New Zealand Legislation: Acts
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(1) Where the Clerk of the House of Representatives receives an indicative referendum petition that complies with section 14(2) of this Act, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall, within two months after the date on which he or she receives the indicative referendum petition, either—
(a) Certify that the indicative referendum petition is correct and give that petition to the Speaker; or
(b) Certify that the indicative referendum petition has lapsed and return that petition to the promoter of the petition.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, an indicative referendum petition shall be certified correct by the Clerk of the House of Representatives if he or she is satisfied, in accordance with section 19 of this Act, that the petition has, after the date on which the promoter received the written notice required by section 13(1)(a) of this Act, been signed by not less than 10 percent of the eligible electors.
Sections 18 to 20 were substituted, as from 6 December 1995, by section 6 Citizens Initiated Referenda Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 62).