Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2) 1953 (WA)

1953.] Electoral. [No. 34.

ELECTORAL

2° Elizabeth II., No. XXXIV.

No. 34 of 1953.

AN ACT to amend the Electoral Act, 1907-1952.

[Assented to 18th December, 1953.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral Act Amendment Act (No. 2), 1953.

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(2) In this Act the Electoral Act, 1907-1952, approved

Act No. 27 of 1907 reprinted pursuant to =October,

the Amendments Incorporation Act, 1938, with amendments to and including Act No. 26 of 1949 incorporated and further amended by Acts Nos. 58 of 1951 and 57 of 1952,

is referred to as the principal Act.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Electoral Act, 1907-1953.

2. Section four of the principal Act is amended by adding after the word, "District" being the last word in the interpretation, "roll" the words, "and includes a Province-part-roll, a Sub-district roll, and a supplementary roll".

S. 4

amended.

No. 34.] Electoral. [1953.

S. 19

amended. 3. Section nineteen of the principal Act is amended by adding after subsection (3) the follow- ing subsections:

(4) The Chief Electoral Officer shall cause the roll for each Province to be divided into Province-part-rolls so that,

(a) for each District in the Province there is a Province-part-roll; and

Cf. . 63 Viet 19,

6. 15. (b) each Province-part-roll contains the names and addresses of electors who are entitled to vote at elections of candidates to serve in the Legislative Council for the Province and who reside in the District, or who, although not residing in the Province are registered as electors entitled so to vote in respect of an interest in land situated in the District.

(5) The Province-part-rolls for a Province

together form the roll for the Province.

(6) The Province rolls shall be kept at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer and a copy of such rolls as the Minister directs from time to time shall be kept by the Registrar for a District.