# The Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, Paragraph 4: Declaration of secrecy


(1) Every person attending the proceedings on the issue or receipt of postal ballot papers shall make a declaration of secrecy in the form in sub-paragraph (4) before the issue of postal ballot papers:
Provided that if any person attends only the proceedings on the receipt of postal ballot papers, he need not make the declaration before the issue but shall make it before he is permitted to attend the proceedings on the receipt of postal ballot papers.
(2) The returning officer shall make the declaration in the presence of a Justice of the Peace, and any other person shall make the declaration in the presence of a Justice of the Peace or of the returning officer or of the clerk of a district council.
(3) Sub-paragraph ( 4) of paragraph 27 of Schedule 9 to, and section 111 of, the Act of 1962 shall be read to the declarant by the person taking the declaration or shall be read by the declarant in the presence of that person.
(4) The declaration shall be as follows:—
I solemnly promise and declare that I will not do anything forbidden by sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 27 of Schedule 9 to the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 which has been read to [by] me.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/454/schedule/2/part/III/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-elections-northern-ireland-order-1985/schedule-2/part-III/paragraph-4
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