Section 53 Right to send election address post free.

A candidate at a parliamentaryF2 or local election shall, subject toF3 such reasonable terms and conditions as the universal service provider may specifyF4, be entitled to send free of any charge for postage which would otherwise be made by a universal service provider to each elector one postal communication containing matter relating to the election only and not exceeding F560 grammes in weight.

A person shall not be deemed to be a candidate for the purposes of this section unless he is shown as standing validly nominated in the statement of persons nominated, but until the publication of that statement any person who declares himself to be a candidate shall be entitled to exercise the right of free postage conferred by this section if he gives such security as may be required by the universal service provider concerned for the payment of postage should he not be shown as standing validly nominated as aforesaid.

For the purposes of this section, candidates who are, under sub-section (4) of section forty-two, deemed to be joint candidates shall be treated as a single candidate.

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