{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1868/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1868/section-61.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/Vict/31-32/113",
  "legislation_title": "Gun Barrel Proof Act 1868",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1868",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Election of Candidates.",
  "text": "If the Number of qualified Persons nominated for each respective Office do not exceed the Number of Persons to be elected to the respective Office, the Chairman of the Meeting at which the Election is to be made shall declare such Persons duly elected; but if the Number of qualified Persons so nominated for the respective Office exceed the Number to be then elected to the same Office, the Election shall be decided by Vote of the Persons present, and entitled to vote and voting at the Meeting; and for the Purpose of taking the Votes, the Law Clerk shall provide and shall deliver to each Voter a Voting Paper in the Form given in Schedule A., Part III., to this Act annexed; and each Voter shall write his Name or Initials in the Voting Paper delivered to him against the Name or Names of the Person or Persons to be elected for whom he intends to vote, and shall at the Meeting sign such Voting Paper, and deliver the same to the Chairman of the Meeting.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/Vict/31-32/113/section/61",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:01:33.047048+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."
}