Power 10 make PSANÍSTICA.
Appoletament of returday alicer,
Chutes of perurolig
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11. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule the Governor in Council may by regulation provide for--
(a) the registration of electors;
(b) the revision of the registers of electors;
(4) the ascertainment of the qualifications of electors:
(d) the conduct of appeals from decisions of the registration officer; (e) the declaration and delineation of electoral districts and polling
slations;
generally, the carrying into effect of the provisions of this part of this Schedule,
(2) Any regulation made under this paragraph 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 imprison- ment for six months.
PART III
ELECTIONS
12. (1) The Governor shall appoint a returning officer who shall perform the duties imposed on him by this Schedule.
(2) The Governor may appoint an assistant returning officer. (3) Notification of the appointment of a returning officer shall forth- with 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 Schedule shall be payable out of the general revenus of the Colony.
13. (0) it shall be the duly of the returning officer-
(a) to conduct such ordinary elections as may be required to all vacancies caused by the expiration of the teron of office of elected members; and
(6) to conduct such extraordinary elections as may be required to fill vacancies published under section 18 or in lieu of any election which has been countermanded:
Provided that if an elected member ceases for any reason whatsoever to be an elected member in accordance with section 18 at any time between the lat day of January and the 28th day of February in any year in which any elected member will cease to hold office on the expiry of his term of office, the vacancy caused thereby shall be filled at the ordinary election held in the month of March of that year or by an extraordinary election held in lieu of such ordinary election if such ordinary election has been countermanded whether such elected member would otherwise have retired on the 31st day of March in that year or not, and in any case such vacancy shall remain unfilled until it shall have been filled by such ordinary election or extra- ordinary election;
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(c) to declare the result of each such election by publication in
the Gazette of a notification to that effect.
(2) A returting officer shall countermand an election if a candidate dies or becomes disqualified in accordance with the provisions of section 10 or ceases to be qualified in accordance with the provisions of section II at any time between the last day for nomination of candidates and the day of the election.
(4. (1) An election shall not be invalidated by non-compliance with provisions of any regulations made under this Schedule 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 con- ducted in accordance with the principles laid down in this Schedule and that the non-compliance or mistake did not affect the result of the election.
(2) No mistomer or inaccurate description of any person or place named in any register of electors, electors" list, nomination paper, ballor paper, voting paper, or notice, shall affect the full operation of that document with respect to that person or place, in any case where the description of the person or place such as to be commonly understood.
15. (1) An election, unless questioned by election petition within the period fixed by law for the fling of such a petition, shall be deemed to have been a good and valid election.
(2) An election shall not be liable to be questioned by reason of a defect in the title, or want of title, of the person presiding at, or conducting, the election, if that person was then in actual possession of or acting in, the office giving the right to preside at, or conduct, the election.
16. If a person appointed to perform the duties of returning officer at, or to take part in the conduct of, an election neglects or refuses to conduct the election, or to declare the result of, or to take part in the conduct of the election, as required by this Schedule, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars: Provided that a person shall not be liable to conviction under this paragraph, unless the information has been laid within three mouths from the date of the commission of the offence.
17. (1) Proceedings may be instituted, either in the Supreme Court of in a magistrate's court, against any person acting as a member, on the ground of his being disqualified within the meaning of this section for so acting, and proceedings may be instituted in the Supreme Court on the like ground against any person claiming to enlilled to so act: Provided that proceedings under this paragraph on the ground of a person acting as aforesaid shall not be instituted after the expiration of six months from the date on which he so acted.
(2) Where in proceedings instituted under this paragraph it is proved that the defendant has acted as a member while disqualified for so acting, theo-
(a) in proceedings in the Supreme Court, the court may-
() make a declaration to that effect and to declare that the office in which the defendant has acted is vacant;
Saving.
Presumpton of validity of election.
Penalties in necoin
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