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ELECTORAL LAW ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1962 - SECT 36

Offices of election agent and sub-agent.

36.(1) Every election agent and every sub-agent shall have an office to which
all claims, notices, writs, summonses and documents may be sent, and the
address of the office shall be declared to the returning officer at the same
time as the appointment of the agent, and shall be stated in the public notice
of the name of the agent.

(2) The office of the election agent shall, if for a parliamentary election,
be within the constituency and, if for a local election within the
local government electoral area,..., and the office of a sub-agent shall be
within his polling district...

(3) Any claim, notice, writ, summons or document delivered at the office of
the election agent or sub-agent and addressed to him shall be deemed to have
been served on him, and every election agent or sub-agent may be sued in any
court having jurisdiction at the place where his office is situate, in respect
of any matter which is connected with the election in which he is acting and
is within the competence of that court.

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