The Electoral Laws Amendment Act 1904 (SA)

ANNO QUARTO

EDWARDI V11 REGIS.

A. D. 1904.

No. 876

An Act to further amend " The Electoral Code, 1896,"

and "The Constitution Act," No. 2 of 1855-6.

November zgth, 1904.

Royal Assent #rocZaiaimed, Febrtlary rs f, 1905. 1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

follows: B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

1, This Act may be cited as " The Electoral Laws Amendment, Short title.

Act, 190.1," and shall be incorporated and read with The Electoral Code, 1896 " (hereinafter called the princi~al Act), and all Acts amending the same.

2. Section 15 of the principal Act is hereby repealed, and Sixmonthe' registration

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section 16 of " The Constitution Act," No. 2 of 1855-6, shall not

apply to the qualification of electors for the House of Assembly.

The words the forms in the Schedules and none other shall Fomnot obligato y.

suffice" in section 6 of the principal Act are hereby repealed.

Sections 38, 50, 5 1, and 57 of the principal Act shall not apply Regiktion and

to the rolls for the House of Assembly; and, notwithstanding any- dmanded.	trensf ere of vote
thing to the contrary in the principal Act contained, it shall not be necessary to make any entry of or relating to the date of registration or any other matter ielating to registratFon on any electo&l roll or list for the House of Assembly.
Schedule VI. of the principal Act is hereby repealed, and the Second Schedule hereto is substituted therefor.

Applications for transfer of vote shall be in the form set forth in the Third Schedule. 3, Section

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,Constitution of

Bavision Court. 3. Section 64 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding

the words or two or more Justices of the Peace" after the words

b t Special Magistrate" in the first line thereof.

Pemna entitled to

vote. 4. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 16 of the principal

Commonwealth Act 8, Act, and to the disqualifications hereafter set out, all persons not

1902, W. 3. under twenty-one years of age, whether male or female, married or

unmarried --

( a ) Who have lived in South Australia for six months con-

tinuously; and

( b ) Who are natural born or n~turalised subjects of the King;

and

( C ) Whose names are on the electoral roll for any House of

Assembly district,

shall be entitled to vote for the election of members of the House of

Assembly.

Diequsliflcation.	(2) No person who is of unsound mind, and no person attainted of treason, or who has been convicted and is under sentence or snbject to be sentenced for any offence punishable under the law of any part of the King's dominions by imprisonment for one year or longer,.shali be entitled to vote at any election of members of the House of Assembly.
Ibid.
Power to tranafer

names from Common- 5. The officers keeping the rolls for the various House of

wealth rolls.	Assembly polling-places in the State shall, in the months of January, April, July, and October in each year, and whenever so directed by the Returning Officer for the House of Assembly district in which such polling-places are respectively situate, examine and con~pare
such rolls with the corresponding electoral rolls for the Common- wealth, and add to the House of Assembly roll for any polling-place the name of any elector whose name appears on the Commonwealth electoral roll for such polling-place and is not already on the
Yower to amend
register for the State roll for such polling-place.

8chedules to 6. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation published

Electoral A C ~.	in the Government Grrxette, to make such alterations and additions to the forms in the Schedules contained in the principal Act or any amending Act its he may think fit.
Alteration of formof
roll.	7. The form of the House of Assembly roll as contained in Schedule IV. of the principal Act is hereby repealed, and the First Schedule to this Act may be substituted therefor.
Preeent TOH to be

ralid and effectual. 8, Notwithstanding such last-mentioned repeal, the existing rolls

kept by the officers containing the register of electors, together with all additions thereto and eliminations therefrom authorised by any law in force in the State, shall hereafter be effectual for a,ll purposes, though not conforming to the form in the First Schedule thereto, until new rolls shall have been prepared.

9. Electoral

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Q, Electoral claims and applications to transfer received by the Time for altering m&.

Returning Officer or Registrar before the issue of the writ may be Commonralth

registered after the issue of the writ, but otherwise no addition to or Elactod A C ~ 19,

alteration of any roll shall bemade during the period between the issue '9029

of the writ for an election and the close of the polling at the election.

10, Any elector whose name is on the roll for any division or Transfers.

district, and who has lived in any other division or district for one Commonwealth month, may transfer his name to the roll for tbe division or district fi8!99 lgo2#

in which he lives.

electoral information or matter by post without occasioning undue be telegraphed. 11, In all cases where i t is impracticable to communicate any ~lectoralmatter map

delay, any telegraphic advice communicated in the ordinary course

shall suffice for all the purposes of the principal Act and any 8. 208.

amending Act as if the information or matter telegraphed had been

communicated in manner provided by such Act or Acts

- 12, Section 120 of the principal Act is hereby amended by sub- y ? t ~ g ppn

stituting the word	back " for the word "face " in the second line imhalled.
of the said section.

13. Section 134 of the principal Act is hereby amended by conduct of 8 c r u W.

repealing sub-section l thereof, and substituting therefor the fol- El&oral~~t, Commonwealth

lowing It shall commence 80 soon as may be practicable after c8,22:t; p-

the closing of the poll."

I reserve this Act for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure.

GEORGE R. LE HUNTE, Governor.

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THE SCHEDULES.

T H E FIRST SCHEDULE.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTORAL ROLL.

District of

Roll of Electors for the Electoral District of who claim

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Surname and Christian name

No. of each Elector at full lengtb. Place of Living. Occupation. Sex.

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THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTORAL CLAIM.

District of (a)

I claim to have my name placed on the electoral roll for the above district to

vote at ( b )

1. I am a (c) subject of the King.

3. I am not under twenty-one years of age.

3. I am an inhabitant of South Australia and have lived therein for six months,

and live in the above district.

4. My name is not, to the best of my knowledge, on the electoral roll for any

other district.

Dated the day of 190 .

Surname-

Christian names at full length-

Sex-

Place of living-

Occupation-

Usual signature -

Received the day of 190

Electoral Registrar.

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N O T ~ & - ( ~ ) Here insert name of district.

( b ) Here ineert name of polling-place.

(c) Here ineert natura2 born or naturalized, as the case may be.

THE

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THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Applic.ataon to Transter Vote for House of Assembly.

Surname-

Christian names at full length-

Sex--

Present place of liring-

Occupation--

formerly living at ( a ) , in the State of South Australia, and registered

to vote at (6) polling-place, having bond jide changed my place of

living, and lived within the District of (c) for not lese than one month, do hereby claim to have my name transferred to the electoral rolls

for the District of (d)	, and to vote at (e)
polling-place.

D&ted this day of , 190 ,

rSigna turej

(a) Here insert place. (b). Here insert name of polling-place. c Here insert name of dietriot.

(d) Here insert name of distnct. (e) Here insert name of polling-p ' 1 ace.

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Adelaide : By authority, C. E. BRI~TOW, ~ovemment hinter, North Terrace.

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