The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1970] 1 QB 508
[DIVISIONAL COURT]
McWHIRTER AND ANOTHER v. PLATTEN
1968 Nov. 5,
6
Lord Parker C.J., Ashworth and Willis JJ.
Local Government
— Election
— London borough council election
— Application for order to inspect ballot papers
— Serious discrepancies between published voting figures and possible votes on ballot papers issued
— Whether an “offence in relation to ballot papers”
— Purpose of order
— Whether “required” for intended prosecution
— Discretion
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Representation of the People Act, 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6, c. 68), s. 51 (1) (3)
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London Borough Council Elections Rules, 1968 (S.I. 1968, No. 497), Sch., r. 49 (1).