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(b.) Who, being a bankrupt within the meaning of the bankruptcy
laws in force in Samoa, has not obtained an order of dis-
charge under such laws; or
(c.) Who is in receipt of salary from the Samoan Treasury.
6. Every elected member who sits or votes in the Council being
disqualified under paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) of clause five hereof,
knowing himself to be so disqualified, is liable to a fine not exceeding
fifty pounds for every day whereon he so sits or votes.
7. Any elected member ceasing to be on the roll shall not, from
that cause only, be disqualified from sitting as a member.
8. The seat of any elected member shall become vacant—
(a.) If on three consecutive sitting-days he fails, without per-
mission of the Administrator, to give his attendance in the
Council; or
(b.) If he takes any oath or makes any declaration or acknowledg-
ment of allegiance, obedience, or adherence to any foreign
Prince or Power; or
(c.) If he does, or concurs in, or adopts any act whereby he may
become a subject or citizen of any foreign State or Power,
or entitled to the rights, privileges, or immunities of a
subject of any foreign State or Power; or
(d.) If he becomes a bankrupt within the meaning of the laws
relating to bankruptcy in force in Samoa; or
(e.) If he is convicted of any offence punishable by death or by
imprisonment for a term of one year or upwards, or is
convicted of a corrupt practice; or
(f.) If he becomes a member of the Samoan Public Service; or
(g.) If he resigns his seat by writing under his hand addressed
and delivered to the Administrator; or
(h.) If on an election petition the Court declares his election void;
or
(i.) If he dies; or
(j.) If he becomes of unsound mind and is so certified by the
Chief Medical Officer and one other Medical Officer.
9. The Registrar of the High Court shall forthwith after adjudi-
cation as a bankrupt of an elected member, or after his conviction
of an offence as aforesaid, notify the fact to the Administrator.
10. The Registrar of Deaths by whom the death of any elected
member is registered shall, within twelve hours of making such regis-
tration, notify the fact to the Administrator.
QUALIFICATION OF ELECTORS.
- (1.) The elected members shall be chosen by the votes of the
inhabitants of Samoa who possess the following qualifications, that is
to say:—
Every male person of or over the age of twenty-one years,—
(a.) Who has continuously resided in Samoa for one year, and is—
(i.) The legitimate son of parents of European descent;
or
(ii.) The legitimate son of a father who is a European;
or
(iii.) Registered as a “European” under the Samoa
Registration of Europeans Regulations, 1920; and
(b.) Who is possessed of—
(i.) Freehold or leasehold property, or both, within
Samoa of the capital value of not less than two hundred
pounds, upon which property he is liable to pay any tax
by virtue of an Ordinance in force in Samoa; or
(ii.) An annual income derived from salary of not less
than two hundred pounds earned in Samoa, and upon which
he is liable to pay any tax aforesaid;
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NZ Gazette 1923, No 68
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NZ Gazette 1923, No 68
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