Chapter 3 The Petition

United Kingdom

1. 22Admission to petition signing place
2. 23Keeping order at a petition signing place
3. 24Sealing of ballot boxes
4. 25Questions to be put to persons signing the petition
5. 26Challenge of person signing the petition
6. 27Signing procedure: England and Wales and Scotland
7. 28Signing procedure: Northern Ireland
8. 29Signing sheets endorsed by petition clerk
9. 30Tendered signing sheets
10. 30ARefusal to deliver signing sheet: England and Wales and Scotland
11. 31Refusal to deliver signing sheet: Northern Ireland
12. 32Spoilt signing sheets
13. 33Daily verification and storage
14. 34Reporting discrepancies
15. 35Correction of errors during the signing period
16. 36Adjournment of petition in case of riot
17. 37Procedure on close of petition