Provided that no person shall be eligible for enrolment as
an elector under these regulations to whom paragraph (b) or
paragraph (d) of subclause (1) of the last preceding clause
relates.

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS AND CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS.

5. The Resident Commissioner, or some person appointed by him
   in that behalf, shall be the Registrar of Electors and the Returning
   Officer for the purposes of an election under these regulations.

6. (1.) The Registrar of Electors shall, so soon as practicable after
   the date of these regulations, prepare a roll of electors, and shall, save
   when the roll is closed for the purposes of an election, alter the same
   from time to time by the addition of the names of new electors and by
   the erasure of the names of persons who have ceased to be qualified
   as electors.

(2.) The roll of electors shall be closed for one clear day before
the date of any election under these regulations, and shall continue
closed until the declaration of the Returning Officer of the result of the
election.

7. Application for enrolment as an elector shall be in writing
   signed by the applicant in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto.

8. The Returning Officer shall give not less than seven days' public
   notice of the time and place of the election. Such notice shall be given
   in such manner as the Returning Officer thinks sufficient.

9. (1.) Any two or more electors may at any time after the publication
   of the notice of the election, but not later than three clear days
   before the day fixed for the election, nominate a candidate for election
   by notice in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto, delivered to the
   Returning Officer.

(2.) The nomination of a candidate shall be of no effect unless the
consent of the candidate appears on the nomination form.

10. (1.) So soon as practicable after the expiry of the time allowed
    for nominations the Returning Officer shall give public notice, in such
    manner as he thinks sufficient, of the name and descriptions of the
    persons nominated.

(2.) If only one candidate is nominated the Returning Officer shall
by public notice declare that candidate to be duly returned as a
member of the Council.

(3.) If two or more candidates are duly nominated, an election
shall be held as provided in these regulations.

11. (1.) The Returning Officer shall make all necessary and proper
    arrangements for--

(a.) The provision of ballot-papers;
(b.) The appointment of polling-places, and of Deputy Returning
Officers and poll-clerks;
(c.) The appointment of not more than one scrutineer at each
polling-place for each candidate. The scrutineers so
appointed shall be entitled to be present at the poll and at
the counting of the votes.

(2.) The Returning Officer shall define the duties of the Deputy
Returning Officers and poll-clerks. The Returning Officer, Deputy
Returning Officer, and poll-clerks shall take all proper precautions to
preserve the secrecy of the ballot.

12. (1.) After the completion of the ballot the Returning Officer,
    in the presence of the scrutineers (if any), but of no other persons,
    shall count the votes recorded for each candidate, and shall by public
    notice given in such manner as he thinks sufficient declare the candidate
    who has received the highest number of valid votes to be elected.

(2.) If two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes
the Returning Officer shall, if necessary, determine by lot which of
those candidates shall be deemed to have been elected.

13. The declaration of the Returning Officer that any candidate
    has been duly elected shall be final.

14. The Resident Commissioner shall forthwith forward the name
    and description of the European representative to the Minister for
    publication in the New Zealand Gazette.