Title of Election Court. (See ante, p. 551.)

Order to compel Attendance of Witness.
(See ante, p. 552.)

Warrant of Committal for Contempt. (See ante, p. 552.)

Notice of Application for Relief.

In the High Court of Justice,

Queen's Bench Division.

189 or so soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, an application will be made to the said Court on behalf of A. B., of

a can

didate at the said election, for an order allowing that (state offence) may be an exception from the provisions of the said Act, which would otherwise make the same an illegal practice [or an illegal payment, employment or hiring], on the ground that such act [er omission] arose from inadvertence [or from accidental miscalculation or from some other reasonable cause of a like nature], and did not arise from any want of good faith.

Dated the

day of

(Signed) X. Y., of

189

Solicitor for the said Applicant.

Notice before being reported.

Court for the Trial of an Election Petition for the borough of [or as the case may be], holden at

the

C. D.

To [name, address, and description of person summoned.]

You are hereby required to attend before the above Court at [place of trial] on the day of

189 at

o'clock in

(g) If a petition has been presented, the names of the petitioner and respondent should be inserted.

the noon, to show cause why you should not be reported by the said Court as having been guilty of a [insert the words corrupt and illegal, or either] practice in having [here describe the offence] contrary to the provisions of the Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices) Act, 1884.

And upon such hearing you may [be represented by counsel, and] call witnesses on your behalf if you desire to do so.

Whereas R. S. appeared and was called and examined as a witness before me on the trial of the said petition.

Now I do hereby certify that the said R. S. as such witness as aforesaid, was upon his said examination required by me to answer questions relating to the election to which the said petition referred, the answers to which questions criminated or tended to criminate him, and that the said R. S. answered truly all such questions.

Whereas R. S. appeared at this Court to give evidence at the trial of this election petition.

I do hereby certify that I have ascertained and do allow the reasonable expenses and costs of the said witness in appearing as aforesaid at the sum of

Committal for Trial by Election Court.

[Title as in last Form but two.]

Whereas A. B. has this day been prosecuted before me for a corrupt practice, to wit, bribery [or as the case may be]. And whereas I think it in the interests of justice expedient that the said A. B. should be tried before some other Court. And whereas I am of opinion that the evidence is sufficient to put the said A. B. upon his trial for the said offence. I do therefore order the said A. B. to be prosecuted on indictment for the said offence before the justices of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery for at the sessions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery to and I do

in and for the said

be holden at hereby commit the said A. B. to take his trial at the said sessions of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery to be holden at in and for the said

I do therefore command the constables and all other peace officers of the said town of forthwith safely to convey

the said A. B. to her Majesty's prison for the said town of and deliver the said A. B. to the keeper thereof, together with this warrant, and I do also in like manner command you, the said keeper of the said prison, to receive the said A. B., there in safe and secure custody to detain and keep until the next sessions aforesaid to be holden in and for the said

to answer the premises, or until the said A. B. shall be from thence sooner discharged by the due course of law. Herein fail not, respectively at your peril.

As witness my hand this

day of

[Signature.]

189.

The Commissioner to whom the trial of the said Petition is assigned.

IV.-PARISH MEETINGS (POLLS) ORDER, 1894.

RULES AS TO POLLS WHERE NO PARISH COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by sub-sections (2), (3), and (8) of section 48 of the Local Government Act, 1894, it is enacted that [here the subsections are set out]: Now therefore, we, the Local Government Board, do direct that any poll consequent on a parish meeting in every parish which on the "appointed day" will not be entitled to elect a parish council, whether such poll shall have been demanded with respect to the appointment to an office or to any other question, shall be conducted according to the following rules :

Returning Officer.

1.—(1.) The returning officer shall be the chairman of the parish meeting at which the poll is demanded.

(2.) Provided that if such chairman is unwilling to act as returning officer, or if from illness or other sufficient cause he is unable so to act, he shall appoint some other person to act as returning officer or to perform such of the duties of returning officer as then remain to be performed, as the case may be.

(3.) The returning officer shall appoint an office for the purposes of the poll, and shall give notice thereof to the overseers of the parish.

(4.) If the chairman of the parish meeting does not act as returning officer, he shall forward to the returning officer a copy of the resolution in respect of which the poll is to be taken, together with the names of the proposer thereof. If the poll is to be taken as to the appointment to any office, he shall send to the returning officer the names, place of abode, and description of each candidate, with respect to whom the poll is to be taken, and the name of the proposer of each such candidate.

Day and Hours of Poll.

2.-(1.) The poll, if any, shall be held on such day as shall be fixed by the returning officer, not being later than the fourteenth day after that on which the poll was demanded.

(2.) The hours during which the poll shall be open shall be such as may be prescribed by the county council by any general order for the time being in force in the parish, so, however, that the poll shall always be open between the hours of 6 and 8 in the evening. (3.) If no such order is in force in the parish, the poll shall be open between the hours of 4 o'clock in the afternoon and 8 o'clock in the evening.

Polling Places and Stations.

3.-(1.) Unless the county council by any general or special order otherwise direct, there shall be only one polling place and one polling station for the parish, and the situation thereof shall be determined by the returning officer.

(2.) Provided that no premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor shall be used for a polling place.

Withdrawal after Parish Meeting of Candidates for Office.

4.-(1.) If the poll is taken as to the appointment to any office, any candidate may, not later than the fourth day after the date of the parish meeting, withdraw his candidature by delivering or causing to be delivered at the office of the returning officer a notice in writing of such withdrawal, signed by him.

(2.) Provided that if the office to which an appointment is to be made is a compulsory one, a person shall not be allowed to withdraw his candidature if by such withdrawal there will be a less number of candidates for the office than the number of persons to be elected to the office.

If Number of Candidates for Office is Reduced to Number of Persons to be Elected.

5.-(1.) If by the withdrawal of any candidates as provided by Rule 4, the number of candidates for appointment to any office is reduced to a number not exceeding the number of persons to be elected, or if the number of candidates is otherwise so reduced, the returning officer shall give public notice in the parish to this effect, stating that no poll will be held, and declaring the remaining candidates to be elected.