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SEPT. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2389
The Samoan Legislative Council (Elective Membership) Order, 1923.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of September, 1923.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
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, and in pursuance of the authority to make regulations for the peace, order, and good government of the Territory of Western Samoa conferred upon him by the Samoa Act, 1921, and in pursuance of the authority contained in section six of the Samoa Amendment Act, 1923, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby order as follows:—
- This Order may be cited as the Samoa Legislative Council (Elective Membership) Order, 1923, and shall come into force on the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.
INTERPRETATION.
- In this Order, and in any Acts incorporated therein, if not inconsistent with the context,—
“Candidate” means any man who has been nominated as a candidate for election to the Legislative Council under this Order:
“Election” means election of a member of the Legislative Council under this Order:
“Elector” means any person entitled under this Order to vote at an election:
“Public notice” means publication in a newspaper published in Apia, Samoa, and (if there is no such newspaper) publication by placards posted in conspicuous places at the offices (if any) of the Resident Commissioners at Savai’i and Aleipata, and at the post-office, Apia, and at any other place or places in Samoa the Administrator deems fit:
“Registered elector” means an elector whose name is entered on the electoral roll:
“Registrar” means any person appointed a Registrar under this Order:
“Returning Officer” means any person appointed to conduct elections under this Order:
“Roll” and “electoral roll” mean any roll made in manner provided by this Order, containing the names of the persons entitled to vote at an election.
ELECTIVE MEMBERSHIP.
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The Unofficial Members of the Legislative Council of Samoa shall be partly elected and partly nominated members.
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The number of elected members aforesaid shall be three.
QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION.
- Subject to the provisions of this Order, every person who is a natural-born British subject, or was born in Samoa, and who is a registered elector, but no other person, is qualified to be a candidate for election and to be elected to the Legislative Council as an elected member: Provided that a person shall not be so elected—
(a.) Who is disqualified as an elector under any provision of these regulations; or
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🌏 External Affairs & Territories10 September 1923
Samoa, Legislative Council, Elective Membership, Order in Council, Western Samoa
- JELLICOE, Governor-General