This Act may be cited as the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1931, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1907 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

Section seven of the Christchurch District Drainage Amendment Act, 1923, is hereby amended as from the passing of that Act by inserting at the end of subsection two the words: “Provided the consent in writing of the Crown as mortgagee is obtained, the priority given to such charges shall bind the Crown in respect of all instruments to which the Crown is a party”.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section eight of the principal Act or section seven of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, as amended by section two of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act, 1926, the Board may, in giving or causing to be given notice of any election of a member or members of the Board, appoint as the day for the nomination of candidates a day not less than seven clear days after the day on which such notice is given and not more than sixty clear days before the day fixed for the election.