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Hon Amy Adams

Electoral Amendment Bill

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	Commentary
	Key
1	Title
2	Commencement
	Part 1 Amendments to ~~the~~ Electoral Act 1993
3	Principal Act
4	Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
5	New section 3AA inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
	3AA	Transitional, savings, and related provisions
6	Section 3A amended (Meaning of election advertisement)
7	Section 22 replaced (Registrar of Electors)
	22	Registrar of Electors
8	Section 26 replaced (Returning Officer to make declaration)
	26	Returning Officer to make declaration
9	Section 38 amended (Notice of proposed boundaries and classification)
10	Section 39 amended (Communications to officials)
11	Section 40 amended (Report of Commission)
12	Section 42 amended (Indexes of streets and places)
13	Section 45 amended (Maori representation)
14	Section 47A amended (Certain persons disqualified from candidacy)
15	~~Section 48 replaced (Offence for public servant or Returning Officer to sit)~~
	48	~~Offence for public servant, Returning Officer, or Registrar to sit or vote~~
15	Section 48 repealed (Offence for public servant or Returning Officer to sit)
16	Section 55 amended (How vacancies created)
17	New section 67AA inserted (Vacancies in position of party secretary)
	67AA	Vacancies in position of party secretary
18	Section 70 amended (Cancellation of registration)
19	Section 77 amended (Periodic exercise of Maori option and determination of Maori population)
20	Section 78 amended (Exercise of Maori option)
21	Section 80 amended (Disqualifications for registration)
22	Section 81 amended (Detention in prison pursuant to sentence of imprisonment)
23	Section 82 amended (Compulsory registration of electors)
24	Section 83 amended (Application for registration)
25	Section 87 replaced (Procedure if immigration status means applicant apparently not qualified to be registered)
	87	Procedure if immigration status means applicant apparently not qualified to be registered
26	Section 88 replaced (Applications received after issue of writ)
	88	Applications received after issue of writ
27	Section 89 amended (Procedure following application for registration)
28	Section 89A amended (Notice of registration)
29	Section 89B amended (Elector must give notice of change of place of residence within electoral district)
30	Section 89C amended (Elector must give notice of change of place of residence to different electoral district)
31	Section 89D amended (Inquiry to be made to update electoral rolls)
32	Section 89E amended (No inquiry required if application for registration as elector received)
33	Section 89F amended (Procedure following inquiry under section 89D)
34	Section 89G amended (Elector who cannot be contacted to be included in dormant roll)
35	Section 94A amended (Confirmation of change of name, address, or other particulars)
36	Section 95 amended (Elector’s objections)
37	Section 95A amended (Notice of elector’s objection)
38	Section 95B amended (Power to remove name from roll)
39	Section 95C amended (Power to retain name on roll)
40	Section 95D amended (Reference of elector’s objection to District Court)
41	Section 96 replaced (Registrar’s objection)
	96	Electoral Commission’s objection
42	Section 97 amended (Procedure on reference of application or objection to District Court)
43	Section 98 amended (Removal of names from roll by Registrar)
44	Section 99 amended (Notice of alterations to roll)
45	Section 100 amended (Corrupt Practices List)
46	Section 101 amended (Electoral rolls)
47	Section 102 replaced (Maintenance of rolls being replaced)
	102	Maintenance of rolls being replaced
48	Section 103 replaced (Rolls where Parliament dissolved after change of boundaries and before new rolls completed)
	103	Rolls where Parliament dissolved after change of boundaries and before new rolls completed
49	Section 104 amended (Main roll to be printed)
50	Section 105 replaced (Supplementary rolls to be printed)
	105	Supplementary rolls to be printed
51	Section 106 amended (Form of main roll and supplementary rolls)
52	Section 107 amended (Composite rolls)
53	Section 109 amended (Dormant roll)
