Expenses and fees of regia. (ration officer.
Fower to make re- gulations.
Appoint-
ment of returning officer.
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(3) Any other person concerned in any such appeal may appear before the revising officer in person and in addition may be represented by his legal adviser.
22. (1) Any expenses properly incurred by a registration officer in the performance of his duties shall be payable out of the general revenue of the Colony.
(2) All fees payable to and received by or on behalf of the registration officer in connexion with or in respect of his duties shall be accounted for and paid into the general revenue of the Colony.
23. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance the Governor in Council may by regulations prescribe for-
(a) the registration of electors;
(b) the revision of the registers of electors;
(c) the ascertainment of the qualifications of electors; (d) the conduct of appeals from decisions of the registration
officer;
(e) the declaration und delineation of polling stations:
generally carrying into effect the provisions of this part
of this Ordinance,
(2) Any regulation made under this section may provide that a contravention thereof shall be an offence and may provide penalties for such offence not exceeding a fine of one thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
PART VI.
Elections.
24. (0) In the month of December in each year the Governor shall appoint a returning officer to conduct any election which may be required under the provisions of this Ordinance during the year next following:
Provided that if no such appointment is made the person who last performed the duties of returning officer shall continue to perform such duties until such appointment is made.
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(2) The Governor may appoint an assistant returning officer, (3) Notification of the appointment of a returning officer shall forthwith be published in the Gazette.
(4) The returning officer shall be provided with such staff as he may require from time to time.
(5) All expenses properly incurred by a returning officer under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be payable out of the general revenue of the Colony,
25. (1) It shall be the duty of the returning officer-
(a) to conduct an annual election during the month of March of each year as may be required to fill vacancies caused by two elected members ceasing to hold office in accord- ance with subsection (2) of section 4; and
(b) to conduct such extraordinary elections as may be required to fill vacancies published under section 14 or in lieu of any election which has been countermanded; and
(c) to declare the result of each such election by publication
in the Gazette of a notification to that effect.
(2) A returning officer shall countermand an election if a candidate dies or becomes disqualified in accordance with the provisions of section 6 or ceases to be qualified in accordance with the provisions of section 7 at any time between the last day for nomination of candidates and the day of the election.
Duties of returning officers,
26. (1) An election held under this Ordinance shall not be Saving. invalidated by non-compliance with provisions of any regulations made under this Ordinance or mistake in the use of the forms prescribed in such regulations if it appears to the Court having cognizance of the question that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in this Ordinance and that the non-compliance or mistake did not affect the result of the election.
(a) No misnomer or inaccurate description of any person or place named in any register of electors, electors' list, nomination paper, ballot paper, voting paper, or notice, shall affect the full