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43 1960

ELECTORAL ACT, 1960

Part V.

Elections to Local Authorities.

Amendments relating to elections to local authorities.

17. —(1) Subsection (7) of section 41 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918, is hereby amended by the insertion of “the 15th day of April next following” before “the last day of the qualifying period.”

(2) Subsection (1) of section 3 of the Local Government Electors Registration Act, 1924 , is hereby amended by the substitution of “15th day of September” for “15th day of November.”

(3) Section 4 of the Local Government Electors Registration Act, 1924 , shall have effect as if—

(i) the reference to Part 11 of the Electoral Act, 1923 , were a reference to that Part inclusive of the section inserted by section 6 of this Act, and

(ii) paragraph (a) of subsection (1) were omitted.

(4) Subsection (1) of section 2 of the Local Government (Extension of Franchise) Act, 1935 , is hereby amended by the addition of the following sentence: “For the purposes of this subsection a person's age shall be taken to be that person's age on the 15th day of April next following the relevant qualifying date.”

(5) The Third Schedule to the Local Government Act, 1941 , is hereby amended by the insertion in the third column after “Parts I and II of the Fifth Schedule” of “(as amended by the Electoral Act, 1960) and also section 21 (as so amended) and the Fourth Schedule (as so amended)”.

(6) (a) Where, pursuant to paragraph (1) of Rule 24 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Electoral Act, 1923 (as amended by subsection (1) of section 10 of this Act and as applied by section 39 of the Local Government Act, 1941 , and this section), a person has marked as a companion two ballot papers at an election, he shall not, at that election, mark as a companion any other ballot paper.

(b) A person shall not, pursuant to paragraph (1) of Rule 24 of Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Electoral Act, 1923 (as amended by subsection (1) of section 10 of this Act and as applied by section 39 of the Local Government Act, 1941 , and this section), mark as a companion a ballot paper at an election if he is a candidate or agent of a candidate at that election.

(c) A person who contravenes paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.