Industrial Board Election Regulations (ACT)

Regulations under the Industrial Board Ordinance 1936.

T THOMAS CORNELIUS BRENTS AN, a Member of the Executive i , Council, acting for and on behalf of the Attorney-General, in pursuance of the powers conferred by the Industrial Board Ordinance 1936, hereby make the following Regulations under the Industrial- Board Ordinance 1936.

Dated this fifteenth day of April, 1936.

THOS. C. BRENNAN

for Attorney-General.

INDUSTRIAL BOARD ELECTION REGULATIONS.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Board Election short title.

Regulations.

2.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention Definitions,

appears—-

" candidate " means a candidate nominated for election;
" election" means the election by Commonwealth employees

and private employees Of persons to be members of the Board, representing Commonwealth employees and private

•• employees, respectively;

" nomination " means the nomination of a candidate^

" Returning Officer " means a Returning Officer appointed under ,

these Regulations and includes a Deputy Returning Officer;

" t h e Ordinance" means the Industrial Board Ordinance 1936; " the Secre tary" means the Secretary, Attorney-General'3

Depar tment ;

" voter " means a person whose name has been placed on a roll or who claims to be entitled under regulation S to vote at an election.

(2.) I n these Regulations, any reference to a regulation shall be read as a reference to a regulation contained in these Regulations, and any reference to a Form shall be read as a reference to a Form con- tained in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Returning	3.—(1.) The Chief Electoral Officer shall be the Returning Officer (2.) The Returning Officer may appoint a Deputy Returning Officer who may, subject to the control of the Returning Officer, exercise all the powers of the Returning Officer.
Officer and
Deputy	for the purpose of each election and shall be charged with the duty of
Returning
Officers.	giving effect to the provisions of these Regulations in so far as they relate to the election.
Elections.	4. Elections shall he held whenever the Attorney-General so directs by notice published in the Gazette.
Preparation	5.—(1.) The Returning Officer shall prepare, or cause to be (2.) For the purposes of the first election held under these Regula- tions, the Returning Officer shall prepare the rolls of electors from lists furnished to him by the Secretary, each of which lists being certified by the Secretary to have been received from a representative of an organization and to have been declared by that representative to be a list of members of the organization who were financial on the eighteenth day of February, 1936.
o{ rolls.	prepared, in respect of each election, a roll of persons who are entitled to vote at that election.
Roll to lie used	' 6. Each roll shall be certified by the Returning Officer, by writing under his hand, to be correct, and shall thereupon be conclusive evidence of the right of the persons named therein to vote at the election, and of the statements included therein.
at election.
Persons	7. Subject to the next succeeding regulation, a person shall not be
entitled to vote.	entitled to vote at an election unless his name appears on the roll prepared in respect of that election.
Vote of person	8.—-(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations,
whose name
is not on	when any Commonwealth employee or private employee claims to vote
or has been
certified roll	at an election and his name has been omitted from or struck out of
struck out of	the certified roll of voters he may, subject to the Ordinance and these
certified roll.	Regulations, be permitted to vote if he makes, before the Returning Officer, a declaration in accordance with Form A.
(2.) Where a voter claims to vote under the provisions of this regulation he sball mark and fold his ballot-paper in the manner prescribed in these Regulations and return it so folded to the Returning Officer.
(3.) The Returning Officer shall thereupon in the presence of the voter, and without unfolding the ballot-paper, enclose it in an envelope bearing the declaration of the voter and shall forthwith securely fasten the envelope and deposit it in the ballot-box.
(4.) "Where the claim of any person to vote under this regulation is refused, the Returning Officer shall make a note in writing of the
fact of the claim and the reasons for the refusal thereof.
Candidates	9.—(1.) A person shall not be capable of being elected as a member (2.) A nomination for the election of a member representative of the private employees shall be in accordance with Form 13 and shall be signed by the President or Chairman and the Secretary of the organiza- tion or local branch thereof of which the candidate is at the date of nomination a financial member.
must be
nominated.	of the Board unless that person has been duly nominated.
(3.) A nomination for the election of a member representative of the Commonwealth employees shall be in accordance with Form P> and shall be signed by the President or Chairman and the SecTetary of the organization or local branch thereof of which the candidate h at the date of nomination a financial member.
Requisites for	10.—(1.) A'nomination shall not be valid unless—
nomination.	(a) the person nominated consents to act, if elected; and (b) the nomination is received by the Returning Officer on or

before the date fixed by the Attorney-General in pur-
suance of this regulation.

