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Candidates right of free postage.
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34.—(1) Each candidate at a presidential election shall, subject to regulations made under this section by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs, be entitled to send by post, free of any charge for postage, to every person registered as an elector in any register of electors for the time being in force one communication relating only to the said election and not exceeding two ounces in weight.
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(2) A candidate shall not be entitled to exercise, in relation to a presidential election, the right of free postage under this section unless or until he and at least one other person have been declared by the presidential returning officer to stand nominated as candidates at such election and such election has been adjourned for the purpose of taking a poll.
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(3) The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs may permit a candidate at a presidential election to exercise the right of free postage under this section before he has become entitled under this section so to do upon his giving to the said Minister security to the satisfaction of the said Minister for the payment, in the event of his not becoming so entitled to exercise the said right, of the postage on all communications sent by him in pursuance of the said permission of the said Minister.
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(4) Regulations made by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs under this section may make provision in regard to the post office or several post offices at which communications sent in exercise of the right of free postage under this section shall be posted and, in particular, may require that communications so sent to persons in a particular constituency or other area shall be posted at a specified post office either in or outside such area.
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