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Ord. No. 65/84
DISTRICT BOARDS AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS)
DISTRICT BOARDS AND URBAN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS)
Ord. No. 65/84
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Amendment of section 11.
Amendment of section 14.
Amendment of section 19.
Amendment of section 21.
Amendment of
section 29.
Repeal and replacement of
Part VII.
Amendment of
Electoral
Provisions
(Registration of
Electors) Regulations. (Cap. 367,
sub. leg.)
First Schedule.
Amendment of
Electoral
Provisions
(Procedure)
Regulations.
(Cap. 367,
sub. leg.)
Second Schedule.
22. Section 11 of the third principal Ordinance is amended by deleting sub- section (1)(d)(ii).
23. Section 14(1) of the third principal Ordinance is amended- (a) in paragraph (a)—
(i) by deleting "21 November" and substituting the following---
"10 November";
(ii) by deleting "30 November" and substituting the following---
"15 November";
(b) in paragraph (b)——
(i) by deleting "15 January” and substituting the following—
"5 January";
(ii) by deleting "31 January" and substituting the following—
"15 January".
24. Section 19 of the third principal Ordinance is amended by deleting para- graph (g)(iii).
25. Section 21(1) of the third principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "appropriate".
26. The definition of "Court" in section 29 of the thrid principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "Supreme" and substituting the following
"High".
27. Part VII of the third principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
Time limit for
laying complaint
or information.
Secrecy of vote.
"PART VII
MISCELLANEOUS
43. Except as otherwise provided in this Ordinance any com- plaint or information in respect of the commission of an offence against this Ordinance shall be laid within 3 years from the date of such commission.
44. No person who has voted at an election shall, in any legal proceeding to question the election, be required to state for whom he voted.".
28. The Electoral Provisions (Registration of Electors) Regulations are amended in the manner and to the extent set out in the First Schedule.
29. The Electoral Provisions (Procedure) Regulations are amended in the manner and to the extent set out in the Second Schedule.
PART V
AMENDMENTS TO THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES ORDINANCE
30. Section 2 of the Corrupt and Illegal Practices Ordinance ("the fourth Amendment of principal Ordinance") is amended--
(a) in the definition of "candidate" by deleting "a person who has been
nominated and has consented to nomination as";
(b) by inserting after the definition of "Court" the following definition—-
""Designated Officer" has the meaning assigned to it in the Electoral
Provisions Ordinance;";
(Cap. 367.)
(c) by inserting after the definition of "election" the following—
t.
(Cap. 367, sub. leg.)
""election agent" means an agent of a candidate appointed under regulation 15 of the Electoral Provisions (Procedure) Regulations;";
(d) by deleting the definition of "election petition" and substituting the
following---
(Cap. 367.)
""election petition" means an election petition under Part VI of the
Electoral Provisions Ordinance;";
(e) by deleting the definition of "elector" and substituting the following- (Cap. 367,) ""elector" has the meaning assigned to it in the Electoral Provisions
Ordinance;";
(f) by deleting the definition of "returning officer" and substituting the
following-
(Cap. 367.)
""returning officer" has the meaning assigned to it in the Electoral
Provisions Ordinance;".
section 2. (Cap. 288.)
31. Section 4 of the fourth principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "7 or 8" Amendment of and substituting the following-
"7, 8. 8A or 8B".
section 4.
32. The fourth principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 8 the Addition of new following-
"Bribery or intimidation in relation to standing as a candidate.
sections 8A
and 8B.
8A. (1) No person shall directly or indirectly by himself or by any other person on his behalf bribe or intimidate another person-
(a) to stand;
(b) to refrain from standing; or
(c) having been nominated as a candidate, to withdraw,
as a candidate at an election.
(2) For the purposes of this section-
(a) a person bribes another if he does any of those activities referred to in section 5 in relation to a person standing as a candidate;
(b) a person intimidates another if he does any of those activi- ties referred to in section 8 in relation to a person standing as a candidate.