Electoral Act Amendment Act 1918 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO OCTAVO

GEORGII QUINTI REGIS,

XIX.

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No. 5 of 1918.

AN ACT to amend the Electoral Act, 1907.

[Assented to 18th March, 1918.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Par-BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

1.    This Act may be cited as the Electoral Act Amendment Act, Short title.

1918, and shall be read as one with the Electoral Act, 1907, here-

inafter referred to as the principal Act,

2. Subsection (2) of section twenty-four of the principal Act Amendment of

is repealed, and a subsection is hereby inserted in place thereof as	Section 24.
follows

"(2.) An amalgamation of each roll with its supple-

ment shall be made, and shall be printed immediately after

the issue of the writs for a general election."

3.    Paragraph (a) of section twenty-six of the principal Act Amendment of

is repealed and a paragraph is inserted in place thereof as follows: Section 26.

" (a) As soon after the last day of June and the last

day of December in each year as practicable, and not later

than the last day of the month next following."

eighty-eight of the principal Act is hereby amended by substituting Section 188. 4. The table of electoral offences in section one hundred and Amendment of

1918, No. 5.] Electoral Act—Amendment. [8 GEO. V.

the words "twelve months" for the words "two years" in the second column thereof opposite the statement of the following offences, namely

"Voting more than once at the same election."

"Wilfully making a false statement in any objection to

any claim or to any name on the roll."

"Wilfully making any false statement in any claim, ap- plication, return, or declaration, or in answer to a question under this Act."

Untrue statement	5. A section is inserted in the principal Act as follows :—
in forms.

See Com., No. 17	"188A. (1.) A person shall not make any untrue statement in any electoral paper, or in answer to any question under this Act, or in any information supplied to any officer or can- vasser for the purposes of the preparation of new rolls.
of 1911, See.
37.

Penalty—Twenty pounds.

(2.) Subsection (1) of this section shall not affect the liability of any person to be proceeded against in respect of any other offence, but he shall not be liable to be punished twice in respect of the same offence.

(3.) In this section the words 'electoral paper' include

any prescribed form."

Repeal of Aet 6. The Electoral Act Amendment Act, 1912, is hereby re-

No. 56 of 1912.	pealed.
Manner of show-

ing amendments. 7. All copies of the principal Act hereafter printed by the Gov-

ernment Printer shall be printed as amended by this Act, under the supervision of the Clerk of Parliaments, and references to this Act made in the margin.