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16. All objections under section 12 of the said Act shall be made
    in writing in the form numbered 2 in the Schedule hereto, and shall
    be addressed to the Secretary and delivered at his office within
    the period of fourteen days aforesaid.

17. The Secretary shall make and sign a list of all such objections
    in the form numbered 3 in the Schedule hereto, and shall keep such
    list in his office, and allow it to be inspected (without fee) by any
    person interested therein during office hours within the fourteen
    days aforesaid and the two next succeeding working-days.

APPEALS

18. When the Board has disposed of any objection, pursuant
    to subsection (2) of section 12 of the said Act, the Secretary shall
    give notice thereof to the persons affected. Such notice shall be
    sufficient if sent by registered post letter addressed in the case of
    an elector to the address appearing on the roll, and in the case of
    an objector to the address appearing on the form of objection
    prescribed by Regulation 16 hereof, and shall be deemed to be
    received when it would reach its address in the ordinary course of
    registered post.

19. Appeals to a Magistrate under section 14 of the said Act
    against the electors roll may be made as follows :—

(a) An objection in writing under the hand of the appellant
shall be lodged by him with the Clerk of the Magistrate's
Court at Christchurch not later than seven days after
receipt of the notice from the Secretary prescribed by
Regulation 18 hereof, and a copy of that objection shall
also be lodged by the appellant with the Secretary not
later than seven days after receipt of the said notice
from the Secretary :

(b) The objection shall be in the form numbered 4 in the
Schedule hereto, or as near thereto as may be:

(c) The Magistrate shall hear and determine the appeal at such
convenient place and time, not being later than the
30th day of October, as he appoints, and not less than
three days' notice shall be given by the Clerk of the said
Court to the Board and to the appellant of the date
so appointed.

20. Appeals to a Magistrate under section 14 of the said Act
    against a supplementary electors roll or roll under Regulation 23
    of these regulations may be made as follows :—

(a) An objection in writing under the hand of the appellant
shall be lodged by him with the Clerk of the Magistrate's
Court at Christchurch not later than the day on which
the electors roll is, by section 15 of the said Act, closed
for the purpose of any election or poll, and not later
than that day a copy of that objection shall be lodged
by the appellant with the Secretary:

(b) The objection shall be in the said form numbered 4 in the
Schedule hereto, or as near thereto as may be.

(c) The Magistrate shall appoint a day, being not later than
three days after the day on which the electors roll is
by section 15 of the said Act closed for the hearing and
determining thereof, and notice of the day so appointed
shall be given by the Clerk of the said Court to the
Board and to the appellant.

ISSUE OF ROLLS

21. As soon as practicable copies of the electors roll shall be
    printed by the Board and supplied with its supplement or supple-
    ments to any person applying for same on payment of one shilling.
    A copy of the electors roll and all its supplements, when printed,
    and also the original roll, whether in card form or otherwise, shall
    be kept open for inspection at the office of the Secretary during office
    hours, without fee.

22. In case the electors roll is not, from any cause whatever,
    made out and completed so as to come into force at the prescribed
    time, the roll then in force shall (unless the time for making out
    and completing a new roll is extended) be in force until another
    electors roll comes into force for the said district.

ROLLS FOR SPECIAL POLL

23. When any roll of ratepayers is required for the purpose of a
    poll under the provisions of section 2 of the Christchurch Tramway
    District Amendment Act, 1926, such roll shall be prepared by
    striking out from the district electors roll and from every supple-
    mentary district electors roll in force the name of every person
    whose name appears on such rolls and who is not entitled to vote
    at such a poll, and also the name of every other person whose name
    already appears elsewhere on such rolls.

24. Supplementary ratepayers lists for the purpose of any such
    poll shall be prepared in manner prescribed by Regulation 14 hereof.

25. The fact that a ratepayers roll is being prepared for the
    purpose of such poll shall be publicly notified prior to the date fixed
    for deposit of the said list as next hereinafter prescribed.

26. The ratepayers roll prepared for the purpose of such poll
    shall be deposited for public inspection at the office of the Board
    not later than five o'clock in the afternoon of the twenty-first day
    preceding the day of the said poll, and shall remain so deposited
    until the time when the said roll is by section 15 of the said Act
    closed for the purpose of the poll, and public notice of that deposit
    shall be given on not less than three days during the period of such
    deposit.

PENALTIES

27. The Secretary is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 in
    every case where he refuses without good cause or wilfully neglects
    or unreasonably delays to place on the electors list the name of any

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person who makes written claim for enrolment as provided by these
regulations, or refuses, wilfully neglects, or unreasonably delays
faithfully and promptly to perform any other duty imposed on him
by these regulations.

28. If the Board fails or unreasonably delays faithfully and
    promptly to perform any duty imposed on it by these regulations
    every person, whether the Secretary or a member of the Board, who
    is party to or responsible for such failure or delay is severally liable
    to a penalty not exceeding £5.

29. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations,
    any part of any electors list or electors roll may, when necessary
    for the purpose of printing, be placed in the hands of a printer during
    the period in which such list or roll is notified as being open for
    inspection, but in any such case facilities shall be given by the Board
    for any person wishing to inspect any part of such list or roll in the
    hands of a printer to do so.

SCHEDULE

[Form No. 1.

CLAIM FOR ENROLMENT

The Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1920

To the Secretary, Christchurch Tramway Board.

I, the undersigned, hereby claim to be enrolled on the electors
list of the subdistrict named below on the grounds hereunder set
forth.

(1) The qualification is possessed by me in my own right; or
(2) The qualification is possessed by me in the right of my
husband [or wife] whose full name is ...............

[If the qualification is possessed in the right of husband or wife,
strike out (1) and insert the full name of husband or wife as indicated.
If the qualification is in the applicant's own right, strike out (2).]

(3) Name of subdistrict :........... Claimant's surname :........... Claimant's christian names :........... Occupation :........... Qualification :........... Situation of property or address :...........

[For a residential qualification, insert residential address; for a
property qualification—freehold, rating, or occupier's—insert situation
of property.]

(4) [In the case of a freehold qualification.]

I am the beneficial and duly registered owner of a freehold
estate in land, situated as described, the capital value of
which is not less than £25.

(4) [In the case of a rating qualification.]

I am a ratepayer in respect of the property situated as described.

(4) [In the case of a residential qualification.]

I have resided for one year in New Zealand, and for the last
three months in the Tramway Subdistrict mentioned. I
am a British subject by birth (or by naturalization in New
Zealand).

(4) [In the case of an occupier's qualification.]

I have been for the last three months in occupation as a tenant
or subtenant of a building situated as described, the rent
payable by me being at the rate of not less than £10 per
year.

[Strike out such of the clauses numbered (4) as are inapplicable.]

(5) I hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the foregoing
statements are true, and that I verily believe myself
to be entitled to be enrolled in terms of this my claim.

Dated this ........ day of .........., 19..

Signature of claimant :...........

Signature of witness :...........

[Justice of the Peace, or Postmaster, or Elector of Christchurch
Tramway District, or Secretary of the Board, or Clerk of
(any local authority having jurisdiction in any part of
the Tramway District).]

[Form No. 2

OBJECTION TO ELECTORS ROLL

The Christchurch Tramway District Act, 1920

I, [Full name, occupation, and place of residence], hereby object to
the Electors Roll of the Christchurch Tramway District, on the
grounds [State the person to whom the objection relates, and also such
specific grounds of the objection, as set forth in section 12 of the Act, as
are applicable].

Given under my hand, this ........ day of ........., 19..

Objector.

Received by me this ........ day of ........, 19..

Secretary.