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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68
Regulations for the Election of a European Member of the Rarotonga Island Council.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of September, 1922.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section sixty-four of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, as extended by section three of the Cook Islands Amendment Act, 1921, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the election of one European member of the Rarotonga Island Council.
REGULATIONS.
- IN these regulations—
“Council” means the Rarotonga Island Council:
“The said Act” means the Cook Islands Act, 1915:
“European” means any person other than a Native within the meaning of the said Act:
“European representative” means the person elected as a member of the Council pursuant to these regulations:
“Minister” means the Minister for the Cook Islands:
“Resident Commissioner” means the Resident Commissioner of Rarotonga.
- In addition to the members of the Rarotonga Island Council provided for otherwise than by this Order, there shall be a European member elected pursuant to these regulations as a representative of the European population of Rarotonga.
QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION.
- (1.) The following persons shall be incapable of being elected or of continuing to hold office as a member of the Council under these regulations, namely:—
(a.) A minor;
(b.) A person of unsound mind;
(c.) A bankrupt who has not obtained his order of discharge, or whose order of discharge is suspended for a term not yet expired or is subject to conditions not yet fulfilled;
(d.) A person convicted of any offence punishable by imprisonment, unless he has received a free pardon or has served his sentence or otherwise suffered the penalty imposed upon him;
(e.) An officer of the Cook Islands Public Service.
(2.) Subject to the foregoing provisions, any male European, being a British subject by birth or by naturalization in New Zealand, who has resided in the Cook Islands for not less than one year and in Rarotonga for not less than three months immediately preceding his nomination as a candidate may be elected a member of the Council under these regulations.
QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS.
- The following persons and no others may be enrolled as electors for the purposes of an election under these regulations, namely:—
Every adult European person (whether male or female) who has resided in the Cook Islands for not less than one year and in Rarotonga for not less than one month immediately preceding his application for enrolment, and who is a British subject either by birth or by naturalization in New Zealand:
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🌏 Regulations for the Election of a European Member of the Rarotonga Island Council
🌏 External Affairs & Territories11 September 1922
Election Regulations, Rarotonga Island Council, European Member, Cook Islands
- JELLICOE, Governor-General