Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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532 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [rar m1 5. The persons entitled to vote at the taking of the referendum poll shall be the electors and no other persons. 6.—(1) The Governor in Council may appoint, by commis- sion under his hand and seal, a fit person to be the returning officer for taking the referendum poll under this Act. In case of sickness or other cause preventing the returning officer from acting, the Governor in Council may in like manner appoint some other person to act as returning officer in his stead. Notification of the appointment of the return- ing officer shall be published in the Gazette. (2) The returning officer, in addition to the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon him by this Act, shall have such of the powers and shall perform such of the duties of a returning officer appointed under the Elections Act as are necessary for carrying this Act into effect. (3) Every returning officer appointed under the Elections Act shall be an assistant returning officer for the purposes of this Act, and, in addition to the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon him by this Act, shall have such of the powers and shall perform such of the duties vested in and imposed upon a returning officer under the Elections Act as are necessary for carrying this Act into effect. (4) The writ for the referendum poll shall be directed by the Governor in Council to the returning officer. A copy of the writ shall be published in the Gazette. 7.—(1) The mode of exercising the right to vote at a referendum poll and of ascertaining such right shall be the same as at elections of members of the Legislative Assembly. And generally (except as may otherwise be provided in this Act, or any regulation made thereunder) every enact- ment contained in the Elections Act regulating and making provision for the holding and conduct of elections, the proceedings before and at and subsequent to such elections, and all incidental matters, shall, so far as applicable thereto, apply mutatis mutandis to the referendum poll to be taken under this Act: Provided that the provisions (if any) of the Elections Act for securing the absolute majority of votes shall not apply. (2) Every act or omission which would be punishable by law, if the same had occurred in connexion with the holding of an election, shall be held to constitute the like offence, cognizable in the like manner, and punishable by the like punishment, if the same occurs in connexion with a referendum poll. 8. Every assistant returning officer shall, in manner pro-

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