Elections Act Amendment Act of 1942 (6 Geo Vi No. 36) (Qld)

ELECTIONS. 6 GEO. VI. No. 36, 1942. Elections Acts Amendment Act. 99 ELECTIONS. An Act to Amend" The Elections Acts, 1915 to 6 N G o E . O 3 . 6 V . I. 1940," in certain particulars. THE ELECTIONS ACT AMENDMENT [ASSENTED TO 9TH DECEMBER, 1942.] ACT OF 1942. B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as "The Elections Acts Short title Amendment Act of 1942," and shall be read as one with and t ti *" The Elections Acts, 1915 to 1940," herein referred to cons rue on. as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may be collectively C.ollective cited as" The Elections Acts, 1915 to 1942." tItle. Amendments of the Principal Act. 2 In section four of the Principal Act the definition Amendment "absolute majority of votes" is repealed. of s. 4. 3. Subsection three of section forty-eight of the Amendment Principal Act is repealed. of s. 48. 4 Section sixty-one of the Principal Act is amended ~ ~~ tnent as follows :- (a) In subsection one thereof the words "in the first instance " are repealed. (b) Paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection two thereof is repealed and the following paragraph (b) is inserted in lieu thereof, namely :- "(b) Mark the ballot-paper by placing the figure " 1 " in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom the elector says he desires to vote." 5. The second paragraph of subsection one of Amendment section sixty-three of the Principal Act is hereby repealed. of s. 63 (1). 6. Section sixty-four of the Principal Act is repealed Repeal of and the following section, numbered sixty-four, is inserted an~ tew in lieu thereof, namely:- 8. • " [64.] When a poll is taken the candidate who Whe~ receives the greatest number of votes shall be elected." ~k~ ~~tte * 6 G. 5 No. 13 and amending Acts. See v. 3, pp. 233 et seq.

100 ELECTIONS. Elections Acts Amendment Act. 6 GEO. VI. No. 36, ----------------------------- Repeal of ss. 7. Sections sixty-five, sixty-six, and sixty-seven of 6675,. 66, and the Principal Act are repealed. Repeal of 8. Section sixty-eight of the Principal Act is repealed sa. n6d8n. ew and the following section numbered sixty-eight, is inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- Ballot· "[68.] If an elector makes a cross in the square f~ t~ not opposite to the name of the candidate for whom he votes rejected for the ballot-paper shall not be rejected for that reason only. certain informalities. Moreover if an elector who has voted for a candidate by placing the figure 1 or making a cross in the square opposite to the name of such candidate also writes the figures 2, 3, or any subsequent number in the square or squares opposite to the name of any other candidate or candidates the ballot-paper shall not be rejected for that reason only." Amendment 9. The second paragraph of subsection six of section ofs. 69 (6). sixty-nine of the Principal Act is repealed and the following paragraph is inserted in lieu thereof, namely :- " If the voter writes the names of more candidates than one upon the second page of the ballot-paper, one below the other, the ballot-paper shall not be rejected for that reason only but the voter shall be deemed to have voted for the candidate whose name is first in the order in which such names are so written," Amendment 10. Section seventy-one of the Principal Act is of s. 71. amended as follows : - (a) Paragraph (viii.) of subsection five thereof is repealed. (b) The following subsection, numbered 5A, IS inserted after subsection five thereof, namely:- " (5A.) If the voter writes the names of more candidates than one upon the second page of the ballot- paper, one below the other, the ballot-paper shall not be rejected for that reason only, but the voter shall be deemed to have voted for the candidate whose name is first in the order in which such names are so written." New s. IOOA 11. The following section, numbered 100A, is inserted. inserted after section one hundred of the Principal Act, namely:- Caption not to invalidate prescribed form. " [100A.] (1.) The validity of any form prescribed under this Act before the passing of *" The Elections Acts Amendment Act of 1942," or of any subsequent Act * Thi~ Act.

ELBCTIONS. 101 1942. Elections Acts Amendment Act. ----------- amending this Act shall not be prejudiced by reason only of the fact that the collective title of this Act as cited in the caption to such form is changed by such amending Act. (2.) All supplies of such forms printed prior to the passing of *" The Elections Acts Amendment Act of 1942" or, as the case may be, any such subsequent amending Act may, subject to the provisions of this Act in force for the time being, be used and applied for the respective purposes for which they were prescribed notwithstanding any change in the collective title of this Act made subsequent to the date upon which such supplies were printed. (3.) In printing supplies of any such forms subsequent to the passing of *" The Elections Acts Amend- ment Act of 1942" or, as the case may be, any such subsequent amending Act the caption thereof shall be changed in order to ensure that the collective title for the time being of this Act is recited therein." 12 Section 100A of the Principal Act is renumbered ~ enumbej· . section lOOn. lUg s. l()OA. * This Act. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS. See COMMONWEALTH AND STATES. FIRMS, REGISTRATION. See MERCANTrLE LAW. FOREIGN COMPANIES. See COMPANIES. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. See SOCIETIES. FUNDS, PATRIOTIC. See PATRIOTIC FUNDS, FUNERAL BENEFIT BUSINESS. See SOCIETIES.