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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

to enter his name on the roll ; and the claimant may, within five days
of such notice, apply to a Judge of the High Court to hear his claim
to be entered on the roll ; and the Judge may hear and determine such
claim, and either order the name of the applicant to be entered on the
roll by the Registrar, or order such name not to be so entered, and the
Registrar shall obey any such order accordingly.

17. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to make the roll as com-
    plete as possible, and with that object from time to time to place
    thereon the name of every person who has transmitted a claim to the
    Registrar and of whose qualifications he is satisfied ; and it shall further
    be his duty to assure himself of the right of every person enrolled to
    have his name retained on the roll, and to remove the name of every
    dead person from the roll.

OBJECTIONS AND ALTERATIONS.

18. (1.) Any name on a roll may be objected to either by an
    elector or by the Registrar.

(2.) If the objection is by an elector the following provisions shall
apply :—

(a.) The objection shall be in writing lodged with the Registrar
setting forth the grounds thereof, and may be in the form
numbered (2) in the First Schedule hereto.

(b.) On receipt of any such objection the Registrar shall forthwith
give notice in writing to the person objected to, setting
forth the objection and the grounds thereof.

(c.) If the person objected to does not, within ten days after the
service of such notice, cause his name to be removed from
the roll, or satisfy the Registrar that he is entitled to have
his name retained on the roll, the Registrar shall apply to
a Judge of the High Court, who shall forthwith issue a
summons in the form numbered (3) in the First Schedule
hereto.

(d.) The Registrar shall also give notice in writing to the objector
of the time and place appointed for the hearing.

(e.) If at the time and place appointed for the hearing the objector,
or some person appointed in writing by him, fails to appear,
the case shall be dismissed.

(f.) It shall be the duty of the Registrar also to appear, but the
case may be determined in his absence.

(g.) The Registrar may, if he thinks fit, and the objector so requests
in writing, appear for the objector at the hearing.

(h.) The person objected to may, on the hearing of the objection,
either—

(i.) Appear in person or by some person appointed in
writing by him ; or

(ii.) Forward by post, addressed to the Registrar, a
statement made by him, and signed before another elector,
setting forth reasons for his remaining on the roll.

(i.) If the person objected to fails either to appear or to forward
a statement as aforesaid, the Judge of the High Court shall
make an order that his name be removed from the roll.

(j.) If the objector appears, and the person objected to either
appears or forwards a statement as aforesaid, the Judge of
the High Court shall hear and determine the objection, and
shall direct the Registrar to retain the name on the roll or
to remove it therefrom, or to make such amendment of the
roll as may be necessary to give effect to such determination.

(k.) In any such proceedings the burden of producing evidence in
support of the objection shall be on the objector and not
on the Registrar.