Electoral Act 1883 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO SEXTO ET QUADRAGESIR10

SEPTTMO

A. D. 1883.

No. 280.

An Act to amend '' The Electoral Act, 1879."

[Asserztd to, Azgtrgzgtrst roth, 1883.1

HEREAS it is desirable to afford greater facilities for the Prmmhle.

exercise of the electoral franchise by persons residing in out- lying port,ions of electoral districts-Be it therefore Enacted by- tlie Govcrnor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice

and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly

of the said province, in this present Parliament assembled, as

follows:

l, This Act may be cited as the Electoral Act Further Short title.

3. Upon

Amendment Act, 1883."

2, Whenever, in the opinion of the Governor, any one or more @yernormay appoint assistant re tumng

portions of any clcctoral district are so remotc fro111 the chief ,,acer~ for o u t ~ y b g

polling-place of such district as to make it impracticable for the p@i?nsofelectoral

d1stncts.

returning officer of the district to cond~wt the elections in the manner provided by The Electoral Act, 1879," it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation, to appoint one or more assistant returning officers for such electorul district who shall, at such outlying portions of the district, and within the limits prescribed by such Proclamation, perform, subject to the provisions of this Act, the same duties ancl exercise the same powers as if tahey werc the retnrn- ing officcrs of the said district; and such assistant returning officers, when so appointed, shall also be assistant deputy returning officers for the corresponding electoral division, and shall, before they enter on thc pcrfomance of their duties, make the declaration required

to be made bp section 10 of "The Electoral Act, 1879,"

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such officer to be 3. Upon the appoint~nent of any assistant returning officer, he

furnished with books

for Bupplementoly shall be furnished with books according to the respective fbrms

r0I.h. numbers 1 and 3 in the First Schedule of "'l'he Electoral Act, 1879,"

and the lists of votms inscribed therein shall be called Supplrmcn.

tary Rolls of Electors for the clistrict in question.

His duties in general. 4,

With regard to the preparation of such supplcmentnry elrctofiil rolls, the rcgistmtion of claims, and thc entry of claiillailts on the said rolls, the granting of cwtificstcs, the revision of the said rolls, the corwction of errors and supplying of omissions on thc said rolls,' the insertion of additional names thereou and the removal of names therefrom, the transfix of names from one clivision or district to another division or district, and the conduct of elections, such assist ant re turning officcr shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, within such outlying portion of the district haw, exercise, and enjoy the same powers and rights, and perform the same duties, and

be subject to the same liilbilities and penalties as if such outljing

portion of the district were an electoral district, and he were the

returning officer thereof.

Supplementary rolls	5. The provisions of the Act; No. 183 of	1880, requiring ev i~y
to be exhibited in

o,ltlrins portiom of	returning officer to cause copies of the rolls of the electoral district
district.	or division to which they refer to bc exhibited in such electoral district or division in each year shall he deemcd to have bcen com-
plied with, so far as regards any such outlying portion of the district, by the exhibition at proper places therein of such supplementary
rolls. whcther writtcn or printed, or partly written, or partly printed, and the assistant ret~wning officer shall keep such rolls in his office within the said outlving portion of the district, and shall permit any person to peruse ihcrn at all rensonablr hours without fee, and shall furnish copies to any persons desiring the same for the sum of Two Shillings and Sixpence each copy.
Provi5io&ofEleatorJL

h t a to apply to out- 6. The provisions of " Thc Electoral Act, 1879," alld of any Acts

lying po~tion of extending or amending the same as to the publication of a notice

district. calling public attention to the fact that fresh electoral rolls :we about to be formed, and as to the delivery of fonns, and as to the appointment aud duty of collectors, and as to thc duties ancl powers of each returning officer on receipt of returns, and as to the compilation of fresh rolls and the printing thereof cvery fifth year after the month of February, 1881, shall apply to any such out- lying portion of the district, and the assistant returning officer shall perform therein with regard to such matters all the duties of returning officer.

