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is entitled (subject to the provisions of this Order) to be registered as
an elector and to vote at the election of the elected members of the
Legislative Council.

(2.) For the purposes of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a) of subclause one of this clause, the word “European” shall
have its ordinary meaning and not the meaning assigned to it by
section three of the Samoa Act, 1921.

(3.) For the purposes of this clause a person shall be deemed to
have continuously resided in Samoa notwithstanding his occasional
absence therefrom, and notwithstanding his absence on leave from
his occupation.

12. (1.) A person of unsound mind or a person convicted in Samoa
    of an offence punishable by death or by imprisonment for one year
    or upwards, unless such offender has received a free pardon or has
    undergone the sentence or punishment to which he was adjudged for
    such offence, shall not be entitled to be registered.

(2.) The name of every person disqualified as aforesaid shall be
erased from the electoral roll.

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.

13. (1.) The Administrator may from time to time—

(a.) Appoint a Registrar, a Returning Officer, and such clerks
and other officers as are required to carry the provisions
of this Order into execution; and

(b.) Appoint a substitute to any such officer, to act in the case
of the sickness or absence of such officer.

(2.) Every substitute while so acting shall have all the duties, powers,
and authorities of the officer for whom he is acting.

(3.) No Returning Officer shall hold any official position in connection with any political organization.

(4.) The Returning Officer shall not vote at any election, except
in the case of an equality of votes.

(5.) Every person appointed under this clause shall hold office
during the Administrator’s pleasure.

(6.) Such salaries or allowances shall be paid to the several persons
appointed or holding office under this clause as are from time to time
fixed by the Administrator.

14. (1.) Every person making any claim, application, or declaration
    under this Order shall sign the same in the presence of the Registrar,
    or other officer appointed under clause thirteen hereof, or a Postmaster, or an elector, and transmit such claim as aforesaid to the
    Registrar.

(2.) The claim, application, or declaration shall be signed by the
claimant, applicant, or declarant with his own hand, or, if he cannot
write, his mark shall be attested by a Postmaster or the Registrar,
or by some person authorized in that behalf by the Registrar.

(3.) The Registrar shall reject as informal every such document
that is not complete in all particulars and duly signed as herein
required.

15. Every person qualified to be registered as an elector shall
    (subject to the provisions of this Order) be entitled to have his name
    entered and retained upon a roll to be made hereunder, and (unless
    his name is already on the roll) shall for that purpose deliver or send
    by post to the Registrar a claim and declaration in the form numbered
    (1) in the First Schedule hereto.

16. (1.) If the Registrar is satisfied after due inquiry that any
    claim for enrolment is valid, he shall forthwith enter the name of the
    claimant on the roll.

(2.) If he is not so satisfied, he shall, within five days following
the receipt of the claim, notify the claimant in writing of his objection