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Corrupt practices
Matched in: Term Corrupt practices
corrupt practices act
Matched in: Term corrupt practices act
Bribe
and 1916; and see the Prevention of Corruption Order, 1918, No. 321]. See also (English) the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, which is directed against the bribery and corruption of members, officers, and servants of public bodies. … for election to the House of Commons being deemed a trust as well, it has been provided [(English) Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 102)] [see also (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act,
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Candidate
The name is derived from the toga candida in which competitors at Rome were habited. In the (English) Corrupt Practices Acts the expression has a specially extensive meaning. Corrupt and Illegal practices (English) Prevention Act, 1883, s. 63, … Act, 1883, s. 63, by which, with a saving for a person nominated without his consent- In the Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts, as amended by this Act, the expression 'candidate at an election' and the expression 'candidate' respectively
Sessions of the peace
of bankrupts. This restriction is abolished. See below. (14) Libels. (15) Bribery, except under the (English) Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889 (c. 69), s. 6. (16) Unlawful combinations and conspiracies, except conspiracies and combinations to commit any … 83, 84 of the (English) Licensing Act, 1861. (21) Offences against the (English) False Personation Act, 1874. (22) Corrupt practices at elections (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Act, 1883, s. 53, and (English) Municipal Elections Act, 1884, ss.
Treating
Treating. The temporary (English) Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 102), s. 4, amended by the (English) Corrupt Practices Act, … (English) Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 102), s. 4, amended by the (English) Corrupt Practices Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51), ss. 1 and 2, extended to municipal, school board, and
Corruptly
2 QB 423. See BRIBE AND ELECTION PETITIONS; and con-sult Archbold, Crim. Pleading and Practice, tit, 'Corrupt, etc., Practices at Elections,' and Fraser on Parliamentary Elections, etc., and Hoston on Electioneering. … Corruptly, denotes that the person making the offer did so deliberately and with the intention that the person to
Electoral roll
not a citizen of India or is of unsound mind or is disqualified under the law dealing with corrupt practices and other offences relating to elections, Law of Elections, P.D.T. Achary, 2004, p. 7.
Illegal practices
Matched in: Term Illegal practices
Relief
trial of an election petition, or if no petition is on the record, to the High Court, under Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51), the application being usually to a
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