Electoral Amendment Act 1983
Electoral Amendment Act 1983
Electoral Amendment Act 1983
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Electoral Amendment Act 1983
Public Act |
1983 No 104 |
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Date of assent |
16 December 1983 |
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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 1983, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Electoral Act 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Interpretation
(1)
Section 2(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing the definition of the term “adult”
(as amended by section 2(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1974), and substituting the following definition:
“‘Adult’—
“(a)
Means a person of or over the age of 18 years; but
“(b)
Where a writ has been issued for an election, includes, on or after the Monday immediately before polling day, a person under the age of 18 years if that person’s 18th birthday falls in the period beginning on that Monday and ending on polling day:”.
(2)
Section 2(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1974 is hereby repealed.
3 Qualification of electors
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 39 (as substituted by section 11(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980), and substituting the following section:
“39
“(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, every adult person is qualified to be registered as an elector of an electoral district if—
“(a)
That person is—
“(i)
A New Zealand citizen; or
“(ii)
A permanent resident of New Zealand; and
“(b)
That person has at some period resided continuously in New Zealand for not less than one year; and
“(c)
That electoral district—
“(i)
Is the last in which that person has continuously resided for a period equalling or exceeding 3 months; or
“(ii)
Where that person has never resided continuously in any one electoral district for a period equalling or exceeding 3 months, is the electoral district in which that person resides or has last resided.
“(2)
Where a writ has been issued for an election, every person—
“(a)
Who resides in an electoral district on the Monday before polling day; and
“(b)
Who would, if he continued to reside in that electoral district until the close of polling day, have continuously resided in that electoral district for a period equalling or exceeding 3 months,—
shall (whether or not he does so continue to reside in that electoral district) be deemed, for the purposes of subsection (1)(c) of this section, to have completed on that Monday a period of 3 months continuous residence in that electoral district.”
(2)
Section 11(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980 is hereby consequentially repealed.
4 Registration in respect of more than one electoral district
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 40, and substituting the following section:
“40
“(1)
Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a person shall not be entitled to be registered as an elector of more than one electoral district.
“(2)
Where an elector is qualified to be registered as an elector of an electoral district, his registration as an elector of that district shall not be invalid by reason only of the fact that at the time of that registration he was registered as an elector of a district for which he was not, or was no longer, qualified to be registered.
“(3)
Notwithstanding that the validity of the registration of an elector of an electoral district is preserved by subsection (2) of this section, for the purposes of section 99 of this Act, such an elector is not qualified, by virtue of that registration, to vote at an election unless, when the elector votes, he is no longer registered as an elector of another electoral district.”
5 Revision of electoral rolls
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 43a (as substituted by section 15(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980 and amended by section 19 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981), and substituting the following section:
“43a
“(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (4) of this section, in every year in which a Parliament is due to expire, every Registrar shall direct an inquiry to be made concerning the particulars of all persons whose names are on the roll for the district.
“(2)
Where a roll that is not yet in force has been compiled under section 60(1) of this Act, the inquiry directed to be made under subsection (1) of this section shall be in respect of that roll.
“(3)
In every year in which a Parliament is due to expire, the Chief Registrar shall specify, by notice in the Gazette, a period during which the inquiries directed under subsection (1) of this section shall be undertaken.
“(4)
Where a Parliament is dissolved while an inquiry under subsection (1) of this section is in progress, the Registrar shall not be obliged to complete that inquiry.
“(5)
Every inquiry shall be in the prescribed form and shall require the person to whom it is addressed to sign and return the form together with any corrections to the information contained in it.
“(6)
Every completed form accepted by the Registrar as being in order—
“(a)
Shall be deemed to be an application for registration as an elector; and
“(b)
In the case of an elector who is a Maori, shall constitute a sufficient record of the manner in which the elector last exercised his option to register as an elector of a Maori electoral district or as an elector of a General electoral district.
