Geburtenrückgang u. Sozialreform

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Identifikator:: 1015153682

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-160573

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Hitze, Franz http://d-nb.info/gnd/118705288

Title:: Geburtenrückgang u. Sozialreform

Place of publication:: M.-Gladbach

Publisher:: Volksvereins-Verl.

Year of publication:: 1922

Scope:: 244 S

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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CHAP. VI] THE LOWER HOUSES 489 members of Parliament for that district. Maoris (other than half-castes) are not entitled to be so registered. For all the purposes of the Act a person is deemed to have resided within the district wherein he has his usual place of abode notwithstanding his occasional absence from such district, and notwithstanding his absence for any period while serving His Majesty as a member of any naval or military force, or in any capacity in connexion with such force while on active service. Manhood suffrage dates from 1879, female suffrage dates from 1893, and all property qualifications disappeared in 1896. A person is not entitled to be registered on more than one electoral roll, and Maoris are only qualified to vote at elections of Maori members under conditions laid down in Part IV of the Act. A half-caste registered under the Act is not qualified to vote at any election of Maori members. Moreover, the following persons are disqualified by s. 38 (1) of the Act : An alien, or person of unsound mind, or a person convicted of an offence punishable by death or by imprison- ment for one year or upwards within any part of His Majesty’s dominions, or convicted in New Zealand as a public defaulter, or under The Police Offences Act, 1908, as an idle and dis- orderly person, or as a rogue and vagabond, unless such offender has received a free pardon, or has undergone the sentence or punishment to which he was adjudged for such offence. (dy South Africa. The old franchises of the Colonies, which are still in force in the Union pending a uniform Union franchise, are briefly as follows :— The franchise in the Cape is extended under the electoral laws to all persons, British subjects, natural-born or natura- lized, able to sign their names and write their addresses and asccupation. (a) A voter must have been occupier of property worth £75 within the electoral division for which he seeks registra- tion for twelve months; or as an alternative, (5) he must have been in receipt of salary or wages at the rate of not less than £50 per annum for twelve months, provided that

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