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Inspector General, &c. appointed under this Act, not to sit in Parliament; nor Persons belonging to the Constabulary Force to vote at Elections.
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XVIII. And be it enacted, That no Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, Receiver, or County Inspector, or Magistrate, appointed by virtue of this Act, shall, during the Continuance of such Appointment, be capable of being elected or sitting as a Member of the House of Commons; and that no Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, Receiver, County Inspector, Magistrate, Sub-Inspector, Paymaster or Clerk, Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable, or Person belonging to the said Constabulary Force or appointed by virtue of this Act, shall during the Time that he shall continue in any such Office, or within Six Calendar Months after he shall have quitted the same, be capable of giving his Vote for the Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for any County, City, Borough, Town, or Place in Ireland, nor shall, by Word, Message, Writing, or in any other Manner, endeavour to persuade any Elector to give or dissuade any Elector from giving his Vote for the Choice of any Person to be a Member to serve in Parliament for any such County, City, Borough, Town, or Place; and if any such Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, Receiver, County Inspector, Magistrate, Sub-Inspector, Paymaster or Clerk, Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable, or Person belonging to the said Constabulary Force, shall offend therein, he shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to be recovered by any Person who will sue for the same by Action of Debt, to be commenced within Six Calendar Months after the Commission of the Offence: Provided always, that nothing in this Enactment contained shall subject any such Inspector General, Deputy Inspector General, Receiver, County Inspector, Magistrate, Sub-Inspector, Paymaster or Clerk, Chief or other Constable or Sub-Constable, or Person belonging to the said Constabulary Force or appointed under this Act, to any Penalty for any Act done by him at or concerning any of the said Elections in the Discharge of his official Duty.
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