54	Section 110 amended (Public inspection of rolls, etc)
55	Section 111 amended (Inspection of rolls at hui)
56	Section 111B amended (Interpretation of terms in sections 111C to 111F)
57	Section 119 amended (Wilfully misleading Registrar)
58	Section 120 amended (Duty to report suspected offences)
59	Section 121 amended (Failure to deliver application)
60	Section 122 amended (Assistance to be given to Registrar)
61	Section 123 amended (Copies of rolls for Returning Officer)
62	Section 124 amended (Power to destroy records)
63	Section 127 amended (Election of list candidates)
64	Section 127A amended (Deposit by party secretary)
65	Section 128 amended (Acceptance or rejection of lists by Electoral Commission)
66	Section 128C amended (Election of list candidates)
67	Section 141 repealed (Returning Officer to be notified of writ)
68	Section 142 amended (Returning Officer to give public notice of polling day, nomination day, and nomination process)
69	Section 143 amended (Nominations of candidates for electoral districts)
70	Section 144 amended (Deposit by candidate)
71	Section 145 amended (Acceptance or rejection of nomination)
72	Section 146 amended (Withdrawal of nomination)
72A	Section 146J amended (Withdrawal of nomination in bulk nomination schedule)
73	Section 147 amended (Advertisement of nomination and polling places)
74	Section 150 amended (Form of ballot papers)
75	Section 151 amended (Name of political party for constituency candidates)
76	Section 157 amended (Materials for polling places)
77	Section 159 amended (Exercise of powers and duties of polling place officials)
78	Section 160 amended (Scrutineers)
79	Section 167 amended (Issue of ordinary ballot papers)
80	Section 172 amended (Voting by special voters)
81	Section 174C amended (Preliminary count of early votes)
82	Section 174D amended (Conditions for counting early votes before close of poll)
83	Section 174F amended (Scrutineers for count of early votes)
84	Section 175 amended (Scrutiny of the rolls)
85	Section 176 amended (Marked copies of rolls to be compared)
86	Section 178 amended (Counting the votes)
87	Section 179 amended (Declaration of result of poll)
88	Section 180 amended (Application to District Court Judge for recount)
89	Section 183 amended (Scrutineers for recounts and allocation of list seats)
90	Section 187 amended (Disposal of ballot papers, rolls, etc)
91	Section 188 amended (Annotation of list of special voters)
92	Section 191 amended (Election of other members)
93	Section 195 amended (Adjournment of poll)
94	Section 197 amended (Interfering with or influencing voters)
95	New section 197A inserted (Interfering with or influencing advance voters)
	197A	Interfering with or influencing advance voters
96	Section 199 amended (Recovery of expenses)
97	Section 199A replaced (Publishing false statements to influence voters)
	199A	Publishing false statements to influence voters
98	Section 202 amended (Property to be stated as being in Returning Officer)
98A	Section 206 amended (Interpretation)
98B	New section 206IA inserted (Return of party’s allocation expenses)
	206IA	Return of party’s allocation expenses
98C	New section 206LA inserted (Auditor’s report on return of party’s allocation expenses)
	206LA	Auditor’s report on return of party’s allocation expenses
98D	Section 206N amended (Offences relating to return of party’s election expenses)
98E	Section 206Q amended (Return of party’s election expenses to be publicly available)
99	Section 215 amended (Personation)
100	Section 221B amended (Display of advertisement of a specified kind)
101	Section 230 amended (Election petitions to High Court)
102	Section 256 amended (Withdrawal and substitution of respondents before trial)
103	Section 263A amended (Disclosure of immigration information for matching purposes)
104	Section 267A amended (Regulations relating to advertisement of a specified kind)
105	New Schedule 1AA inserted
105A	Schedule 1AA amended
	2	Notice of change of place of residence given but not dealt with
106	Schedule 2 amended
	Part 2 Amendments to other enactments
107	Amendments to other enactments
	Schedule 1 New Schedule 1AA inserted
	Schedule 2 Amendments to other enactments
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