Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1862

Occupiers, &c. not to vote unless all rates six months due have been paid.

6 & 7 Vict. c. 92. ss. 1, 4. 12 & 13 Vict. c. 91. s. 63. 12 & 13 Vict. c. 104. s. 10.

19. [Recital of 1 & 2 Vict. c. 56. s. 85.] No occupier rated to the poor rate shall be entitled to vote in that capacity unless he shall have paid all the poor rates previously made and assessed upon him, except such as shall have been made or become due within six calendar months immediately preceding such voting; and no owner or immediate lessor who is rated under the provisions of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1843, sections one and four, or the Act of the twelfth and thirteenth years of her Majesty, chapter ninety-one, section sixty-three, or the Poor Relief (Ireland) Act, 1849, section ten, and this Act, shall be entitled to vote in respect of the property for which he is so rated, unless he shall have paid all the rates made and assessed on him in respect of such property, except such as shall have been made or become due within six calendar months immediately preceding such voting.