Retunling officer to

telegraph writ, &C., 7. The returning officcr for any electoral district for which an

to assisbnt returning assistant returning officcr is appointed, on the receipt of any writ

public notlce of t e	0 f W 9 is $e for the election of any member to the House of Assembly, or bf any
same.	copy of a writ for the election of any member to the Legislative Council, shall immediatelv telegraph the same to the assistant returning officer of such outlying portion of the district, and give

hirrl

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him notice by telegraph of the clay of nomination, and of thc polling day; and the assistant ret~lrning officer shall, in the manner required

by " The Electoral Act, 1879," ' T h e Electoral Amendment Act, 1882," and any Acts extending or amending the same, give public

notice of the writ, the day of nomination, the day of polling, and the narrles of the polling-places within such outlying portion of the district.

8. Any candidate for clcction inay forward his i~omination ~ ~ ~, " ~ ~ t $ ~ ~ ~ ~ f,

papers to the assistant returning officer., who shall forthwith retumingof6iecr

telegraph the conteri ts thereof to the returning officer of the district, f ~ ~ $ $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ & d

or, in case of election to the Lcgislative Council, to the returning of district.-ViJe	aec.
officcr of thc Legislative Couiwil district to which snch election 48, Act 141, 1879.
relates.

9. When the returning officer for the district has rcccived the lieturning ofilccdo telegraph whole of

telegritin fiom the assistant returning officer stating whether any, .o,,,ations t,

and if any, what nominations have been received in such outlying

rctuming

portion of the district the returning officer shall irnnlediately telegraph to the assistant returning officcr all the nominations for such election, including any that may have been made in such outlying portion of the district, and in case of elections to the Lcgislative Council, the returning officer for the Legislative Council district to which the election relates shttll immediately telegraph to the assistant returning officer all the nomi~iations for such election, including any that may have bccn ipade in such ontlying district.

10. Up011 the receipt of such list of no~ninations the assistant re- Assistant returning

turning officer, if an election is ncccssary, shall appoint such persolls

officer to appoint

and do ancl causc to be done such acts and things as are rcquired by

Thc Electoral Act, 1879," and any Acts cxtcnding or amending the

same, for the purpose of talring the poll in accordance with thosc

Acts in the outlying portion of the district. .

assistant returning ofEiccr, nominate a scrutineer to attend the 'ppoint scr'ltineers* 11, Each candidate may, by letter or telegram nddrcssed to the Candidates may

scrutiny in such outlying portioli of the district, a i d such letter or telegram shall givc the name and the adtlrcm of the person so appointed.

12. When the assistant retar~iiiig officc~ shall have received all Afisistantretuluing officer to conduct

the ballot-boxes from the several polling-places within such outlying ,,,,,tiny.

portion of the district, he shall conduct the scrutiny for such out- lying portion of the district in accordance with the said Acts, and such scrutinews as desire to be present shall bc present and shall sign the record of the votes, mcl such assistant returning officcr shall, in thc presence of such scrutineers as desirc to bc present,

telegraph the result to the r e t~~rn ing officcr.

13. The returning officer shall forthwith ascertain the total

number of votes, including the numbers so received by telegraph telegraph result to -

that assistant.

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that have been polled for each candidate, mid shall make his return

accordingly and shall telegraph the final result to the assistant re-

turning officer, who shad1 give public notice of the same.

Provision for inter-

ruption of telegraph.	14- In case telegraphic communication is interrupted betmeell such outlying portion of the district and the officc of the returning officer of the district, it shall be lawful for the Governor or for the Speaker, as the case may be, from time to time at discretion to extend the time appointed for the nomination, or for the polling,
or for the return of the writ, or for any of the proc~edings connectect
with such election: Pro~ided that any such extension of time be
duly notificd in the Govewzment Gazette.
Extension of hours

of voting. 15. Section '68 of the Electorul Act, 1879, is hereby amended by

the substitution of the words (' six o'clock in the evening " in lieu of

the words f i ~ e o'clock in the afternoon," in the second sub-division

of such section.

~ c t to be construes 16. This Act, so far as is coilsistcnt with the tenor thereof, shall

with Electoral Acts.	be incorporated and construed as one with 'IThe Electoral Act, 1879,"
and an Act of the forty-third and forty-fourth years of IXer present
Majesty, being No. 183 of 1880, intituled An Act to amend the
Electoral Act l 879," and The Electoral Amendment Act, 1882."

In thc name and oil behalf. of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

WlLLIAM C. F. ROBIKSON, Governor.

Adelaide : authority, E. SPILLER, Eovcrn~nent Printer, n'orth-terrace.