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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/787",
  "legislation_title": "The Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 1999",
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  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Notice of poll",
  "text": "(1) The statement required by rule 18 above and the statement required by rule 19 above shall each include a notice of the poll, stating the day on which and the hours during which the poll will be taken and, in the case of a Scottish parliamentary general election, each such notice may contain such further information about that election as the returning officer who publishes that notice thinks fit.\n(2) The constituency returning officer shall also give public notice (which may be combined with the statement required by rule 18 above) of–\n(a) the situation of each polling station;\n(b) the description of voters entitled to vote there,\nand he shall as soon as practicable after giving such notice give a copy of it to each of the election agents.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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