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Mr. Cocks
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what date the election accounts of Parliamentary candidates at the coming election will have to be paid; and on what date will their deposits, if not forfeited, be returned.
Sir D. Somervell
Election expenses must be paid and a return thereof made to the acting returning officer within 35 days of the day on which the result of the election is declared. The deposit is returned to a successful candidate as soon as he has taken the oath; the deposits of other candidates, unless forfeited, are returned as soon as practicable after the result of the election is declared.