(2.) The Attorney-General sball fix a date on or before which nominations shall be lodged and shall notify in the Gazette such date, and the address of the Returning Officer, with whom the nominations ere to 'be lodged.

sufficient if he signs the form of consent at the foot of the nomination t 0 act- 11. The consent of the person nominated to act, if elected, shall be Form of consent

paper, but the Be turning Officer may accept any other form of consent whether accompanying the nomination paper or not, tha t he deems satisfactory, and that acceptance shall be final.

12. As soon as practicable after the date fixed by the Attorney- Declaration of General as the last date for receiving nominations, the Eeturning Officer nominations, shall publish in the Gazette the name, place of residence, and occupa-

tion of each person nominated.

13. Any candidate may withdraw his consent to his nomination withdrawal of

at any time on or before the date fixed for receiving nominations, by nominate?
lodging with the Eeturning Officer a notice of withdrawal bearing his
personal signature and witnessed by a Commissioner for Declarations or

a Justice of the Peace.

14.—(1.) I f one candidate only is nominated in respect of any Proceedings

election the Eeturning Officer shall declare that candidate duly elected ™?omtaation
and shall publish notice thereof in the Gazette,

(2.) I f more than one candidate is nominated in respect of any election a poll shall be taken to decide the election.

15. Subject to Beguhition S, voting at a poll shall be carried out voting to be

by post. by P°8t-

16.—(1.) Each voter shall be entitled to one vote only in respect Number of

of any election.	Tote"-
(2.) A person who has during the period of three months preceding the eighteenth day of February, 1936, been employed solely by the Com- monwealth may vote at the election of a member representative of the Commonwealth employees, and not otherwise.
(3.) A person who has during such period been employed solely by private employers may vote at the election of a member representa- tive of the private employers, and not otherwise.
(4.) A person who has during such period been employed as a Com- monwealth employee and a private employee may vote at the election pf a member representative of the class of employees to which be belonged for the greater portion of his term of employment during that period, and not otherwise.
17.—(1.) The Attorney-General shall fix a date on which the poll	ftaUolfd0"

shall close, and if, at any time after fixing that date, the Attorney- General is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary or desirable to alter the date so fixed, the Attorney-General may fix a later date as the date on which the poll shall close, and that later date shall be substituted for the day originally fixed.

(2.) The Attorney-General shall notify in the Gazette the date, and the later date (if any) , fixed in pursuance of the last preceding sub- regulation.

(3.) The poll shall close at four o'clock in. the afternoon on the date fixed by the Attorney-General in accordance with this regulation.

18.—(1.) As soon as practicable after the date for the close of the Voting papers

poll has been fixed, the Eeturning Offloer shall transmit by post to declaration, each voter, at the postal address of the voter set out in the certified	roll of electors, ballot-papers for the election of members of the Board
representative of Commonwealth employees and of private employees
together with an envelope having printed thereon a form of declaration in accordance with Form C.

(2.) A ballot-paper shall be in accordance with Form D.

(3.) The names of candidates shall be set out on the ballot-papers

in such order and with such descriptions or additions (if any) as the
Eeturning Officer thinks fit.

19. Before posting the ballot-papers and envelopes bearing the voters' Particulars to forms of declaration, the Eeturning Officer shall insert in each ballot- vot^p^pera paper in the space provided for the purpose, the date fixed for the close and

of the poll, and shall initial each ballot-paper in the space provided for the purpose and, in the form of declaration on each envelope he shall insert—

(a) the Christian names in full (if known), or the initials, and

the surname of the voter;

(b) the place of residence or place of business of the voter; and

(c) the date fixed for the close of the poll.

20. Each voter shall sign in his own handwriting the declaration on voter to make

the envelope in the presence of a witness, who shall sign his name in his own handwrit ing in the place provided for the purpose and add the date on which the declaration is witnessed.

