DON'T MAKE ELECTION BETS.
A FINE OF £20. Several small bets are made at elections bnt it is well for thoEe who " like to have something on " to know the law on the subject. See 163 of the Election Act cf 1893, says :— " Every person who makes fcny wager, bet, or other rißk of any nature whatsoever npon the result of any election urder tbis Act, is liable for every such offenee to a penalty not exaeeding £20; and every such wager, bet, or any otber risk shall be, and is hereby declared an illegal praotioe within the meaniog of tbe Corrupt Praotioes Prevention Aet, 1881."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 271, 30 November 1899, Page 3
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106DON'T MAKE ELECTION BETS. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 271, 30 November 1899, Page 3
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