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Search Results for: Representation of the People Act 1949 63
Director of Public Prosecutions v Luft: HL 26 May 1976
The defendants were campaigning against the National Front in an election. They were separately said to have distributed leaflets infringing the 1949 Act, in that the expenses were not authorised, and the leaflets did not have the name of the printer. One magistrate held that the offence was committed only if there was an intention … Continue reading Director of Public Prosecutions v Luft: HL 26 May 1976
Regina v Tronoh Mines Ltd: 1952
(Central Criminal Court) The defendant, while a general election was pending, published in a national newspaper an advertisement attacking the financial policy of the outgoing Labour government. Held: The interpretion of laws restricting expenditure and ‘promoting the election of a candidate’ are inapplicable to advertising promoting or denigrating parties generally. Section 63 was not intended … Continue reading Regina v Tronoh Mines Ltd: 1952
