ELECTION SEQUEL.
BREACH OF LAW BY AN M.P. [BY TEL^GBAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION, J INVERCAEGIUCi. Wednesday. The reserved judgment of Mr. G. Cruickshank, S.M., in the case of the returning officer for Wallace v. Adam Hamilton, M.P., a charge of failing to render a nroper statement of election payments as required by the Legislative Act, 1908, holds that the statement furnished by the candidate's secretary did not satisfy the Statute. The candidate must himself supply a correct statement, vouched for as required by Section 172. As the breach was due to carelessness a fine of only £2 was imposed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 7
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