Part III: Corrupt and Illegal Practices and Other Provisions As To Election Campaign
Part III of the Act set new limits for the expenses that candidates were permitted to pay their election agent. In a county constituency this was to be 450 pounds, plus two pence for each name in the electoral register; in borough constituencies it was to 450 pounds plus 1½ pence for each elector.
Among other restrictions, no supporter of a candidate was permitted to use a motor vehicle to bring an elector to the polls, or to loan or rent such a vehicle to an elector, unless such a vehicle was first registered with the returning officer. There was to be a limit of one vehicle per 1,500 electors in a county constituency and 2,500 in a borough constituency. The broadcast of any programme relating to an election on a radio station other than one operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation was also prohibited. This prohibition extended to broadcasters outside the state.
Each candidate was allowed to send an election address to each elector post free, and was entitled to the use of a room in a publicly funded school in which to hold meetings.
Read more about this topic: Representation Of The People Act 1948
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