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Preamble First Schedule Art. 2 _.,_. Second Schedule Art. 3 s...,.. ... ........ Fourth Schedule Art. 4 ~iF'- ~~I .. . . , - - o f .... A<I Fifth Schedule Seventh Schedule Art. 6 , , ...... . .,. DoIi ...,~ " Tenth Schedule Art. 7 EIoc.nI C ' ,** Eleventh Schedule Art. 8 Schedule Fourteenth Schedule Art. 10 Art. 11 Art. 12 ...,..,1- 0..- • ~ 10' I-UIr.ctjo EleIOnli • ooqII. ti iaJ"'" j o _ Art. 14 Art. 15 ~"'_ Art. 16 a;p. ... _ - Art. 17 Art. 18 M_ olllloosicoo Art. 19 Art. 20 Art. 21 Art. 22 _"'-~Ii_. Art. 23 Art. 24 Art. 25 """""~ c "" ...,.. ,. .,.-. ti Art. 26 Art. 27 Art. 28 Art. 29 - ld ....... toI ........ I· Art. 30 Floo;oo:voI~ Art. 31 c ,J ' -.~- -- Art. 32 Art. 33 ,. 'f.,.ri- <lA IlI<donoI Art. 34 Art. 35 Art. 36 Art. 37 Appoat. io a . of. w'*;"" _ ... of. Art. 38 .-.-w io .... ""'d. Art. 39 Art. 40 ... "......bf_ -- -'--" po" . • EIo<ooooI Art. 41 Art. 42 Art. 43 Cmifi<Ma . . . , , ... -w .. Art. 44 _ Art. 45 Art. 46 Art. 47 Art. 48 Art. 49 Art. 50 Art. 52 Art. 53 Art. 54 lkujoniilo;l; ....... . ...... ilo;I; ....... .. Art. 56 A,, · 'of ~ c Art. 57 : ' . • ... et Art. 58 Art. 59 Art. 60 of ~- Art. 61 Art. 62 _ ' 11IilI)- of - . . pn<tIooo _ ... Art. 63 Art. 64 Art. 65 P j ....... ... - --,... Art. 66 M=-,.,. .. .... _so ..... .. Art. 67 lA*" _ .",. .... so ....... r .... Art. 68 Art. 69 Art. 70 vooio& Art. 71 Art. 72 Art. 73 Art. 74 ... _ _ .... too Art. 75 ~ ec.n..;,.-o_ .. Art. 76 I So Art. 77 Art. 78 aa-. .. v .... Art. 79 Art. 80 0., .. ·1· ........... Art. 81 Art. 82 .. "" ~_ , Art. 84 ~..,- C ! Art. 85 Art. 86 Art. 87 c-n. _ _ Art. 88 CoMmi''-'''y ... . -..'" - """'" p ....... , .. ... i .. Art. 89 c.,,' "' .... ,,_ Art. 90 Art. 91 Art. 92 Art. 93 -', :::::::- . Art. 94 ·J.WIoo T~ .. ._1,.-... Art. 95 Art. 96 Art. 97 fIuI, La' h ll k.ouo =,.j la! Art. 98 Art. 99 Art. 100 Art. 102 AlI_ t..<" ..... Art. 103 Art. 104 "'-.<i __ Art. 105 Art. 106 --- "' ...... _ 01_ Art. 107 Art. 108 _oICautIo "'" -tin,oIpod<'" Art. 109 c ,. . _io Art. 110 - , ....... 1. k' cm Art. 112 - , "'" 01(_10 _d Art. 113 _1fIII .... ~ io ........... ki' WfIooI~ Art. 114 (h - n? oaioilo;i<t~~ jC . Art. 116 Art. 118 Art. 119 T ... ...., Art. 120

Statutory Text (119 Articles)

Malta Government Gazette — Act 1991 21 — XXI tal-1991 – Att tal-1991 dwar l-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali
Preamble — XXI tal-1991 – Att tal-1991 dwar l-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali Open official source

THE GENERAL ELECTIONS ACT, I991

INDEX

,

General Provisions

PART

PART

11 Electoral Commission and Office

m V~=

PART

IV Eleclond Divi1iOO5 and Method of Election

PART

V Repstrations of Voters

PART

VI Publication ofElecloral Register

PART

PART

VII Appeals Revising Officer

PART VIU N(Mices, VOIin& DocumenlS and Ballot Papers

IX Nomination of Candidates

PART

PART

X Assistant Commissioners

X, Voting

PART

xn Voting in Retirement Homes

PART

PART XIII Counting of VOles

PART XIV BallOl Paper Accoum Reconciliation

XV Soni"g of VOltS, Casual Elections and Co-options

PART

PART XV, Publication of Results

PART XVII Pcnal Provisions

PART XVIII Saving and Repeal

XIX Saving as 10 Rigllt of Political Parties

PART

RRST SCHEDULE

Form of Oath ofOfficc 10 be taken by the Electoral Commissioners

SECOND SCHEDULE

Form of Application ((,)I" Registration as I VOler

nlIRD SCHEDULE

Form of Corrections or Transfers

FOURTIf SCHEDULE

Form of Applic.uOIl for the ~on of Designation (,)I" A~S$

FIFll-l SOIEDUl.E

Form of Application by Female Electors for the Correction

of Surname and Addn:ss in Consequence of Marriage

SfXTI-I SCHEDULE

Fonn of Wri\IO the Electoral Commissioners by the President of

Mol"

