§ The returning officer at a Parliamentary election (other than a university election) shall be: —
- (1) In the case of a Parliamentary county which is coterminous with, or wholly contained in, one administrative county, the sheriff;
- (2) In the case of a Parliamentary borough which is coterminous with, or wholly contained in, a lounty of a city or town having a sheriff, the sheriff, and in the case of the City of London, the sheriffs;
- (3) In the case of a Parliamentary borough which is coterminous with, or wholly contained in, one municipal borough (not being a county of a city or town having a sheriff), or one metropolitan borough, or one urban district, the mayor or chairman of the council, as the case requires; and
- (4) In any other case such sheriff, mayor, or chairman, as may be designated for the purpose by the Local Government Board.
§ Amendment made: After the word "shall," insert the words "notwithstanding anything in any other Act." —[Sir G. Cave.]