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No person shall have more than one vote by reason of the

possession of a property qualification in respect of two or

more tenements.

(Note:- The first of these qualifications will bring

onto the register a great number of property owners whose

identity can be readily checked by reference to the Crown rent

roll, Crown rent and rate receipts and the valuation lists.

The second will bring onto the register non-ratepaying

tenants of entire tenements and, where, as is most frequently

the case in urban areas, houses are let as separate floors,

will bring onto the register the shopkeeper who is usually the

tenant of the whole of the ground floor and who pays a much

higher rental than the tenants of the upper floors.

The upper floors are most frequently sub-divided and

sub-let to the occupiers of single cubicles.

The third of these qualifications will bring onto the

register a very considerable number of villagers of long

residence in the Colony who would be excluded if the higher

rate contribution required of the city-dweller were insisted

upon in the rural areas.)

Jury Service Qualification.

A person shall be deemed to have this qualification if

at the time of his application for registration -

(1) his name appears on the Jury Lists brought into force

under the provisions of the Jury Ordinance, 1887, and

current at the time of such application, or

(2) his claim to belong to any of the following classes shall

be allowed:

(a) unofficial members of the Executive or Legislative

Council;

(b) persons of sound mind who have previously been

included in the Jurors Lists but have been omitted

or removed therefrom on account of age or infirmity,

or on account of exemption from jury service granted

by the Governor in Council or by the Court;