SEVENTI-I SCHEDULE

Fonn of Voting Document

EIGlITH. SCHEDULE

Form of BallOl Paper

"'1Nll-1 SOfEDULE

Form of Nomination Paper

TENTH. SCHEDULE

Form of Oath 10 be taken by

Assistant Electoral Commissioners

ELEVENTI-I SCHEDULE

Form ofOalh which an Assistant Commissioner

may administer 10 a Vote r

TWELF1lI SCHEDULE

Rerum of Election Expenses

TIllRTEENTH SCHEDULE

llIcGcncral Elections (Soning of Ballot Papers,

Casual Elections and Co-options)

Regulations, 1991

FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE

Sections 42 10 62 of the Electoral (Polling)

Ordinance (Cap. 102)

I assent

CENsu T AIIOMi

Presidem

27th September, 1991

ACT No. XXI or 199 1

AN A er 10 make provision for the qualificlltion of vv/us, the constitu-

tion of EleclDnll Divisions, /he method of rcgisfTJtiOtl of VOI~

and the EJection and Co-oplion of Members of Parliament.

PART [

General Provisions

ThisAcl maybeciledaslhcGeneralEleetionSAct, I991.

1.

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(Section 8)

funn of Oath of Office fQ be /:lkcn by (he Elec;lion Commissioners

, ·Chicf Elecunl Commissioner/Elocloral Commissioner do swear

I,

I atrmn that I will faithfully perfonn the duties of Commissioner 10 conduct the election of

Mcmben of tile House of Representatives accoroing 10 law. (So help me God.)

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Malta Government Gazette — Act 1991 21 — XXI tal-1991 – Att tal-1991 dwar l-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali
Art. 2 _.,_. — XXI tal-1991 – Att tal-1991 dwar l-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali Open official source

(1) In Ihis Act and in any regulations made !hereunder,

unless the contexl otherwise requires

"Commission" shall mean the "Elector.\] Commission" estab-

lished by stC1ion 60 of the Constitution

"House" means the House of Representatives establis'hcd by

the Constitution;

Midentity card" means I documem which is an idemity card for

tbe ptJrposcl of the Identity f'ard Act;

''votingdocumenl'' means thc vOtingdocumem wh ic h is lobe

forwarded to voters in terms of section 46 of th is Act;

"political pany" shall, fonllc pUl'pOSesonly of sections 10 alld

14 of this Aa, mean any person or group of persons who having

comc51ed the gcneml elcction under one name is rc:prcsented in the

House by. 11 least, one member or was so represented when the House

was iU ldiW)\ved, and in all <MheTcascs "political party" shall mean any

pcnon or group of persons OOI1lesting the election as one group bearing

the s.a.mc name

"polling booth" means the room wherein vorers ancnd on the

day of the poll to receive and mart a ballot paper and insert the same in

• ballot box;

"polling place" means the school, building orothercomplex or

5truc1ure wherein one or more polling booths are situated and shall

incl ude the grounds, if any, of such complex or sttuclllre.

(2)

Whenever by this Ac t a penalty is attached 10 .he per-

fonnance of any act "before, during or after", an election, no account

shall be taken of anything done earlitr than-

<a) in the case of any election held in consequence of a

dissolution o fParliamcnt under subsection ( I) o f section 76 of the

Constitution, the issue of the Proclamation d issolving the House;

(b) in the case of any election held in consequence of a

dissolution of ParUarr.em under subsection (2) of section 76 of the

Consti tutiOll of Malta. three months before the date o f such

dissolution.

J. The Prime Minister may make regulations nO! inconsiste nt

willl or repugnant to, the provisions o f this Act, for prescribing any fonn

orprocedurc for which noupn:ss procedure iscontained in this Act, for

amending the forms contained in the scbcdules to Ill is Act and, gener~

ally, forcanying tile provisions of this Act into effect.

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(Section 21)

Form of ApplicafiOll for RegisuauOfl.l$. V(Ha

To the EleclOral Commi ssion, Vallellll, Malla

Surname ............................................................................... I.D. Card No ...................... .

Name .................................................................................................................................. .

Place of birth ..................................................................................................................... .

Dale of birth ....••....••.•..••.....•••....••.•....•.....•••.......................••....••....••.......•..•......•..................

Place or ordinary residern::e .................... , ....... , ..... , ............................................................. .

Name of town or village .................................................................................................... ..

S~et aoo number of premises ........................................................................................... .

Name and surname of applicant's father .......................................................................... ..

His place of binh ........................................ His nationality· ............................ _ ............... .

