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274 of this Act, or regulations made thereunder in relation to university constituencies or university elections:

(b) It shall not be necessary to prepare an absent voters list, but the right to vote by proxy may be exercised by any person who would be entitled to exercise such right if his name were entered on an absent voters list, so long as all other conditionś enabling him to vote by proxy are fulfilled:

(c) Where a candidate's deposit is forfeited the deposit shall be retained by the university.

Redistribution of seats.

37.—(1) Each of the areas mentioned in the first column of the First Part of the Ninth Schedule to this Act shall be a parliamentary borough returning the number of members specified opposite thereto in the said Schedule, and where so provided in the Schedule shall be divided into the divisions specified therein, and each such division shall return one member.

(2) Each of the areas mentioned in the first column of the Second Part of the Ninth Schedule to this Act shall be a parliamentary county returning the number of members specified opposite thereto in the said Schedule, and where so provided in the Schedule shall be divided into the divisions specified therein, and each such division shall return one member.

(3) Each of the universities and combinations of universities mentioned in the Third Part of the Ninth Schedule to this Act shall be a constituency returning the number of members specified opposite thereto in the said Schedule.

(4) The distribution of seats in Great Britain under this Part of this Act shall take the place of the distribution of seats existing at the time of the passing of this Act; and all writs for parliamentary elections and other documents consequent upon the writs or relating to parliamentary elections of the registration of electors shall be framed and expressed in such manner and form as may be necessary for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.

Punishment of offences committed outside the United Kingdom.

38. Where any person commits out of the United Kingdom any act which if that act bad been committed in the United Kingdom would have rendered that person liable to prosecution and punishment under the, or the (as amended by any