THE ELECTIONS ACTS, 1885 TO 1908. An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Laws relating to 49 Vic. No. 13. E it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority PART II.-QUALIFICATIONS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS; PART IV.-RETURNING AND PRESIDING OFFICERS NOMINATION, PART V.-DECLARATION OF THE RESULTS AND THE RETURN OF WRITS PART IPRELIMINARY. Consolidated Act. 49 Vic. No. 13, Short title. Interpretation clause. 2. This Act may be cited as "The Elections Act of 1885." 5. In the interpretation of this Act the following terms shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings set against them. respectively, that is to say "Assembly "The Legislative Assembly of Queensland; 66 Speaker "The Speaker of the Assembly for the time being; "Election "The election of a member of the Assembly; "Court"-A Registration Court hereby constituted; tr 'Claim "-A notice by a person claiming to have his name inserted in an electoral roll; “List”—An unrevised list of persons appearing to be entitled to vote, compiled under the provisions of this Act; "Roll "-The electoral roll of electors entitled to vote at the election of a member of the Assembly for the district in question ; 66 Elector "-A person named as such in a roll; "Principal Electoral Registrar "-The person appointed to perform the duties imposed on the Principal Electoral Registrar by this Act: The term whenever necessary includes his deputy; "Electoral Registrar"-The person appointed to perform in the district, or division of the district, the duties imposed on electoral registrars by this Act; "Returning Officer "-The Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer appointed for the electoral district, by the Governor in Council; 'Presiding Officer "-The returning officer or other person §duly appointed under this Act to preside and take the poll at any polling place within the electoral district, or the substitute duly appointed of either; "Poll Clerk "The officer appointed by the returning officer to assist himself or the presiding officer in taking the poll at any polling-place; Scrutineer "--The person appointed by a candidate to act as scrutineer on his behalf at any polling-place during the election at which he is a candidate; "Natural born subject "-A person born in Her Majesty's dominions, or whose parents or either of them were or was so born; Sections 3 and 4 repealed by section 2 of the Act of 1897. + Definition inserted by section 2 of the Act of 1898. Words added to definition by section 4 of the Act of 1905. Words duly appointed under this Act" substituted for 11 of the Act of 1908. appointed by him" by section Consolidated Act. PART I.PRELIMINARY. Naturalised subject "*-A person who has been naturalised in "Corrupt practice" Any of the following offences—namely, "Elections Tribunal "-The Committee of Elections and Qualifi- PART II.-QUALIFICATIONS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS. 6.tt Subject to the disqualifications hereafter set out, all persons under twenty-one years of age whether male or female married unmarried (a) Who have resided in Queensland for twelve months con- (b) Who are natural born or naturalised subjects of the King, and shall be entitled to vote at the election of Members of the Assembly for Provided that any elector qualified by residence as aforesaid in an (a) Has a freehold estate in possession situated in another (b) Has a leasehold estate in possession situated in another may make application in writing to the electoral registrar of the District * Definition repealed and new definition substituted by section 3 of the Act of 1897, and that definition repealed and new definition inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1905. No. 11 of 1903. Definition inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1905. §31 Vic. No. 21, title Constitution. See now "The Elections Tribunal Act of 1886," infra, this title. ** Definition of "Local Authority," inserted by section 2 of the Act of 1898, repealed by section 4 of the Act of 1905. †† Section repealed and new section substituted by section 9 (1) of the Act of 1905. entitled to vote. |