15. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 39, and shall have effect as section 39a, of the principal enactment: -
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| | (1) The returning officer for any ward in which an election is contested shall, if that ward is a ward to which this subsection applies, send by post to each voter whose name appears in the electoral list for that ward an official poll card specifying-
| | | (a) the number and name (if any) of the ward, |
| (b) the name, address and number of the voter as stated in the electoral list, |
| (c) the polling station allotted to the voter, and |
| (d) the date and hours of the poll. |
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| | (2) An official poll card under subsection (1) shall be so sent to a voter as to reach him at least five days before the date of poll. Where a post office fails to deliver such an official poll card to the person to whom it is addressed, it shall be retained in such post office until the date of the poll and shall be delivered to the addressee if he calls for it. | | |
| | (3) Every person who-
| | | (a) without authority supplies any official poll card to any other person, or |
| (b) sells or offers to sell any official poll card to any other person or purchases or offers to purchase any official poll card from any other person, |
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| | (3A) Every person,-
| | | (a) other than a public servant acting in the course of his duty as such servant, who has in his possession the official poll card of any other person; or |
| (b) who without due authority prints any official poll card or what purports to be or is capable of being used as an official poll card at any election under this Ordinance, |
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| | (4) The Minister may, from time to time, by Order published in the Gazette, declare that, with effect from such date*[* 6th December, 1965-Gazette No. 14,568 of 25th November, 1965.] as shall be specified in the Order, the provisions of subsection (1) shall apply to every ward of any such electoral area or areas as shall be so specified.". | | |
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