Expeditionary Forces Voting Act 1914 (No 2)

Public Act		1914 No 75
Date of assent		5 November 1914

	Title
1	Short Title.
2	Special provisions as to voting at general election by Maori members of Expeditionary Forces.
3	Method of voting in event of being in New Zealand when nominations close.
4	Votes not to be invalidated by any error in selection.

An Act to enable Maori Members of the Expeditionary Forces to exercise their Votes at the next General Election of Maori 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:—

1 Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914 (No. 2).

2 Special provisions as to voting at general election by Maori members of Expeditionary Forces.

With respect to the Maori members of any Expeditionary Force formed in New Zealand for service in the war in which His Majesty is at present engaged the following provisions shall apply:—

(a.)

If the said Expeditionary Force is still in New Zealand on the day on which the next general election of Maori members of the House of Representatives is held, every Maori member of the Force shall be entitled to vote in all respects as if this Act had not passed. For the purposes of such election the Governor may appoint a polling-place for each Maori electoral district at the camp at which the Maori members of the Expeditionary Force are attending.

(b.)

If it is probable that the said Force will not be in New Zealand on the day aforesaid, the Governor may, by warrant under his hand, direct that the votes of the Maori members of the Force at the next general election aforesaid shall be taken in the manner prescribed by the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914, and the provisions of that Act shall extend and apply accordingly.

3 Method of voting in event of being in New Zealand when nominations close.

If any of the said Forces are in New Zealand on the day on which nominations of candidates for the next general election of members of the House of Representatives close, then, unless a poll has already been taken under the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914, the method of voting shall be that prescribed by the Legislature Act, 1908, and shall be used in lieu of the voting-paper prescribed by the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914.

4 Votes not to be invalidated by any error in selection.

The votes given by members of the Expeditionary Forces shall not be invalidated by any error or omission in the selection required to be made under paragraph (c) of subsection one of section three of the Expeditionary Forces Voting Act, 1914.

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