Electoral Act 1855 (SA)

No. 32.

An Act to make further provision ,for the Election qf A f e m b e ~ to

serve in the Parliament o f South Australia.

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[Assented .. to, June 19, 1856.1 .

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" To establish a ~ ~ s t i t u t i o n for South Preaulbia.

W HEREAS an Act passed the Legislative Council of the Province of South Australia, Australia, and to grant a Civil List to Her Majesty" hath

and such Act hath been reserved by the Governor-in-Chicf for the

signification of Her Majesty's pleasure: And whereas by an Act passed during this present Session " To provide for the election of Members to serve in the Parliament of South i4ustralia," certain Electoral Districts and Divisions are appointed and defincd, and provision is made, amongst other things, for the completion and revision of the lists of persons entitled to vote undcr the said first- mentioned Act: And whereas by reason of the great size of some of the Electoral I)istricts so appointed and defined, it is deemed expedient to provide for the holding of more than one Court of Revision in such Xlectoral Districts, and it is also expedient to enlarge the time for performing various acts by the said last- mentioned Act required to be donc, and to guard against improper claims being made, and to provide against any objectiorls arising to any lists of electors or electoral roll, by reason of any delay which may occur in the formation thereof-Be it therefore Enacted, by the Governor-in-Chief of the Province of South Australia., with the ad- vice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, rtq follows:

1. It shall be lawful for the Governor, with the advice of the Govenlormay appui~~t

Executive Council, by Proclamation in the South Australian Govern- of nevisioa,	more than one Court
ntent Gazette, to appoint more than one place for holding open
Courts for the revision of electoral lists and electoral rolls, within any Electoral District of the said Province, appointed and defined by the said secondly abovc-mentioned Act, and to make regulations for the time and manner of holding of such Courts, and for the pro-

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duction thereat of electoral lists and lists of persons claiming or objected to, and for the conduct of the proceedings at every such Court,, where more than one is appointed; and all such regulations when made shall have the force of law.

1:nlnrgrmmt	o f time,	2. The times for the performance of the acts required to be done by the said L4ct ('To provide for the Election of Members to serve in the Parliament of South Australia," relating to the formation of the first electoral rolls, shall be enlarged as follows, that is to say-
for delivering or transmitting claims as voters until the twentieth
day of July next, for making out and hanging up the electoral lists,
until the first day of August next; and for all othcr such acts until
one month after the period by the said Act prescribed: Provirlcd that
no act to be performed by any officer by the said Act authorized to
be appointed shall be invalid only by reason of its not having bccn
performed within the time by law prescribed.

3. And for the e ,, nation of the intention of the G &

Act&-Be it E n a c t m s h a l l bc e x e x o enrol his

&C on more than one electoralroll for any division of the Electoral

District constituting the Legislative Council, or on the electoral roll of more than one Ilistrict for the election of Members to the House of Assembly; and any person who shall wilfully and kno~vingly enrol his name upon more than one electoral roll as aforesaid, or attempt to vote in more than one division, at any election for Members of the Legislative Council, or in more than one district, at any election for Members of the IXouse of Assembly, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, ancl may be indicted and punishhe accorclingly.