Section 124 Misnomer, inaccurate description, etc.
Subject to any enactment or established practice of law to the contrary, no misnomer or inaccurate description of any person or place named in a register of electors or in any list, record, proxy paper, nomination paper, ballot paper, notice or other document required for the purposes of this Act shall affect the full operation of the document with respect to that person or place in any case where the description of the person or place is such as to be commonly understood.
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Refs. to registration officer, returning officer or electoral officer are to be construed as refs. to Chief Electoral Officer, 1972 NI 13