HC Deb 31 January 1918 vol 101 cc1915-6

  1. (1) The provisions contained in Part I. of the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to elections for university constituencies other than the Scottish university constituency, and the provisions contained in Part II. of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to elections for the Scottish university constituency, and His Majesty may, by Order in Council, make such Regulations as appear necessary or desirable for giving full effect to those provisions and for the effective and proper conduct of those elections. Any such Regulations may be made so as to be applicable generally to elections for university constituencies or specially to elections for any particular university constituency.
  2. (2) This Part of this Act shall, except as expressly provided, apply to university constituencies and university elections.
  3. (3) In the application of the provisions of this Act which are applicable to university constituencies and university elections to those constituencies and elections the following modifications shall have effect:
    1. (a) "Voting paper" shall be substituted for "ballot paper," and for any reference to the Ballot Act there shall he substituted a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act, or Regulations made there under in relation to university constituencies or university elections:
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    2. (b) It shall not be necessary to prepare an absent voters' list, but the right to vote by proxy may be exercised by any person who would be entitled to exercise such right if his name. were entered on an absent voters' list, so long as all other conditions enabling him to vote by proxy are fulfilled:
    3. (c) Where a candidate's deposit is forfeited the deposit shall be retained by the university.—Agreed to.