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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5238, 13 February 1928, Page 1

Under the Electoral Act, 1927, which came into fsrce on January 1, only one month’s grace is alloHved electors in which to claim enrolment after becoming qualified for registrar tion. Those who have not enrolled since the roll closed for the general election of 1925, are now required to do s,o —that is to say, are British subjects by birth or by naturalisation, and have resided in! their present electoral district for three months—should lose no time in getting on the roll. This also applies to electors who have attained the age of 21, and are otherwise qualified. Then there are others Who have removed from one electorate to another months or more ago. It isj necessary for them to enrol in their new districts Electors who have changed their addresses within the same; electoral district must notify the registrar of electors. The time allowed for notification! without being liable to prosecution is two months. Every person is liable to a fine not exceeding £5O for'wilfully giving a wrong name for enrolment, or signing the name of any other person, whether requested to do so or not, or signing his name as a. witness to any signature without having seen it written or heard the person signing declare that the signature is in his own handwriting, and that the name signed is his proper name.