Electoral Rolls Act 1893 (WA)

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ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO SEPTIMO

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No. XXXIV.

AN ACT to authorise the immediate Prepara- tion of the new Electoral Rolls to be compiled in accordance with " The Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1893," and for other pur- poses.

[Assented to, 22nd December, 1g93.]

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 Rolls Act, 1893."	Short Title.
2.

FOR the purposes of the preparation and compilation of new Electoral Rolls the provisions of " The Electoral Act, 1893," and

Part II. of " The

Constitution tion Act

Amendment Act,

of section twenty-four of " The Constitution Act Amendment Act,

1893," to be deemed

1893," shall be read and construed as though Part II. of the last

in force for certain

purposes.

named Act were in force, and had been in force on and since the

57 V., 15.

first day of November, 1893.

57 V., 14.

EVERY appointment made, every claim to be registered as a voter, and every act and thing heretofore done in accordance with

Proceedings under

"The Electoral Act,

the provisions of " The Electoral Act, 1893," shall be of the same

1893; ' validated.

57 V., 15.

force and effect as if Part II. of " The Constitution Act Amendment

57 V., 14.

Act, 1893," had been in force at the time of the making of any such

3.

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The Electoral Rolls Act, 1893.

appointment or claim, or the doing of any such act or thing as

aforesaid.

Names on existing 4. IN every case where the boundaries of a now existino-

rolls in case of	Electoral District are altered, or a new Electoral District is created
altered and new
districts.	under "The Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1893," the Electoral
57 V., 14.	Registrar in the preparation of the Electoral List for such altered or newly-created District may include therein the name of every person who may appear by the Electoral Roll then in force for any now existing Electoral District to be qualified to be registered as a voter for such altered or newly-created district.

5.     THE words "in the presence and under the inspection of

Amendment of pro - •

cerium in telegraph	some Justice of the Peace or Notary Public " occurring in the first
ing documents nude

"The Electoral Act	r sub-section, and the words " and under the supervision of a Justice
1889."	' of the Peace or Notary Public" occurring in the second sub-section of the fourth section of " The Telegraphic Messages Act, 1874," are, so far as relates to the transmission by telegraph of any document authorised to be telegraphed by " The Electoral Act, 1889," hereby repealed.

A PERSON claiming to have his name inserted in the Electoral List of Voters for an Electoral District or for an Electoral Province, in respect of joint ownership or occupation, under section forty of "The Constitution Act, 1889," must, in answer to the ques- tion in the Form of Claim, " What are the particulars of your qualification?" state the share held by him and the value thereof, and the name and address of every other owner.

Joint owners or	6.
occupiers.
Mortgagees And	7.

NO mortgagee of any lands or tenements shall be qualified to be registered as a voter in respect of any mortgage estate unless he shall be in actual possession or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof ; but the mortgagor in actual possession or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof shall be qualified to be registered in respect of the same, notwithstanding such mortgage. No trustee of any lands or tenements shall in any case be qualified to be registered as a voter in respect of any trust estate; but the cestui que trust in actual possession or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof, though he may receive the same through the hands of the trustee, shall be qualified to be so registered notwithstanding such trust.

Trustees.

5. THIS Act shall be read and construed with " The Electoral

Incorporation. Acts, 1889 and 1893."

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent

to this Act.

W. C. F. ROBINSON, Governor.

By Authority : RICHARD PETHER, Government Printer, Perth.