“(7)
The completed form shall contain the particulars specified in or under paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) of section 48(3) of this Act, and subsections (1), (2), (4), and (5) of that section shall apply, with all necessary modifications, as if the form were an application for registration.
“(8)
Where any person fails to respond to an inquiry under subsection (5) of this section the Registrar shall, after making such further inquiry as he thinks fit, or the Chief Registrar directs, remove the name of that person from the roll.”
(2)
Section 41b(1) of the principal Act (as enacted by section 16 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981) is hereby consequentially amended by omitting the expression “section 43a(4)(b)”
, and substituting the expression “section 43a(6)(b)”
.
(3)
Section 2(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from the definition of the term “electoral roll”
(as substituted by section 2(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980) the expression “section 43a(4)(a)”
, and substituting the expression “section 43a(6)(a)”
.
(4)
The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:
(a)
Section 15 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980:
(b)
Section 19 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981.
6 Notification of marriages of women electors
Section 47(4) of the principal Act (as enacted by section 16 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980) is hereby amended by omitting the words “is not made before the issue of the writ”
, and substituting the words “does not appear on the main or supplementary roll printed”
.
7 Procedure following application for registration
Section 49 of the principal Act (as substituted by section 17(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980 and as amended by section 21 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981) is hereby amended by adding the following subsections:
“(6)
Where the Registrar determines to delete the name of the applicant pursuant to subsection (5) of this section, he shall forthwith deliver notice of that determination to the applicant.
“(7)
Where, pursuant to a determination under subsection (5)(b) of this section, the name of an applicant is deleted from a main, supplementary, or composite roll, that name shall, for the purposes of section 57(2) of this Act, be deemed to have been removed from the roll.
“(8)
Where, pursuant to a determination under subsection (5)(a) of this section,—
“(a)
The name of a person is entered on the electoral roll for an electoral district; and
“(b)
The name of that person appears on the main, supplementary, or composite roll of another electoral district for which that person has ceased to be qualified,—
the Registrar of that other electoral district shall, within 6 days after writ day, delete the name of that person from the main, supplementary, or composite roll for that other electoral district.”
8 Applications received after issue of writ
Section 50 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “expiration of 7 clear days after polling day”
, and substituting the words “day following the day of the return of the writ”
.
9 Notice of registration
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 56 (as substituted by section 19 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980), and substituting the following section:
“56
“(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the Registrar shall, not later than 14 days after the registration of a person, deliver to that person personally, or send to him by post, notice in writing of his having been so registered.
“(2)
Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply where an inquiry in the form prescribed for the purposes of section 43a of this Act is to be sent to the elector within one month after the date of his registration.
“(3)
Where registration of a person is effected at any time in a period specified by the Chief Registrar under section 43a(3) of this Act, subsection (1) of this section shall not apply, but the Registrar shall, not later than 6 weeks after the end of that period, deliver to that person personally, or send to him by post, notice in writing of his having been so registered.”
(2)
Section 19 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980 is hereby consequentially repealed.
10 New sections substituted
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing sections 57 and 57a (as inserted by section 21(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980), and substituting the following sections:
“57 Removal of names from roll by Registrar
“(1)
Subject to subsection (6) of this section, the Registrar shall remove from the roll—
“(a)
The name of every person who, consequent on a change in his place of residence,—
“(i)
Is not qualified to be registered as an elector of the district; and
“(ii)
Resides in, and is registered as an elector of, another district:
“(b)
The name of every person of whose identity the Registrar is satisfied and whose death has been notified to him—
“(i)
By any Registrar of Births and Deaths; or
“(ii)
By the father, mother, or spouse of that person or by a sister or brother of that person:
“(c)
The name of every person whom he has reason to believe has not marked or signed his application for registration in accordance with section 48 or section 43a(5) of this Act and who has failed, after being requested in writing by the Registrar, to complete a new application for registration marked or signed in accordance with section 48 or section 43a(5) of this Act, as the case may require:
“(d)
The name of every person who, on an inquiry made at that person’s address on the roll, cannot be found, or who, as a result of any such inquiry, the Registrar of Electors has reason to believe has ceased for 3 months or upwards to reside in the district:
“(e)
The name of every person whose name is entered on the Corrupt Practices List made out for any district:
“(f)
The name of every person whose disqualification under section 42 of this Act is duly certified to him:
“(g)
The name of every person who, being a Maori,—
“(i)
Has indicated his choice, pursuant to section 41b of this Act, to be registered as an elector for a different type of electoral district; or
“(ii)
Is registered in contravention of section 41c of this Act:
“(h)
Where the roll is for a Maori electoral district, the name of every person who is not a Maori:
“(i)
The name of every person who has been registered for the district—
“(i)
By mistake; or
“(ii)
By clerical error; or
“(iii)
As a result of false information.
