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FRIDAY, JUL
20, 1990
ANY DELIBERATE
"IT IS ALSO PROPOSED THAT
ATTEMPT BY AN APPLICANT TO FALSELY REGISTER AS AN ELECTOR SHOULD DISQUALIFY HIM OR HER FROM BOTH REGISTRATION AS A VOTER AND FROM STANDING FOR ELECTION."
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTORAL PROVISIONS) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 SEEKS TO AMEND THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONSTITUENCIES, THE CREATION OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES, THE CLARIFICATION OF THE DISQUALIFYING OFFICES FOR NOMINATION AND ELECTION AS PROPOSED UNDER THE ELECTORAL PROVIS LONS (AMENDMENT) BILL, AND THE IMULTANEOUS REGISTRATION IN A GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY AND A FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCY.
THE AMENDMENT BILL ALSO SEEKS TO DEFINE THE ELECTORATE FOR THE SEVEN NEW FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENCIES FOR 1991, NAMELY, THE URBAN COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCIL, TOURISM, FINANCIAL SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE, RURAL INTERESTS AND ENGINEERING.
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THE URBAN COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1990, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT} (NO. 2) BILL 1990 AND THE DISTRICT BOARDS (AMENDMENT} BILL 1990 SEEK MAINLY TO APPLY THE CLARIFICATION OF DISQUALIFYING OFFICES PROPOSED UNDER THE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (AMENDMENT} BILL 1990 TO THE APPOINTED AND EX-OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, REGIONAL COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD AND TO EXTEND TO EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS THE FULL RANGE OF DISQUALIFICATIONS APPLICABLE TO AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED MEMBER.
"THE INTENTION OF THESE AMENDMENTS IS TO APPLY THE DISQUALIFICATION UNIFORMLY TO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP ON THREE TIERS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT
THE
SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1990 SEEKS TO INCREASE THE PENALTY LEVELS UNDER THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TO DEAL WITH VOTERS GIVING A FALSE ADDRESS, IT IS PROPOSED THAT FRAUDULENT VOTING ON THE BASIS OF FALSE REGISTRATION BE MADE AN OFFENCE.
IN VIEW OF A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF FALSE CLAIMS OF SUPPORT IN CANDIDATES' PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES, IT 13 PROPOSED THAT A FURTHER DETERRENT SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE FORM OF A PRISON SENTENCE. THIS WOULD BE THREE MONTHS ON SUMMARY CONVICTION AND SIX MONTHS ON CONVICTION ON INDICTMENT, IN ADDITION TO FINES OF $2,500 AND $5,000 RESPECTIVELY.
FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF THE LEVEL OF FINES AND TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT FOR CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES, IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE PENALTIES FOR THESE OFFENCES BE INCREASED TO REFLECT CURRENT MONETARY VALUES.
THE SIX AMENDMENT BILLS WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JULY 25.
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