THE ROADS ACT, 1911
(No. 29 of 1911.)
ARRANGEMENT.
| PART I.-PRELIMINARY. | Division 4.-Appointuneat of Commissioner |
| Sec. | where no Board. |
| 1. Short title. | Sec. |
| 2. Commencement. | 26. Power to appoint Commissioner where |
| 3. Division of Act. | there is no board or quorum. |
| 4. Repeal. | 27. On appointment of Commissioner re- |
| 5. Interpretation. | maining members go out of office. |
| 6. Sundays and holidays. | 28. Power after appointment of Commis- |
| 7. Misnomer in Act, Order in Council, | sioner to restore government of dis- |
| etc., not to prejudice. | trict to a board. |
Division 5.-Qualification of Electors.
29. (1.) Electors.
| PART 11.-ROAD DISTRICTS. | (2.) Wards. (3.) Number of votes. |
| 8. The Governor may constitute, unite, | (4.) Voting of ratepayers of muni- |
| divide, or abolish districts. | cipality or part thereof trans- |
| 9. (1.) Effect of abolition of district. | ferred to Road Board. |
| (2.) Effect of division, severance, etc. | 30. Joint owners or occupiers. |
| (3.) Effect as to By-laws. | 31. Power to corporation to nominate a |
| (4.) Effect as to valuation and rates. | person to be placed on the roll. |
| 10. Existing districts. | 32. Manager may be registered. |
| 11. Townsites to be included in districts. | 33. New districts. |
| 12. Powers in Municipal Corporations Act, |
| 1906, may still be exercised. | Division 6.-Electoral Bolls. |
34. Preparation of lists.
35. Claims.
36. Objections.
| PART HL--ROAD BOARDS. | 37. Lists to be published of claims and |
objections.
| Division 1.-Constitution of Boards. | 38. Board to hold court for revision of list. 39. Notice to be given. |
| 13. Boards. | 40. Constitution of court. |
| 14. Board to be a body corporate. | 41. Court may be adjourned. |
| 15. Existing Boards. | 42. Powers of the Court. |
| 16. Constitution of Board on division of | 43. Hearing of claims and objections. |
| district into wards. | 44. Costs in eases of frivolous, etc., claims |
| 17. New election on change of number of | or objections. |
| members or boupdaries. | 45. Certificate, etc., of revision. 46. List to be made out and signed by chair- |
| Division 2.-Qualification of Members. | man. |
47. List so signed to be the electoral roll.
| 18. Qualification of members. | 48. Copy of roll to be evidence. |
| 19. Disqualifications. | 49. Copies of roll to be supplied. |
| 20. Supervening disqualifications. | 50. Omission to publish, etc., not to in- |
| 21. Penalty for acting when disqualified. | validate proceedings. |
51. Minister may appoint time for doing anything connected with electoral lists not done within time prescribed.
Division S.-Retirement and Vacancies.
| 22. Annual retirement of members. | 52. Procedure on failure of Board to hold |
| 23. Retirement in ease of new districts. | Revision Court. |
| 24. Extraordinary vacancies. | 53. Where no Board, Minister may appoint |
| 25. Retiring member eligible for re-election. | person to make roll. |
Roads.
| Division 7.--Election of Members. | See. |
| Sec. | 98. illegal practices. |
| 54. First elections. | 99. Punishment. |
| 55. Annual elections. | 100. Penalties in case of nomination of in- |
| 56. Extraordinary vacancies. | capacitated person. |
| 57. Returning officer. | 101. Prohibition of canvassing near polling |
| 58. Appointment in new districts. | booths. |
| 59. Appointment of returning officer gener- | 102. Electoral offences. |
| ally. | 103. Offender may be removed from polling |