Legal Definition and Related Resources of Returning Officer

A person responsible for the conduct of an election. For parliamentary elections he is the sheriff or mayor. See the Representation of the People Act, 1918, s. 28

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Returning officer in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of returning officer.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• returning officer in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• returning officer in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis