Licensing Act 1964 (repealed)

B. E+W Form of, and directions for printing, ballot paper

(a) E+W

Front of ballot paper

Are you for or against the opening of licensed premises in the [F1 [county/county borough of]]on Sundays for the sale of intoxicating liquor?

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 8 Appendix, Form B substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 22(10)(b)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2

FOR Sunday opening
AGAINST Sunday opening

(b) E+W

Back of ballot paper

No.

Ballot on Sunday opening of licensed premises in the [F2 [county/county borough of]] the day of , 19 .

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Sch. 8, Appendix Form B substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 22(10)(b)(with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2

(c) E+W

Directions for printing ballot paper

1 E+W Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accordance with these directions, and in so far as practicable—

(a) no word shall be printed on the face, except as provided by the form given above;

(b) no rule shall be printed on the face except the rules separating from one another the words “FOR Sunday opening", the words “AGAINST Sunday opening" and the corresponding spaces for the vote to be marked.

2 E+W The number on the back of the ballot paper is to correspond with that on the counterfoil, and shall be printed in small characters.

C. E+W

Form of directions for the guidance of voters in voting

1 E+W The voter should see that the ballot paper, before it is handed to him, is stamped with the official mark.

2 E+W The voter will go into one of the compartments and, with the pencil provided in the compartment, place a cross X on the right-hand side either in the space opposite the words “FOR Sunday opening", if he wishes to vote that way, or in the space opposite the words “AGAINST Sunday opening", if he wishes to vote that way.

3 E+W The voter will then fold up the ballot paper so as to show the official mark on the back, and leaving the compartment will, without showing the front of the paper to any person, show the official mark on the back to the presiding officer, and then, in the presence of the presiding officer, put the paper into the ballot box, and forthwith leave the polling station.

4 E+W If the voter inadvertently spoils a ballot paper he can return it to the officer who will, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another paper.

5 E+W If the voter places any mark on the paper by which he may afterwards be identified, his ballot paper will be void and will not be counted.

6 E+W If the voter fraudulently takes a ballot paper out of a polling station or fraudulently puts into the ballot box any paper other than the one given to him by the officer, he will be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds or to both such imprisonment and such fine.