VIRGIN
IsnanDs.

Influencing
of voters to
vote for any
candidate.

Eleotion
return.

Form No. 26,

50 Virgin Islands Constitution No. 7 of 1934.7
' and Elections.

(3) Every person who contravenes or fails to
comply with any of the provisions of this section
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of
two hundred and forty dollars or to imprisonment
for six months or to both such fine and such
imprisonment,

77. (1) During the hours that the poll
is open upon polling day no person shall upon any
public road or in any public place within one hun-
dred yards of any building in which a polling
station is situate seek to influence any voter to vote
for any candidate or to ascertain for what candidate
any voter intends to vote or has voted.

(2) Every person who contravenes any of the
provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine of two
hundred and forty dollars or to imprisonment for
six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

78. (1) The returning officer within the
time specified for the return of any writ shall
forward to the Supervisor of EKlections—

(a) the writ with his return in the form
set out as Form No. 26 in the Second Schedule
endorsed thereon that the candidate having
the majority of votes has been elected;

(6) a report of his proceedings showing
the number of votes cast for each candidate at
euch polling station, and making such observa-
tions as the returning officer may think proper
as to the state of the election papers as received
from the presiding officer ;

(c) the number of persons to whom, it
appears from the counterfoils, ballot papers
have been supplied in the electoral district;

(d@) the reserve supply of undistributed
blank ballot papers;

(e) the poll book used at each polling
station, a packet containing the counterfoils
and unused ballot papers, packets containing
the ballot papers cast for the several candi-