“(2)
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Registrar, on being satisfied that the name of any person has been omitted or removed from the roll—
“(a)
By mistake; or
“(b)
By clerical error; or
“(c)
As a result of false information,—
may restore the name of that person to the roll at any time.
“(3)
In addition to other powers of alteration conferred by this Act, the Registrar may at any time, subject to subsection (6) of this section, alter the roll—
“(a)
By correcting any mistake or omission in the particulars of the enrolment of a person:
“(b)
By striking out the superfluous entry when the name of a person appears more than once on the roll.
“(4)
Where—
“(a)
An error made by or on behalf of the Chief Registrar or a Registrar, or, before the commencement of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980, by the Chief Electoral Officer or an Electorate Officer, has resulted in a person being registered as an elector of a district other than the district in respect of which the person should have been registered; and
“(b)
The person’s name has, pursuant to subsection (1)(i) of this section, been removed from the roll of the district for which the person was incorrectly registered,—
the Registrar of the district in respect of which the person should have been registered may, subject to subsection (6) of this section, place the person’s name on the roll for that district.
“(5)
Where, pursuant to this section, the name of a person (other than the name of a person deleted from a main, supplementary, or composite roll pursuant to section 49(8) of this Act) is removed from the roll in the period commencing on the day after writ day and ending on the day before polling day, the Registrar shall, on removing that name, enter it on a list to be known as the ‘list of post-writ day deletions’.
“(6)
No alteration pursuant to this section shall be made to the roll for a district in the period beginning on polling day and ending on the day after the day of the return of the writ.
“57a Notice of alterations to roll
“(1)
Where, pursuant to any of the provisions of paragraphs (c) to (i) of subsection (1) of section 57 of this Act, the name of a person is removed from the roll, the Registrar shall, in accordance with subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section, deliver or send to that person, unless notice is given to that person pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, notice in writing of the removal of that person’s name from the roll.
“(2)
Where the name of a person (being a name which, pursuant to section 57(1)(i) of this Act, has been removed from a roll) is entered, pursuant to section 57(4) of this Act, on another roll, the Registrar who enters that person’s name on that other roll shall, in accordance with subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section, deliver or send to that person notice in writing of the entry of that person’s name on that other roll.
“(3)
Subject to subsection (4) of this section, the notice required by subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section—
“(a)
Shall be delivered to the person personally or sent to the person by post; and
“(b)
Shall be so delivered or sent not later than 14 days after the date on which,—
“(i)
Where the notice is required by subsection (1) of this section, the person’s name is removed; or
“(ii)
Where the notice is required by subsection (2) of this section, the person’s name is entered.
“(4)
Where the name is removed or entered, as the case may be, in the period beginning on the day after writ day and ending on the day before polling day, the notice required by subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section—
“(a)
Shall be delivered to the person personally; and
“(b)
Shall be so delivered forthwith.”
(2)
The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:
(a)
Section 25(a) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1975:
(b)
Sections 20 and 21(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980:
(c)
Sections 23 and 24 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981.
(3)
Part I of the Schedule to the Electoral Amendment Act 1980 is hereby consequentially amended by omitting the expression “57,”
.
