Electoral Amendment Act 1969
Electoral Amendment Act 1969
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Electoral Amendment Act 1969
Public Act |
1969 No 19 |
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Date of assent |
22 August 1969 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 1956
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 Electoral Amendment Act 1969, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Electoral Act 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Qualification of electors
(1)
Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from the definition of the term “adult”
, in subsection (1), the words “twenty-one years”
, and substituting the words “20 years”
.
(2)
Section 99 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (e) the words “twenty-one years”
, and substituting the words “20 years”
.
3 Restriction on amendment or repeal of certain provisions
Section 189 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from paragraph (e) of subsection (1) the words “twenty-one years”
, and substituting the words “20 years”
.
4 References in forms to age
Every reference to the age of 21 years in any form hereafter used or intended to be used for the purposes of any application or declaration made or to be made under the principal Act shall be read as a reference to the age of 20 years.
This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.
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