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within the meaning of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883, and the expression "corrupt practice" shall be construed accordingly:

Provided that the court before whom a person is convicted under this section may, if they think it just in the special circumstances of the case, mitigate or entirely remit any incapacity imposed by section six of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883.

(3) Any expenses incurred on account of any such purpose as aforesaid and authorised by the election agent of the candidate shall be duly returned as part of the candidate's election expenses.

Certain Acts to have Permenant effect

35. The following Acts, that is to say:—

• The Ballot  Act, 1872
  
• The Parliamentary Elections (Returning Officers)  Act, 1875^[1]
  
• The Parliamentary Elections Returning Officers Expenses (Scotland)  Act, 1878^[2]
  
• The Parliamentary Elections and Corrupt Practice  Act, 1880^[3]
  
• The Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention  Act, 1883
  
• The Municipal Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Practices)  Act, 1884^[4]
  
• The Local Government (Elections)  Act, 1896^[5]

shall become permanent Acts, and any provision in any Act in force at the date of the passing of this Act which limits the period for which any of those Acts are to remain in operation shall cease to have effect.

Conduct of elections for university constiuencies

36.—(1) The provisions contained in Part I. of the Fifth Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to elections for university constituencies other than the Scottish university constituency, and the provisions contained in Part II. of that Schedule shall have effect with respect to elections for the Scottish University constituency, and His Majesty may, by Order in Council, make such regulations as appear necessary or desirable for giving full effect to those provisions and for the effective and proper conduct of those elections. Any such regulations may be made so as to be applicable generally to elections for university constituencies or specially to elections for any particular university constituency.

(2) This Part of this Act shall, except as expressly provided, apply to university constituencies and university elections.

(3) In the application of the provisions of this Act which are applicable to university constituencies and university elections to those constituencies and elections the following modifications shall have effect:—

(a) "Voting paper" shall be substituted for "ballot paper," and for any reference to the Ballot Act, 1872, there shall be substituted a reference to the corresponding provision

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1. 38 & 39 Vict.
2. 41 & 42 Vict. c. 41.
3. 43 Vict. c. 18.
4. 47 & 48 Vict. c. 70.
5. 59 & 60 Vict. c. 1.