✨ Electoral Regulations
Numb. 35.
1183
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928.
Regulations as to Compulsory Registration of Electors, Voting by Absent Voters, Voting on Declaration, Postal Voting, and Voting at Chatham Islands.
CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 24th day of April, 1928.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Electoral Act, 1927 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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, doth hereby make the regulations hereinafter set forth, and doth revoke, as from the coming into force of the regulations hereby made, the regulations next hereinafter referred to.
REGULATIONS REVOKED.
| Date of Regulations. | Date of Publication in Gazette. | Page. |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd November, 1922 .. | 3rd November, 1922 .. | 2933 |
| 1st December, 1924 .. | 4th December, 1924 .. | 2862 |
REGULATIONS.
REGULATION 1.—PRELIMINARY.
(1) THESE regulations may be cited as the Electoral Regulations, 1928.
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of publication hereof in the Gazette.
REGULATION 2.—REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.
(1) Applications for registration under section 37 of the said Act shall be in the form numbered 1 or the form numbered 2 in the Schedule hereto, as the case may require.
(2) (a) Every Registrar of Electors who enters the name of any person on the roll of his district shall forthwith transmit notice thereof to the Registrar of the district (if any) for which the applicant has stated in his application for registration that he was previously registered, and such last-mentioned Registrar shall forthwith remove the name of that person from the roll of such last-mentioned district, and, having endorsed the notice with a note of such removal, shall file it in his office.
(b) If the Registrar to whom the notice is transmitted finds that the name of the elector is not upon the roll of his district, he shall inform the Registrar who transmitted the notice of that fact.
(c) Every notice of transfer given pursuant to this regulation shall be in the form numbered 3 in the Schedule hereto.
(d) Any notice or information to be given under sub-clauses (a) and (b) of this clause shall be given by telegraph if the Registrar giving the same thinks it desirable so to do.
(3) (a) Notice of the death of an adult person, required to be given pursuant to section 42 of the said Act, shall be in the form numbered 4 in the Schedule hereto.
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🏛️ Electoral Regulations 1928
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration24 April 1928
Electoral Act, Registration of Electors, Voting Regulations
- Charles Fergusson, Governor-General
- J. G. Coates, P.C., Presiding in Council