11 Habitation indexes
Section 60c(1) of the principal Act (as inserted by section 24 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980) is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (a), and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a)
May from time to time compile in respect of any electoral district a habitation index—
“(i)
Listing, in accordance with their residential addresses, the electors who reside in that electoral district; and
“(ii)
Showing, against the name of each elector, the number of the elector on the main roll, or, as the case may be, on any supplementary roll for that electoral district; and”.
12 Inspection and purchase of main and supplementary rolls
(1)
Section 64(2) of the principal Act (as enacted by section 29(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980) is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
“(g)
The list of post-writ day deletions referred to in section 57(5) of this Act.”
(2)
Section 64 of the principal Act (as so enacted) is hereby amended by inserting, after subsection (6), the following subsection:
“(6a)
Where any officer of a local authority (as defined in section 2 of the Local Elections and Polls Act 1976) acting on behalf of a local authority (as so defined) wishes to obtain, for the purpose of compiling a roll of electors for a local authority (as so defined) or for the purpose of enabling any Returning Officer of that local authority to ascertain whether an elector may vote at an election in respect of that local authority as a special voter (and for no other purposes), a computer compiled list or computer tape containing the names, residences, and occupations (if any) of electors of an electoral district, the Chief Registrar may, in accordance with regulations made under this Act,—
“(a)
Give that officer, on payment of the prescribed fee, such a computer compiled list; or
“(b)
On being supplied with a computer tape by that officer and on payment of the prescribed fee, record those names, residences, and occupations on that tape and return it to that officer.”
(3)
Section 64(7)(a) of the principal Act (as so enacted) is hereby amended by inserting, after the expression “subsection (6)”
, the words “or subsection (6a)”
.
13 Offences in respect of use for commercial purposes of electoral information derived from computer tapes
Section 64a of the principal Act (as inserted by section 25 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981) is hereby amended by inserting, after the expression “section 64(6)”
, the words “or section 64(6a)”
.
14 Copies of rolls for Returning Officer
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 65, and substituting the following section:
“65
The Registrar shall supply to the Returning Officer for the district—
“(a)
As many copies as he may require of the main roll and the supplementary rolls, showing all deletions (except deletions made (otherwise than pursuant to section 49 of this Act) in the period beginning on the day after writ day and ending on the day before polling day) from the electoral roll and certified correct by the Registrar; and
“(b)
A copy of the list of post-writ day deletions referred to in section 57(5) of this Act.”
(2)
Part I of the Schedule to the Electoral Amendment Act 1980 is hereby consequentially amended by omitting the expression “65”
.
15 Wilfully misleading Registrar
Section 67 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (2) (as amended by section 5(7) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1980), and substituting the following subsection:
“(2)
Where the Registrar believes that any person has committed an offence against this section, he shall report the facts on which that belief is based to the Police.”
16 Acceptance or rejection of nomination
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 82 (as amended by section 2 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1972), and substituting the following section:
“82
“(1)
The Returning Officer shall reject the nomination of any candidate—
“(a)
If the nomination paper and the consent of the candidate are not lodged with him not later than noon on nomination day; or
“(b)
If the nomination paper does not state that the candidate is a registered elector of a specified electoral district, or, where section 27 of this Act applies, is a qualified elector of a specified electoral district; or
“(c)
If the nomination paper is not signed by at least 2 registered electors of the district for which the nomination is made; or
“(d)
If the required deposit is not paid as required by this Act.
“(2)
Subject to the concurrence of the Chief Electoral Officer, the Returning Officer shall not accept the nomination of any candidate if the Returning Officer is not satisfied, by such evidence (if any) as the Returning Officer requires, that the name under which the candidate is nominated is—
“(a)
The name under which the candidate’s birth was registered, with any alteration or addition made thereto under section 17 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951; or
“(b)
In the case of a person who has been adopted, the name conferred on that person by the adoption order; or
“(c)
The name by which the candidate was commonly known throughout the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the nomination paper is lodged with the Returning Officer; or
“(d)
The name which was adopted by the candidate by deed poll registered under section 17a of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1951 before the period of 12 months ending with the day on which the nomination paper is lodged with the Returning Officer and which was used by the candidate throughout that period.