Manner of	21 . Each voter shall record his vote in the election of a or of private employees, as the case may he, in accordance with the directions set out on the ballot-paper, and shall send the envelope con- taining the used ballot-paper and the unused ballot-paper by post or otherwise, to the Returning Officer to whom the envelope is addressed.
voting.	• m e m D e i . 0f th e Board representative of Commonwealth employees
Ballot-papers	22.—If a voter makes and transmits to the Returning Officer a state-
oriorstCorVed	meiit in writ ing setting out his full name and address and that he has
destroyed.	n o t received a ballot-paper or envelope, or that any ballot-paper 01
envelope received by him has been lost or destroyed, and that he has

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'• not already voted at the poll, the Returning Officer may post to the as the case may he.

Ballot-papers	23.— (1.) The Returning Officer shall, in respect of each election—
ballot-box	(a) keep a locked and sealed ballot-box having marked thereon

under scrutiny. • w o r c i s " Indus t r i a l Board Ballot-box—Ballot-papers

t l l e

received from Voters " and such additional words as are, in his opinion, necessary to indicate the particular election for which the ballot-box is to be used; and

(b) place and keep in the ballot-box unti l the scrutiny all envelopes containing ballot-papers relating to that election which-are received by him before the time fixed for the close of the poll.

Ballot-papers 24. A ballot-paper received by the Returning Officer after four do3eTofdeiection. o'clock in the afternoon of the day fixed for the close of the poll shall

not be admitted to the scrutiny.

Scrutineers at	25. Each candidate may, by notice in writing signed by the candidate, and addressed to the Returning Officer, setting out the name and address of the scrutineer, appoint one scrutineer to represent him at the scrutiny.
the scrutiny.
Scrutiny of	: 26. The Returning Officer shall, as soon as practicable after four
dedarations.	o'clock in the afternoon of the day fixed for the close of the poll for any election—

(a) open the ballot-box and produce unopened all envelopes • containing ballot-papers contained therein;

(b) separate the envelopes containing declarations in accordance with Form A (in this regulation referred to as "Regular tion 8 votes") from those containing declarations in accordance with Form C (in this regulation referred to a? " ordinary votes "•) ;

(c) examine each envelope containing an ordinary vote, and if the declaration is, in the opinion of the Returning Officer, signed by a person whose name is on the roll and who has not previously voted at the poll, and is duly attested, accept the vote.for further scrutiny, but if any declaration is not so signed or attested he shall disallow the hallot-

•-•.--••; .-..'.-• paper without opening the envelope;

' V: ; (d) • examine each envelope containing a Regulation 8 Vote, and,

:

• '" ' • if the declaration is in order and the Returning Officer is

satisfied, after making such inquiry as is necessary, that

- • the voter is a person entitled to vote at the election, he shall correct the certified roll of voters by adding thereto the name of the voter and the other particulars relating to the • votei- specified in the declaration, and accept the vote for further scrutiny, but, if any such declaration is not in order or the Returning Officer is not so satisfied, he shall disallow the ballot-paper without opening the envelope;

(e) place the envelopes containing disallowed ballot-papers in a
parcel, seal the parcel, endorse it " Indus t r i a l Board

Election—Election of representative of (here insert appro-

• priate description of pel-sons to he represented)— Votes rejected at Prel iminary Scrutiny " and add bis signature and the date;

( /) number consecutively (from one onwards, on the address side	:
;.,	of the envelope) each envelope accepted for further withdraw from each envelope the ballot-papers contained . therein and without unfolding the used ballot-paper or
l	scrutiny, and place them on a table befoTe him with the

:  i • address side of each envelope uppermost;

(g)

:	:
'	_ "•';'' ;• • '•';	" . "  inspecting the vote or permitt ing any other person to do
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so, place thereon a number corresponding with that placed

• on the envelope.from which it was withdrawn, and forth- with place it in a locked and sealed ballot-box provided

for the purpose of holding ballot-papers relating to that election, and place the unused ballot-papers in a bundle on the table before h im;

(7t) place the envelopes in a parcel, seal the parcel and endorse it " Industr ial Board Election—Election of representative of (here insert appropriate description of persons to be represented)— Envelopes from which Ballot-papers have been withdrawn ", and add his signature and the date; and

(?) place the unused ballot-papers in a parcel, seal the parcel and endorse it " Indus t r i a l Board Election—Unused Ballot- papers returned by voters ", and add his signature and the date.

to in paragraph (g) of the last preceding regulation, and a further scrntiD*' 27.—(1.) The Returning Officer shall open each ballot-box referred Further .

scrutiny shall be conducted as follows:—

(a) The Returning Officer shall, in the presence of any persons approved by the Beturning Officer and of such scrutineers appointed in pursuance of regulation as attend, count the first preference votes given for each candidate on all ballot-papers not rejected as informal.

