THE ELECTORAL LAW.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 November 1924, Page 5

THE ELECTORAL LAW.

That azi elector who fails, to register ■; within four months thereby commits an offence, and is liable to a fine of 5s for the first conviction and 20s for any subsequent conviction, is the most important feature of the Legislature Amendment Act which came into Jbrce on November 6 last. , The new Act requires the elector to make application to register forthwith, and if, after the expiry of the four months allowed, registration: has not been effected, an offence, which is a continuing one until application.: for registration has been made, is deemed to have been committed. Furthermore, an elector is required to notify dhange of address when he moves within the electorate for which he is registered, but failure to do this does not- dis- ■ ■ qualify him from voting. Another section states that it is the duty of an elector, when his absence will exceed . three months, to notify the Registrar. Sections 9 and' 10 provide; for the compilation of new rolls after the commencement of the Act and the abolition of the existing rolls. Section 13 makes special jirovision for a more convenient and effective system of absent voting, and section 15 makes the residential period in an electoral district three months instead of one riionth, as is the case at present.