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Bribe
parliamentary election, is bribery punishable by heavy penalties; and this definition is applied to municipal and other local elections by the (English) Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884; to county council elections by s. 75 … Bribe, a fit to any person in office or holding a position of trust, with the object of inducing him to disregard his official duty or betray his
Money of account, money of measurement money of payment
stage if an objection is taken that the Bill is a Money Bill, the Chairman shall, if he holds the objects valid, direct the termination of further proceeding of the Bill. If Chairman is doubtful regarding the … Lords did not acquiesce in the above-mentioned limitation of their powers, and having rejected the Bill a General Election ensued, but when the House of Commons so elected presented the Bill without alteration, it was passed by
Oath
oath may be administered and taken in the form and manner following:- The person taking the oath shall hold as New Testament, or, in the case of a Jew, the Old Testament, in his uplifted hand, and … Bradlaugh, (1881) 7 QBD 38, and in Mr. Bradlaugh's case the House of Commons, when he was first elected, refused to allow him to make oath, so that he could not take his seat; but Mr. Bradlaugh,
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Residence
106), repealing former Acts, every spiritual person (with exceptions for heads of houses in the universities and others) holding a benefice, which comprises all parochial churches, perpetual curacies, chapels, and church or chapel districts, if with cure
Sessions of the peace
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. 30, 35, … to require their attendance in discharge of some duty, is a petty or petit session. The occasions for holding petty sessions are very numerous, amongst the most important of which is the bailing persons accused of felony,
Validly nominated
the Mayor may determine whether the requirements of clauses (2) and (3) are satisfied. The Mayor cannot obviously hold a detailed enquiry having regard to the terms of r. 3 of the Delhi Development Authority. Rules to
Bill of Rights
as their undoubted rights and liberties.' The Act also excludes from the Crown every person reconciled to or holding communion with the See of Rome or professing the popish religion or marrying a papist, and enacts that … discouraging petitions; by raising and keeping a standing army in time of peace; by violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament; by violent prosecutions and the causing partial and corrupt jurors to be
Office of profit under the government
employees of any authority or local authorities under the control of government become government employees or not or holders of office of profit under the government, measure and nature of control must be judged in the light … Article 102(1)(a) is that there should not be any conflict between the duties and the interest of an elected member. Government controls various activities in various spheres and in various measures. But to judge whether employees of
Parish Council
The main duty of parish councils is to manage parish property. They are bodies corporate, having power to hold land without any license in mortmain, and to acquire by agreement land for recreation grounds and other parish … with the consent of the parish meeting if the population be less than 100. The parish council is elected from among the parochial electors, or persons who have resided for twelve months in the parish or within
Quo warranto
the purpose of trying the right to be elected to municipal offices, but the (English) Corrupt Practices (Municipal Elections) Act, 1872, by s. 12, replaced by the (English) Municipal Corporations Act, 1882, s. 87 [see now s. … Office Practice; Corner's Crown Practice. The quo warranto proceeding affords a judicial remedy by which any person, who holds an independent substantive public office or franchise or liberty, is called upon to show by what right he
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