or illness of any prior election agent of the

candidate or of the absence, death, illness or

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misconduct of any clerk or officer of an election agent

of the candidate, or by reason of inadvertence or of

any reasonable cause of a like nature, and not by

reason of any want of good faith on the part of the

election agent,

the court may, after giving the Attorney General an opportunity of

being heard, make such order for allowing an authorized excuse for

the failure to transmit such return and declarations, or for an error

or false statement in such return and declarations, as to the court

seems just.

(2) Where in any proceedings it appears to the court that any

person being or having been election agent has refused or failed to

make such return or to supply such particulars as will enable the

candidate and his election agent, respectively, to comply with the

provisions of this Ordinance as to the return and declaration

respecting election expenses, the court, before making an order

allowing the excuse as in this article mentioned, shall order such

person to appear, and shall, unless he attends, and shows cause to

the contrary, order him to make the return and declaration, or to

deliver a statement of the particulars required to be contained in the

return, as to the court seems just, and to make or deliver the same

within such time and to such person and in such manner as the

court may direct, or may order him to be examined with respect to

such particulars, and in default of compliance with any such order,

such person shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

(3) The court may allow the excuse conditionally upon the

making of a return and declaration in a modified form or within an

extended time, and upon the compliance with such other terms as to

the court, seem best calculated for carrying into effect the objects

of this Ordinance; and an order allowing an authorized excuse shall

relieve the candidate or the election agent, as the case may be, from

any liability or consequences under this Ordinance in respect of the

matter excused by the order; and where it is proved by the

candidate to the court that any act or omission of the election agent

in relation to the return and declaration respecting election

expenses was without the sanction or connivance of the candidate

and that the candidate took all reasonable means for preventing

such act or omission, the court shall relieve the candidate from the

consequences of such act or omission on the part of his election

agent.

(4) The date of the order, or if conditions and terms are to be

complied with, the date at which the applicant fully complies with

them, is referred to in this Ordinance as the date of the allowance of

the excuse.

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PART VII

G ROUNDS FOR A VOIDING E LECTIONS

61. Subject to the provision of article 55 of the Constitution of

Malta the election of a candidate as a member of the House is

avoided by his conviction for any corrupt or illegal practice.

62. Subject to the provisions of article 55 of the Constitution

of Malta where applicable, the election of a candidate as a member

of the House shall be declared void on any of the following grounds

which may be proved to the satisfaction of the court namely

(a) if by reason of general bribery, general treating, or

general intimidation, or other misconduct, or other

circumstances, the majority of electors were or may

have been prevented from electing candidates whom

they preferred;

(b) non-compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance

relating to election or of the polling regulations if it

appears to the court that the election was not

conducted in accordance with the principles laid down

in such provisions and that such non-compliance

affected the result of the election;

(c) that a corrupt practice or an illegal practice was

committed in connection with the election by the

candidate, or with his knowledge or consent, by any

agent of the candidate;

(d) that the candidate personally engaged a person as his

election agent, or as a canvasser or agent knowing that

such person had within seven years previous to such

engagement been found guilty of a corrupt practice;

(e) that the candidate was at the time of his election a

person disqualified for election as a member.

PART VIII

G ENERAL P ROVISIONS

Articles 63 to 68 were repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

Repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

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Under the head of expenditure there shall be shown

(a) the personal expenses of the candidate incurred or paid

by him or his election agent;

(b) the name, and the rate, and total amount of the pay of

each person employed as an agent (including the

election agent), clerk or messenger;

(c) the travelling expenses and any other expenses

incurred by the candidate or his election agent on

account of agents (including the election agent), clerks

or messengers;

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(d) the travelling expenses of persons, whether in receipt

of a salary or not, incurred in connection with the

candidature and whether paid or incurred by the

candidate, his election agent, or the person so

travelling;

(e) the cost whether paid or incurred, of

(i) Printing;

(ii) advertising;

(iii) stationery;

(iv) postage;

(v) telegrams;

(vi) rooms hired either for public meetings or as

committee rooms;

(f) any other miscellaneous expenses, whether paid or

incurred.

Note

(1) All expenses incurred in connection with the candidature

whether paid by the candidate, his election agent or any other

person, or remaining unpaid on the date of the return, are to be set

out.

(2) For all items over fifty-eight cents, unless from the nature

of the case (e.g. postage) a receipt is not obtainable, vouchers have

to be attached.

(3) All sums paid out, but for which no receipt is attached, are

to be set out in detail with dates of payments.

(4)

All sums unpaid are to be set out in a separate list.

FORM OF DECLARATION BY AN ELECTION AGENT

I

being election agent for

, a candidate for election in the

Electoral Division, do hereby

solemnly swear that the above return of election expenses is true to

the best of my knowledge and belief and that, except the expenses

therein set out, no expenses of any nature whatsoever have to my

knowledge or belief, been incurred in connection with or for the

purposes of

candidature.

Election Agent.

Sworn before me.

Magistrate.

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FORM OF DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE

I

being a candidate for

election in the

Electoral Division,

do hereby swear that the above return of election expenses is true to

the best of my knowledge and belief, and that, except the expenses

therein set out, no expenses of any nature whatsoever have to my

knowledge or belief been incurred in connection with or for the

purposes of my candidature.

Candidate

Sworn before me.

Magistrate.

Repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

Repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

Repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

Repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

Repealed by Act XXI of 1991.

(Article 50 (1))

R ETURN OF E LECTION E XPENSES

1. Under the head of receipts there shall be shown the name

and description of every person (including the candidate), club,

s o c i e t y o r a s s o c i a t i o n f r o m w h o m a n y m o n e y, s e c u r i t y, o r

equivalent of money was received in respect of expenses incurred

on account of or in connection with or incidental to the election,

and the amount received from each person, club, society or

association separately.