Plebiscite (Draft Constitution) Act, 1937

Ballot papers at the plebiscite.

6.—(1) The ballot papers at the plebiscite shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act.

(2) The same official mark shall be used for the ballot papers at the plebiscite as is used for the ballot papers at the general election.

(3) The following provisions shall apply and have effect in every constituency in which a poll is taken at the general election, that is to say:—

(a) the ballot paper for the plebiscite shall be handed to each voter or, in the case of voters on the postal voters list, sent to each voter at the same time as the ballot paper for the general election is handed or sent to him;

(b) every returning officer may, if he so thinks proper, provide separate ballot boxes for the ballot papers for the plebiscite and for the ballot papers for the general election;

(c) where separate ballot boxes are not provided under the next preceding paragraph of this sub-section, the ballot papers for the plebiscite and the ballot papers for the general election shall be put into the same ballot boxes.