(6) The vacancy shall be filled in the following manner :—

( i ) The candidate who has received the greatest number of first preference votes shall, if that number constitutes an absolute majority of votes, be elected;

. ( i i ) I f no candidate has received an absolute majority of first preference' votes, the Returning. Officer shall proceed with the scrutiny and the counting of the votes as follows:—

(1) The candidate who has received the least number of first preference votes shall be excluded, and each ballot-paper counted to him shall be counted to the candidate next in the order of the voter's preference.

(2) I f no candidate then has an absolute majority of votes, the process of exclud- ing the candidate who has the least number of votes and counting each of his ballot-papers to the continuing candidate next in the order of the voter's preference, shall be repeated until one candidate has received an •absolute majority of votes.

(3) The candidate who has received an abso»
lute majority of votes shall be eleoted.
(2.) If on any count two or more candidates have an equal
number of votes, and one of them has to be excluded, the Returning
Officer shall decide which shall be excluded. If, on the final count for

filling any vacancy, two candidates have an equal number of votes, the

Returning Officer shall decide.which shall be elected.

(3.) I n this regulation—

" absolute majority " means a number greater than one-half of the whole number of ballot-papers other than informal ballot-papers;

" continuing candidate " means a candidate not already excluded

from the count. \

the result of the election and the names of the candidates elected and elec ™- 28.—(1.) The Returning Officer shall make out a statement showing Decimation

shall publish notice of the result in the Gazette.

(2.) The notice published in- the Gazette shall, subject to these Regulations, be conclusive evidence of the result of the election.

result of an election, the Returning Officer may, if he thinks fit, on the vo 29.—(1.) At any time before the publication in the Gazette of the Becount of

written request of any candidate setting forth, the reasons for the
request, or of his own motion, conduct a recount of the ballot-papers.

(2.) If the Returning Officer refuses, oh the request of a candidate, to conduct a recount of any ballot-papers, the candidate may appeal in writing to the Minister to direct a recount of .those ballot-papers, and the Minister may, as he thinks fit, either direct a recount! of the

ballot-papers or refuse to direct a recount.	.*•	>'.••[['.:>••.
Powers of

Returning	30. The Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer conducting and may reverse any decision in relation to the scrutiny as to the allowance and admission or disallowance and rejection of any ballot- paper.
Officer	a recount shall have the same powers as if the recount were the scrutiny,
conducting
recount.
Informal	31. A ballot-paper shall be informal if—
voting papers.	(a) it is not initialled by the Returning Officer or Deputy

Returning Officer;

(b) it has no vote marked on it;

(c) it is so imperfectly marked that the intention of the voter

is uncertain; or

(d) it is not marked in accordance with the directions on the

ballot-paper.

Voting papers 32. The Returning Officer shall place in separate parcels—

to be placed

In parcels.	(a) all the ballot-papers received by the Returning Officer which have been rejected as informal;
(b) all the unrejected ballot-papers received by the Returning

Officer; and

(c) the copy of the roll used for the election,

and shall endorse on each parcel a description of the contents thereof, add his signature and the date, and retain the parcels until the authority of the Attorney-General has been obtained for the destruction of the contents thereof.

Intruders. 33. A person, not being authorized in pursuance of these Regulations to be present at the scrutiny, shall not—

(a) wilfully intrude into the room in which the examination of the voting papers is being conducted; or

(b) refuse or fail to leave the room when so requested by the

Returning Officer.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

Immaterial	34. An election, or any statement or notice showing the voting at to the taking of the votes of the voters, or in relation to the making of any statement or notice, or on account of the absence, error or omission by an officer.
vitiate poll or	an election, shall not he avoided on account of any delay in relation
election.
election.

errors not to

Failure of 35.—(1.) Whenever an election fails a new election shall he held.
(2.) An election shall be deemed to have wholly failed if no person

is nominated or no candidate is returned as elected.