“(3)
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of this section, in applying that subsection in the case of any female candidate who is or has been married, her husband’s surname may be substituted for her surname in any of the cases specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of that subsection, unless, if her husband were nominated as a candidate under that surname, the Returning Officer would be required to reject his nomination under the provisions of that subsection.
“(4)
Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) of this section, the Returning Officer may, with the concurrence of the Chief Electoral Officer, accept the nomination of any candidate under a name that does not comply with the provisions of that subsection, if the Returning Officer is satisfied that the name has been adopted by the candidate in good faith and for good reason and is not indecent or offensive or likely to deceive or cause confusion.
“(5)
In every other case the Returning Officer shall accept the nomination:
“Provided that nothing in this subsection shall limit the jurisdiction of the Court hearing an election petition.”
(2)
The Electoral Amendment Act 1972 is hereby consequentially repealed.
17 Polling booths, polling places, ballot boxes, ballot papers, etc.
(1)
Section 92 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (1a) (as inserted by section 29 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981), and substituting the following subsection:
“(1a)
The Returning Officer shall provide—
“(a)
Each polling place in respect of a General electoral district with a copy of the roll for each Maori electoral district in which the land in the General electoral district is included; and
“(b)
Each polling place in respect of a Maori electoral district with a copy of the roll for the General electoral district in which the polling place is situated.”
(2)
Section 29 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981 is hereby consequentially repealed.
18 Who may vote
(1)
Section 99 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (a), and substituting the following paragraph:
“(a)
Any person whose name lawfully appears on the main roll or any supplementary roll for the district and who is qualified to be registered as an elector for the district:”.
(2)
Section 99(e) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “before polling day”
, and substituting the words “on polling day”
.
19 Marked copies of rolls to be compared
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 113, and substituting the following section:
“113
“(1)
The Returning Officer—
“(a)
Shall, in the presence and hearing of his assistants (if any) and such scrutineers as are entitled to be present under this Act or any other Act, but of no other person, compare one with another—
“(i)
All the certified copies of the main roll and supplementary rolls on which the fact of any person having received a ballot paper has been noted; and
“(ii)
All records of special votes exercised in respect of the district; and
“(iii)
The list of post-writ day deletions supplied to the Returning Officer by the Registrar of Electors pursuant to section 65(b) of this Act; and
“(b)
Shall on an unmarked copy of the main roll and every supplementary roll (called the master roll) draw a line through the number and name of any elector—
“(i)
Who is shown on any of the certified copies of the rolls as having received a ballot paper; or
“(ii)
Who is shown in any record of special votes issued as having received a ballot paper; or
“(iii)
Whose name is shown on the list of post-writ day deletions.
“(2)
If on that comparison, or from the checking of declarations in respect of special votes, or from the report of a Deputy Returning Officer on the ballot papers set aside under section 109 of this Act, and after such inquiry as the Returning Officer deems necessary, it appears that the same voter has received more than one ballot paper, the Returning Officer—
“(a)
Shall, in the presence of his assistants (if any) and such scrutineers as choose to be present, but of no other person, open the parcel or parcels of ballot papers used at the polling booth or polling booths at which that voter appears to have received a ballot paper; and
“(b)
Shall select from the parcel or parcels the ballot papers which appear from their consecutive numbers and counterfoils to have been issued to that voter; and
“(c)
Shall, subject to subsection (3) of this section, disallow every vote appearing to have been given by means of the ballot papers so selected.
“(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (2)(c) of this section, if the Returning Officer is satisfied—
“(a)
That one and only one of the ballot papers was lawfully received by the voter entitled thereto; and
“(b)
That the voter entitled thereto was not in any way concerned in the issue of the other ballot paper or ballot papers,—
the Returning Officer shall allow the vote of that voter and shall disallow the other vote or votes.
