1818 April 24

Parl. Reform Bill

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V. Penal Securities

Election falshood

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1. Persons by whom, or in whose favour, Election falshood in respect of a

Vote-conferring certificate is capable of being committed are

1. The proposed Voter or say Certificate-man in whose favour the Certificate is given:

2. Any Certifier or, forasmuch as there are several of

them, say Co-certifier, who, by means of his signature, has

concurred in the giving of the Certificate.

2. Persons, by whom, on the occasion of the Recommendatory Certificate, required to

be given in favour of a proposed Member, falshood is capable of being committed, are

– the persons, or any of them, by whom such certificate is signed.

Persons by whom forgery by fabrication, forgery by subornation, and /or/ forgery by

utterance are capable of being committed are

1. A proposed Voter – or an accomplice of his, forging the handwriting of a

Certificated man, or that of an alledged Certifier

2. A proposed Member or his Agent authorized or not authorized in the character of

suborner /respect of a subornation/ of the forgery, or utterer of the forged document

/utterance/.

3. A proposed {viz} Voter or proposed Member, or any Agent or adherent of them

respectively, un respect of the forgery of the pretended signature of the proposed

Voter, or a proposed Co-Certifier of his title to vote.

4. Any person forging the signature of an Election Clerk or any assistant or deputy

/substitute/ of his

Persons by whom without forgery fraud may be committed

5. An Election Clerk, or any Assistant or Deputy /Substitute/ of his, by delivering

or causing to be delivered to any person a Voting Card with the signature of any such

Clerk, Assistant or Substitute for the purpose of its being dropt into a Voting

check[?] by a person by whom no Vote /govern[?]/-confirming certificate duly signed

has been delivered in to /at/ the office of the Election Clerk.