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Parliament Elections Act (No. 1 of 1981)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Short title and date of operation
2. Number of Members to be returned for each electoral district
3. Polling divisions.and polling districts
4. Polling divisions. and polling districts
5. Register of electors to be conclusive evidence of right to vote
6. Returning officers
7. Recognized political parties for the purpose of elections
8. Recognized political parties to comply with certain requirements
9. Cessation of recognition of a political party
10. Nominations period and date of poll
11. Notice of intention to contest elections
12. Change of approved symbols of recognized political parties
13. Power of Commissioner to direct which one of the rival sections of a recognized political party is that party
14. Who may contest election
15. Nomination papers
16. Deposits
17. Disposal of deposit
18. Consent to nomination an offence under certain circumstances
19. Rejection of nomination papers
20. Uncontested elections
21. Procedure where no nomination papers arc received
22. Contested elections
23. Persons entitled to be present at nomination
24. Notice of poll
25. Death of candidate or candidates after nomination
26. Voting by Post
27. official poll card
28. Presiding officers
29. Facilities to be provided at polling stations
30. Notices to be exhibited at polling stations
31. Ballot boxes
32. Ballot paper
33. Hours of poll
34. Appointment of polling agents
35. General conduct of the poll
36. Sealing of ballot boxes and commencement of poll
37. Issue of ballot papers
38. Inspections of voter and marking with the appropriate, mark
39. Manner of voting
40. Assistance to voters to enable them to vote
41. Voting by proxy forbidden
42. Plural voting to be an illegal practice
43. Power to require voter to make declarations
44. Spoilt ballot papers
45. Tendered votes
46. Closure of poll
47. Procedure of closure of poll
48. Presiding officer may act through officers appointed to assist him
49. Counting officers
50. Notice of count
51. Appointment of counting agents
52. The count
53. Ballot papers to be rejected
54. Special provisions relating to powers, duties and functions under sections 52 and 53
55. Closure of the count
56. Counting of postal ballot papers
57. Notice of declaration of result
58. Appointment of agents to attend at the declaration of the result
59. Persons entitled to be present at the declaration of the result
60. Declaration of the result
61. Special provisions relating to powers, duties or functions under section 60
62. Publication of result in the Gazette
63. Disposal of ballot papers & c
64. Filling of vacancies
65. Procedure where a recognized political party exercises right to change order of priority in the nomination paper
66. Offences relating to nomination papers ballot papery official poll cards
67. Certain persons not to canvass or act as agents
68. Certain acts prohibited on polling day
69. Restriction on processions
70. Restriction on public meetings
71. General provisions relating to offences under sections 66, 67, 68, 69 and 70
72. Printing, & c. of election publications by persons other than candidates
73. Restriction on number of election offices
74. Provision relating to display of handbills, posters. & c
75. Candidate not to visit residences for canvassing & c
76. Maintenance secrecy at elections
77. Personation
78. Treating
79. Undue influence
80. Bribery
81. Punishment and incapacities for corrupt practice
82. Special provisions relating to punishment and incapacity for a corrupt practice by an un-successful candidate at an election
83. Certain expenditure to be illegal practice
84. False reports in newspapers
85. Certain employment to be illegal
86. Printing, & c.of election publications
87. Punishment on conviction for illegal practices
88. Special provisions relating to punishment and incapacity for an illegal practice by an un-successful candidate at any election
89. Report exonerating candidate in certain cases of corrupt or illegal practices
90. Power of Court to except innocent act from being illegal
91. Avoidance by conviction of candidate
92. Avoidance of election on election petition
93. Court of Appeal to try election petitions
94. Place of trial of an election petition
95. Who may present petition
96. Relief which may be claimed
97. Parties to a petition
98. Contents of the petition
99. Special provisions relating to the procedure before an Election Judge
100. Determination of Election Judge
101. Report of Judges as to Corrupt or illegal practice
102. Appeal on question of law against declaration under section 100 and any other decision or order of Election Judge
103. Security by appellant & c. of appeal
104. Power of the Supreme Court in appeal
105. Transmission to President of certificate and report
106. Effect of certificate
107. Effect of report
108. Time for presentation
109. Prohibition of disclosure of vote
110. Votes to be struck off at a scrutiny
111. Procedure and practice on election petitions
112. Rejection of ballot paper by counting officer to be final
113. Power to order elections
114. Failure to comply with provisions of Act
115. Death, withdrawal or disqualification of candidate not to invalidate nomination paper of party or group
116. Use of schools as polling stations
117. Secretary of a recognized political party or group leader to act as his own agent or assist his agent
118. Non-attendance of the agents-of recognized political party or independent group
119. Prohibition of disclosure of vote
120. Inaccurate description of places and persons
121. Publication, of notices, & c
122. Duty of employers to grant leave to enable employee to vote
123. Requisitioning of premises for use as polling stations
124. Compensation for requisitioning premises
125. Right of secretary of recognized political party or group leader to send matter relating to elections post free
126. Political broadcasts
127. State assistance to recognized political parties
128. Powers of Commissioner
129. Removal of difficulties
130. Repeal
131. Interpretation
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