Qualification of Electors Amendment Act 1858
Qualification of Electors Amendment Act 1858
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Qualification of Electors Amendment Act 1858
Public Act |
1858 No 53 |
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Date of assent |
19 August 1858 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Qualification of Electors and Members of the House of Representatives.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament Assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
I Provision as to Trustees.
No Trustee shall be deemed to be qualified to Vote at Elections of Members of the House of Representatives in respect of any Trust Estate, unless he be in actual possession or receipt of the rents and profits of the Estate, but the cestui que Trust in such possession or receipt, shall be deemed to be qualified in respect of the same Estate, notwithstanding such Trust.
II Qualification for Members of the House of Representatives.
Every man who shall be duly qualified and registered as an Elector of the House of Representatives in any part of the Colony shall be qualified to be elected a Member of the said House for any Electoral district within the Colony.
III Member ceasing to possess qualification not to be incapable of holding his seat.
If a Member of the House of Representatives shall after his Election cease to possess a qualification as herein prescribed, he shall not by reason only of his ceasing to possess such qualification be deemed incapable of continuing to hold his Seat, but shall continue to hold the same until he shall cease to be a Member from some other cause according to the law for the time being in force.
IV Time of Registration.
In the construction of the Constitution Act, the time of Registration shall be deemed to be the last day on which objections to claims to vote may by any law for the time being be served on the Officer or Person appointed or entitled to receive notice thereof.
V Duration of Act.
This Act shall continue in operation only until the end of the next Session of the General Assembly.
VI Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Qualification of Electors Amendment Act, 1858.”
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