“(4)
If, on the comparison with all the certified copies of the main roll and supplementary rolls on which the fact of any person having received a ballot paper has been noted, and all records of special votes exercised in respect of the district, and the list of post-writ day deletions, it appears that any person has received a ballot paper by giving a name shown on the list of post-writ day deletions, the Returning Officer—
“(a)
Shall, in the presence of his assistants (if any) and such scrutineers as choose to be present, but of no other person, open the parcel or parcels of ballot papers used at the polling booth or polling booths at which any such ballot paper appears to have been received; and
“(b)
Shall select from the parcel or parcels every ballot paper which appears from its consecutive number and counterfoil to have been so received; and
“(c)
Subject to subsections (5) and (6) of this section, shall disallow every vote appearing to have been given by means of any ballot paper so selected.
“(5)
Notwithstanding subsection (4)(c) of this section, but subject to subsection (6) of this section, if the Returning Officer is satisfied that the name by which a ballot paper selected under subsection (4)(b) of this section was received was entered on the list of post-writ day deletions by mistake or clerical error or as a result of false information, he shall allow the vote given by means of that ballot paper.
“(6)
Notwithstanding subsections (4) and (5) of this section, if—
“(a)
The Returning Officer is satisfied that the name by which a ballot paper selected under subsection (4)(b) of this section was received was entered on the list of post-writ day deletions by mistake or clerical error or as a result of false information; and
“(b)
More than one ballot paper was received by the giving of a name shown on the list of post-writ day deletions; and
“(c)
The Returning Officer is satisfied—
“(i)
That one and only one of the ballot papers was lawfully received by the voter entitled thereto; and
“(ii)
That the voter entitled thereto was not in any way concerned in the issue of the other ballot paper or ballot papers,—
the Returning Officer shall allow the vote of that voter and shall disallow the other vote or votes.
“(7)
For the purposes of subsections (2) and (4) of this section, every ballot paper issued to a special voter shall be deemed to have been issued at a polling booth.
“(8)
Except in the case of the ballot papers so selected therefrom, the Returning Officer shall inspect only the consecutive numbers on the ballot papers in the several parcels so opened, and shall so cover the ballot papers that no person present shall have the opportunity of determining the candidate for whom any particular voter has voted.”
20 Infringement of secrecy
Section 132 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (1), and substituting the following subsection:
“(1)
Every official, clerk, scrutineer, interpreter, or other person appointed for the purposes of this Act shall use or disclose information acquired by him in that capacity only in accordance with his official duty or his duty as a scrutineer, as the case may require.”
21 Payments to be vouched by bill
(1)
Section 136 of the principal Act (as amended by section 43 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981) is hereby amended by omitting the expression “$10”
, and substituting the expression “$20”
.
(2)
Section 43 of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981 is hereby consequentially repealed.
22 Return of election expenses
Section 137 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (5), and substituting the following subsections:
“(5)
It shall be the duty of the Returning Officer to see that the provisions of this section are faithfully complied with.
“(6)
Where the Returning Officer believes that any person has committed an offence against this section, he shall report the facts on which that belief is based to the Police.”
23 Maximum amount of election expenses
Section 139(2) of the principal Act (as enacted by section 44(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 1981) is hereby amended by omitting the expression “$4,000”
, and substituting the expression “$5,000”
.
24 Personation
Section 140 of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing subsection (4), and substituting the following subsection:
“(4)
Where the Returning Officer believes that any person has committed an offence against this section, he shall report the facts on which that belief is based to the Police.”
25 Trial of petition
Section 162(4) of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding the following proviso:
“Provided also that where an elector—
“(a)
Has been registered as an elector of the district by an error on the part of an official; and
“(b)
Has exercised his vote in respect of that district in good faith without notice of the error,—
his vote shall not be disallowed by reason only of that error.”
This Act is administered in the Department of Justice.
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