Misfeasance. 36. Every person acting as Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer at the election, who is guilty of any wilful misfeasance or wilful or negligent act of commission or omission contrary to any of the provisions of these Regulations, shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

Untrue	37. A person shall not make any untrue statement in any declara- tion or in answer to any question under these Regulations, or in any information supplied to the Returning Officer OT Deputy Return- ing Offioer for the .purpose of obtaining a ballot-paper or a further ballot-paper.
declarations, <fco,

statements in

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

Duty of	38. A person shall not witness the signature of any person to any declaration under these Regulations unless'—	(a) he has satisfied himself as to the identity of that person;
(b) he has seen the person sign the declaration in his own

Wltneu,

handwriting; and

(c) he knows that the statements contained in the declaration are true, or has satisfied himself, by inquiry from the, person, or otherwise, that the statements contained in the declaration are true.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

Making marks

on voting	39. Except where expressly authorized by these Regulations, a
papers.	person (other than the voter to whom a ballot-paper has been isaued) shall not make any mark or writing on that ballot-paper.

Penalty: Twenty pounds. 40. A person shall not—

Offences in

connexion with	(a) falsely impersonate any person to secure a ballot-paper to
polling.	which the personator is not entitled;

(b) personate any other person for the purpose of voting at

an election;

(c) fraudulently destroy or deface any ballot-paper;

(d) vote more than once at an election.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.

Forma. 41. Strict compliance with the Forms in the Schedule to these Regulations shall not be necessary, and substantial compliance shall be sufficient.

THE SCHEDULE.

Regulation 8. .. . Form A.

TEUIUTORY FOB THE SEAT ,OF GOVERNMENT.

Industrial Board Ordinance 1930.

FORM OF DECLARATION TO BE USED BY A PERSON CLAIMING TO VOTE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 8 OF THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD REGULATIONS MADE UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD ORDINANCE 193G WHO DECLARES THAT HIS NAME HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM OR STRUCK OUT OF THE CERTIFIED LIST OF VOTERS.

I,(o)	of (&)	<°) Name In full.
W	deela:	(b) Address In

(1) That I was on the eighteenth day of February 1936 a financial ™I-

member of the [Hei-c insert organization of which declarant was on that («) Occupation.
date a member'};

(2) That, on or during the three months ended on the eighteenth day of February, 1936, I was employed in the Territory—

W (a) solely by the Commonwealth; or	(d) strike out,
(<0 (6) solely by private employers; or.	If inapplicable.
(<*) (c) parti} - by the Commonwealth and partly by private employers and the period of my employment by the Commonwealth was greater than the period of my employment by private employers; or
('*) (d) partly by the Commonwealth and partly by private employers and the period of my employment by private employers was greater than the period of my employment by the Commonwealth;

(3) That to the best of my knowledge and belief my name has been struck out of, or omitted from, the Certified List of Voters prepared for the election;

(4) That I claim to be entitled to vote at the election the poll for which closes on , 19 , under the Industrial Board Ordinance 1936 and the Regulations thereunder in respect of the election of a member of the Board representative of the Commonwealth employees (or private employees, as the case may he) ;

(5) That I have not previously voted in connexion with the said election.

Personal signature of voter

Date / /193 .

Returning Officer (or Deputy

Returning Officer).

NOTE.—Regulations 37 and 3S of the Industrial Board Regulations read as follows:—

" 37. A person shall not make any untrue statement in any declaration or in answer to any question under these Regulations, or in any information supplied to the Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer for the purpose of obtaining a ballot-paper or a further ballot-paper.

Penalty: Fifty pounds. '

" 38. A person shall not witness the signature of any person to any declara- tion under these Regulations unless—

(a) he has satisfied himself as to the identity of that person;

(6) he has seen the person sign the declaration in his own handwrit ing;

and

"(c) he knows t h a t the statements contained in the declaration are true, or has satisfied himself, by inquiry from the person, or otherwise, tha t the statements contained jn the declaration are true,

Penalty: Fifty pounds".

Regulation 9, Form B.

TEBBITOBY FOB THE SEAT OP GOVERNMENT,

Industrial Board Ordinance 1936.

