OFFENCES AT ELECTIONS.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 820, 23 November 1905, Page 26

OFFENCES AT ELECTIONS.

Every person is liable to a fine not exceeding £2O who at an election (a) In any way interferes with any elector, either in the polling-booth or while on his way thereto, with the intention of influencing him or advising him as to his vote ; or

(b) Prints or distributes or delivers to any person on the day of the poll, or at any time during the three days immediately preceding the poll, anything being or purporting to be in imitation of any ballot-paper to be used at the poll, and having thereon the names of the candidates, together with any direction or indication as to how any . person should vote, or in any way containing any such direction or indication, or having thereon any matter likely to influence any vote , or

(c) During the hours in which the poll is being taken makes any public demonstration having reference to the poll by means of living figures, effigies, paintings, placards, or other like means. No person shall be employed for payment or promise of payment for the purpose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate except those enumerated on the fourth schedule, viz. : — (1) One scrutineer for each polling-booth in each polling-place, and no more, who may or may not be an elector. (2) A number of clerks and messengers (who shall not be voters) for conducting business in the committee-rooms, not ex-

ceeding one clerk and one messenger for each polling-place in an electoral district. (3) One secretary. It is provided that at any time after the next general elections the members representing the Maori electoral districts shall be elected in the same manner as the other members of the House of Representatives,and the Governor may make such appointments and regulations as are necessary, for carrying out the first general election after the gazetting of such Order in Council. It shall not be lawful to sell or supply to any Maori any intoxicating liquor on the day on which any election is held for a Maori electoral district, and every person who commits a breach of this provision shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5. , The ballot-paper has been altered by removing the words “Ballot-paper, Electoral District of from the top to the side of the ballot-paper. All claims for enrolment made, but not finally disposed of before th s act comes into operation shall be dealt with as if they had been made under this act. Every roll existing at the coming into operation of this act shall be deemed to have been made under this act, and shall remain in force until a new roll is made under this act.