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- ↑ "Representation of the People Act 1983 (section 8)". The National Archives . Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ↑ Mallory, J. R. (1956). "The Clerk of the Crown's Tale". The Canadian Bar Review. XXXIV: 60–68.