NOMINATION OF A MEMBER OF THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES (OR

PRIVATE EMPLOYEES, AS TEE CASE MAT	BE).
To the Returning Officer

We, the Undersigned persons being the President (or Chairman) and the Secretary of the [here insert name of organization or local bi'anch of which the person nominated is at the date of nomination a financial member] do hereby nominate (a)

as a Member of the Industrial Board representative

of Commonwealth employees (or private employees, as the case may be).

Dated this	day of	, 19	.
President—
Secretary—
I,	of

consent to the above nomination, and to act if elected.

Signature of Candidate

Witness Address

Date / /193 .

residence, and occupation of person nominated. NOTE.—(a) Here insert the Christian name or names in full, surname, place of N.B.—The candidate's consent to the nomination may be on a separate paper und in any form, but if friven on tlie Nomination Paper in the above form their sufficiency is not to be questioned.

Regulation 18. Form C.

TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT, OP GOVERNMENT.

Industrial Board Ordinance 193G.

DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY VOTER.

(a) Name in	1,(0)	of(6)
full.

full. (t>) Address in (<0 declare—

(c) Occupation. (1) tha t I am entitled to vote a t the election the poll for which closes on , 10 . . under the Industrial Board Ordinance 193G and the Regulations in respect of the election of a member of the Board representative of the Commonwealth employees {or private employees, as the case may be) ;

(2) that , on the eighteenth day of February, 193G, I was a financial , . •. member of the (<D

(d) Organization	•
of which
declarant is a	(3) that , on or during the three months ended on the eighteenth day of
member.	February, 193G, I was employed in the Territory—
(e) Strike out,	(e) (a) solely by the Commonwealth; or
if inapplicable.	(<0 (6) solely by private employers; or (<0 (c) partly by the Commonwealth and part ly by private employers and

the period of my employment by the Commonwealth was greater
than the period of my employment by private employers; or

(<0 ((7) partly by the Commonwealth and partly by private employers and the period of my employment by private employers was greater than the period of my employment by the Commonwealth.

(4) t h a t I have not previously voted in connexion with the said election.

Personal signature of voter
Signature of witness

Address of witness

Date / /193 .

NOTE.—Regulations 37 and 38 of the Industrial Board Regulations read as follows:—

'•' 37. A person shall not make any untrue statement in any declaration, or in answer to any question under these Regulations, or in any information supplied to the Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer for the purpose of obtaining a ballot-paper or a further ballot-paper.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.".

"38 . A person shall not witness the signature of any person to any declara-

tion under these Regulations unless—

(a) he has satisfied himself as to the identity of that person;

(b) he has seen the person sign the declaration in his own handwriting;

and

(c) he knows that the statements contained in the declaration are true, or has satisfied himself, by inquiry from the person, or otherwise, t h a t the statements contained in the declaration are true.

Penalty: Fifty pounds.".

Regulation 18(2) , Form D.

TERRITORY FOR THE SEAT OE GOVERNMENT,

Industrial Board Ordinance 1938.

COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES' (OR PRIVATE EMPLOYEES', AS THE

CASE MAY BE) REPRESENTATIVE,

BALLOT-PAPEB.

Election of {here insert "one member of the Industrial Board representative of the Commonwealth employees" or " one member of the Industrial Board representative of the private employees", as the case may be) on the Industrial Board.

Directions to Voter.—The voter must mark his vote on this ballot-paper by placing the number 1 in the square opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes as his first preference and must place the numbers 2, 3, 4 (and so on as the case requires) in.the squares opposite the names of all the remaining candidates so as to indicate the order of his preference for them. CANDIDATES.

D.

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• FURTHER DIRECTIONS TO VOTER.

After marking his vote, the voter must foid the ballot-paper and place it and the unused ballot-paper in the envelope bearing his declaration (duly signed and witnessed), securely fasten the envelope, and forthwith send the envelope, by post or otherwise, to the Returning Officer to whom the envelope is addressed.

NOTE.—Unless the vote is marked on this ballot-paper and is received by the Returning Officer, together with the unused ballot-paper, at or before four o'clock in the afternoon of the day fixed for the close of the poll (namely the , , day of- . . . 1 9 . . . . ) , it will not be admitted to the scrutiny.