MAY 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1145

19. The receipt of any person to whom the Board may direct any sum accruing in respect to benefits derivable under the Act to be paid shall be an absolute discharge to the Fund of all further liability in respect of the amount so paid.

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

20. The Secretary for Education shall be the Returning Officer for the election of the elective members of the Board.
21. There shall be prepared by the Returning Officer two separate alphabetical voting-lists, to wit,—
    (a.) One of all contributors resident in the North Island;
    (b.) One of all contributors resident in the South Island, in which shall be included contributors resident in Stewart Island or in the Chatham Islands;
    and such lists shall be open to inspection by contributors at all reasonable times.
22. The Returning Officer shall from time to time add to the respective lists the names of all contributors who become entitled to be enrolled thereon, and shall remove therefrom the names of all persons who cease to be so entitled:
    Provided that the validity of any election shall not be questioned on the ground that a name wrongly appears in a list or has been omitted therefrom.
23. For every election the voting-lists shall be closed on the day on which nominations close, and shall remain closed until the election is completed.
24. Any contributor may, by notice addressed to the Returning Officer posted or delivered so as to reach the Returning Officer not less than seven days before the lists are closed, object to any voting-list on some specified ground, and the Returning Officer shall forthwith after the receipt of any such objection inquire into and dispose of the same. The contributor aforesaid may appeal to the Minister against the decision of the Returning Officer, and the Minister’s decision shall be final.
25. Every extraordinary election shall be held on a date to be fixed by the Returning Officer, being not later than the fiftieth day after the vacancy occurs.
26. Not less than forty days before any election the Returning Officer shall by advertisement in the New Zealand Gazette, or otherwise, publicly notify in respect of the election—
    (a.) The day on which the election will be held, and the hour at which the poll will be closed;
    (b.) The number of vacancies;
    (c.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations, being not more than twenty days before the day of election.
27. No person shall be eligible for election unless he is nominated in writing by at least two contributors.
28. Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following :—
    The Returning Officer (being the Secretary for Education, Wellington).
    I, [Name and address], being a contributor to the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund resident in the [North or South] Island, do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a candidate for election to the Teachers’ Superannuation Board at the election to be held on the day of , 190 .
    Dated this day of , 190 .
    Candidate’s consent to be subscribed at foot of nomination-paper.
    I hereby consent to my nomination—
    [Signature of candidate nominated.]
29. If the nomination-paper does not bear the written consent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations are closed, and any nomination-paper shall be void if the consent of the candidate nominated therein is not duly given as aforesaid.
30. If in either Island the number of persons nominated is not more than the number of vacancies to be filled the persons nominated shall be declared to be duly elected; but if the number of persons nominated exceeds the number of vacancies to be filled a ballot of the contributors resident in that Island shall be taken.
31. In any case in which a ballot becomes necessary the Returning Officer shall, immediately after the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each contributor a printed ballot-paper containing, in alphabetical order of surnames, a list of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such elector is entitled to vote; and such ballot-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following:—
    Ballot-paper for Use at Election to be held on the Day of , 190 , of Members of the Teachers’ Superannuation Board by the Contributors resident in the Island.

Candidates.
[Full names of all duly nominated candidates, in alphabetical order of surnames.]

Directions.

The number of candidates to be elected is .
The voter must draw a line through the name of every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote, and the number of names left uncancelled must not exceed the number of candidates to be elected.
The voter’s name must not be written on the voting-paper.
This ballot-paper must be enclosed in a sealed envelope, and, if posted to the Returning Officer, must be posted on or before the day of the election, or, if delivered to him, must be delivered before the day of the election, or not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day.
The envelope is to be addressed “The Secretary for Education (being the Returning Officer for the Teachers’ Superannuation Board Election), Wellington.”
32. The ballot-paper sent to each contributor shall have a number corresponding with one written opposite his name on the voting-list. The number shall be written on the left-hand bottom corner of the ballot-paper by the Returning Officer before it is sent out.
33. The ballot-paper, if delivered to the Returning Officer, must be so delivered in a sealed envelope before the day of the election, or not later than 5 o’clock in the afternoon of that day; and, if posted to him, must be posted in a sealed envelope on or before that day.
34. The poll shall close at 5 o’clock in the afternoon of the day of the election; but all ballot-papers shall be included and counted which are received by the Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the fifteenth day after the day of the election.
35. A ballot-paper shall be informal in any of the following cases, that is to say:—
(1.) If the name of the voter appears thereon; or
(2.) If the names of candidates left uncancelled exceed the number of candidates to be elected; or
(3.) If, being personally delivered to the Returning Officer, it is not delivered at his office before the close of the poll; or if, having been forwarded by post, it is not received at the office of the Returning Officer on or before the fifteenth day after the day of the election; or
(4.) If, from the postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not posted until after the day of the election.
36. On the close of the fifteenth day after the day of the election the Returning Officer shall open and examine all the ballot-papers duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal ballot-papers, shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number to be elected by each class of contributors) who have received the greatest number of the votes of such contributors, and shall declare such candidates to be elected.
37. If by reason of an equality of votes given for two or more candidates the election is not complete, the Returning Officer shall complete the election by casting lots in the presence of one of the non-elective members of the Board.
38. Forthwith after the completion of the election, the Returning Officer shall notify in the Gazette the result of the election, specifying the names of the person elected in the case of each Island, the names of the candidates, and the number of votes received for each candidate, and declaring the candidate who has received the greatest number of votes to be elected.
39. The voting-papers shall, after being counted, be enclosed in a sealed packet, and, unless a scrutiny is demanded, shall be kept unopened in the custody of the Returning Officer for two months, and shall then be destroyed. A scrutiny must be demanded in writing by not less than seven voters within fourteen days after the publication of the result of the election.

GENERAL.

40. The Public Trustee shall invest the moneys of the Fund in such of the securities authorised by section 31 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894,” as will return the highest rate of interest.
41. Where a contributor has, before contributing to the Fund, effected a policy on his life under “The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893,” and elects to receive a paid-up policy in lieu thereof, the paid-up policy shall be issued in such a manner and for such an amount as can be granted according to the scale fixed for the issue of paid-up policies by the regulations under any Act relating to Government Life Insurance.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.