{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-5/part-VII/chapter-n14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962/schedule-5/part-VII/chapter-n14.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1962/14",
  "legislation_title": "Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electoral-law-act-northern-ireland-1962",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/VII/chapter/n14",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "DECLARATION OF IDENTITY",
  "text": "To be returned with the [ insert colour of ballot paper] coloured ballot paper No .\nI hereby declare that I am the person to whom the [ insert colour of ballot paper] coloured ballot paper numbered as above was sent.\nExcept where the voter is a proxy: My date of birth is [DD/MM/YEAR].\nVoter's signature\nThe voter, who is personally known to me, has signed this declaration in my presence.\nWitness's signature\n* Name of witness (WRITE CLEARLY)\n* Address of witness (WRITE CLEARLY)\n*(Returning officer to omit where ballot papers sent to an anonymous elector.)\nSEE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 Appendix of Forms inserted (16.12.2010) by The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2977), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 86 (with art. 1(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1962/14/schedule/5/part/VII/chapter/n14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:59.497504+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}