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PART III
Local Elections and Related Matters
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Prohibition of plural voting.
S.I. No. 128 of 1965
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10.—(1) A person shall not vote or apply for a ballot paper—
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(a) more than once at an election of the members of a local authority (otherwise than under Article 44 of the Local Elections Regulations, 1965),
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(b) at an election of the members of more than one local authority of the same class held at the same local elections, or
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(c) at both an election of the members of the corporation of a county borough and an election of the members of a local authority of the class specified in subsection (2) (b) held at the same local elections.
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(2) For the purposes of this section, local authorities shall be deemed to consist of the following two classes:
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(a) the councils of counties and the corporations of county boroughs, and
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(b) the corporations of boroughs that are not county boroughs, the councils of urban districts and the commissioners of towns.
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(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to both.
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(4) Article 89 (1) (b) of the Local Elections Regulations, 1965, is hereby revoked.
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