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No. XX.
A BILL INTITULED
AN ACT to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Parliamentary Elections.
[Reserved, 4 6th December, 4 g 99 .1
| Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parlia- with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— | BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and |
1. THIS Act may be cited as the Electoral Act, 1899.
short title.
2. THE enactments mentioned in Schedule I. are hereby repealed.
Repeat.
3. THIS Act only applies to Parliamentary elections.
Application of Act.
| 4. | TI-lis Act is divided into the following parts:— | Division of Act. |
| PART I.—ADMINISTRATION: PART 1I.—ELECTORAL REGISTRATION- |
1. The Rolls :
2. Revision Courts:
63° VICTORTIE, No. 20.
Electoral Act, 1899.
PART M.—ELECTIONS-
1. The Writs :
2. The Nominations :
3. Absent Voters :
4. The Polling:
5. The Scrutiny :
6. The Return of the Writs :
PART IV .—OFFEN CES AND PENALTIES:
PART V.—DISPUTED RETURNS:
PART VI.—SUPPLEMENTARY:
| Interpretation. | 5. IN this Act the terms in quotation marks have the meaning_s |
stated, except where some other meaning is clearly intended- " Parliament "—The Parliament of Western Australia : " Council "—The Legislative Council :
" Assembly "—The Legislative Assembly:
" Houses "—The two Houses constituting the Parliament :
" House "—Either of the two Houses:
" Minister "—The Minister charged with the execution of this
Act:
"Candidate"—Any person who, within three months before the clay of election, directly or indirectly offers himself for election by any constituency, or who directly or indirectly, within such time, seeks to influence any constituency or electors with a view to so offering himself :
" Elector "—Any person of either sex whose name is on the electoral roll of a Province or District :
" Officer " includes all officers appointed under this Act, or
exercising any power or discharging any duty thereunder :
" Electoral District " or " District "—An Electoral District
appointed by law to return a member or members to the
Assembly :
" Electoral Province " or " Province "—An Electoral Province appointed by law to return a member or members to the Council:
" Returning Officer " includes Deputy Returning Officer.
" Registrar "--Electoral Registrar:
District " includes Division:
63° VICTORLE, No. 20.
Electoral Act, 1899.
" Presiding Officer " includes the substitute for any Presiding
Officer :
" Resident Magistrate " includes Government Resident and Police Magistrate :
British Subjects " includes naturalised as well as natural born British subjects:
1 - Proclamation "—Proclamation 1w the Governor published in
the Government Gazette :
Gazette notice "—Notice published in the Government
Gazette.
6. THE forms in the schedules, and DODe other, shall suffice.
The schedule references at the foot of sections indicate the For'"s; schedules relating to the matters dealt with by…