"(if applican/'s father is dead. give his na/iona/ily sI the time of his death)

Name and maiden surname of applicant's mother ............................................................ ..

Her place of binh ............................... ..... Her nationality " ............................................. .

" (if applicant's mother is dead. give her natiQIJali/), al the ame of hadCJlth)

I hereby apply to be registered as a vOIer for the .................... (I) electotal division in

accordance with the General Ele<:tiOtl Act. 1991, to be ~gistered as a voter for ttIe ele<:tiOtl

of Members of the House of Represent:lIivel.

Date ......................... .

Signature or mark of applicant

(I) Inse" number of ele<:toral division.

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

Remarks

.......... ,J .......... J ......... .

ytd .......................................... .

Chd ......................................... .

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THIRD SQlEDULE

(Section 23)

Fomt of Correcfions or Trans(c($

To the Elcctonl Commission

I (I) .................................... 1.0 . Card No . .................................... formerly residing at (2)

......................................... ,do hereby give notice tlUII I lIavcuansferred my residence to (3)

Dale ...................................... .

Signature or mark of applicant (4)

Signature and LO. of witneSs

Address of wilJlCU ............................................................................................................. .

(I) Namcand $IImame (alsonit kname, if any)

(2) Former address IS shown on ElcclOl1li Register

(3) Present address

(4) Should applicant be unable 10 write, the person filling in Ihe fonn is to affix his or her

signature and furnish his orherfull ad~ss and 1.0. Card No. below applicant's mark.

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inkonsistenti mad- dispoi:injelllijiet la' clan I·AII, jew Ii jkunu jrnorru

kontrihom. sabiu. jislabbilbx i I-formuli jew i\·proeeduri li gI\aIihom

ma hcmrnx proeedura esprcssa rdan I-All, bie .. jemcnda Honnuli li

hemm n-iskeda li hawn mn' dan I-AIt, u, in gencrali, dwar l-csckuujoni

tad-dispoiiujonijiet ta' dl\Jl I·An.

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(Section 23)

Form of AppliClltion for the Correclion of Designation or Address

To the: E1e<:tonl Commissioner

My nlme (I nd/or my address · ) Ippearina: In the Elec toral Reg iste r

under(l ) ........................................................................................................................ has

been wrongly designated and I hereby apply that my name (and/or my address·) be

corrected as follows (2) ..................................................................................................... .

Om ............................................... .

(3) Signature or m:ut: of applicant

Signature and 1.0 . of witness

Address of witness ............................................................................................................. .

(. ) Cancel the words wh ich do Jl()( apply

(I) Locality, full address and 1.0. Card Number as shown on the Eleetoral Registe r

(2) State correction desiml to be made

(3) Should applicant be unable to write, the person filling in the form is 10 affix his or her

signalwt! and fwnish his or her full address and 1.0 . Card No. below applican t' , mark.

<fJ7

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(\) The Minister re spons ible for finan ce shall, from time \0

time by W anant und~r his hand addressed 10 the Accountant General,

authorise and direct that all such moneys as are reasonably required for

meeting any upenscs lawfull y incurred in the u e<:utiOll of the provi·

sions of this Ac! be paid out o f the Consolidated Fund without any

further appropriation olher than this Act.

(2) A statement of the upenses so paid shall, so soon as

practicable, be laid on the Table of the House.

S. (I) Where any period of time prescribed by any of the

provision s of this ACI for carrying imo dfccl any procedl.lTC is in the

opinion o f the Presidenl of Malta, insufficient for the purpose. the

President of Malta may, by notice published in Ihe Gazelle, eJ(tcnd such

period as he may d eem necessary.

(2) Where theflTSldayprescribed for Iny procedure falls on

a Sunday ocother publie bolida,y then such period shall commence IONn

on the flTSl WQl"k:ing day following suc h Sunday orotheT public holiday.

(3) When the last day prescribed for any procedure falls on

a Sundayorother public holiday then such period shall end on the first

workingday following such Sundayor publie holiday and the date of the

commencement of any subseq uent period which is timed 10 run from

such period shall be deferred acconlingly.

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(Section 23)

Application by female eJ(:(;1OfS for the

correction of Sllrname and address in t;;Qn~uem:e of marri'ge

To the Electoral Commission

As (I ) on IlIe ............................ .I married (2 ) ........................ I.D. Number ............. I (3)

...................................... 1..0. Number ...... ........... ........ formerly residing at (4)

................................................................................. and registered as an elector under that

ao:Idress, do hereby apply that my surname (and/or address · ) be now sllown as follows (5)

Date .................. .

(6) Signature or rrulrk of applicant

Signature 300 1.0. of witness

Address of witness ........................................................................................ .

• Cancd the words which do IIOt apply.

( 1) Date of marriage.

(2) Name, surname in full and 1.0. Number of applicam's husband.

(3) Maiden surname (also nickname, if any) and 1.0. Number of applicant

(4) Address as shown on Electoral Register.

(5) Present address.

(6) Should applicant be unable to write , the person filling in the form is to affix hi s signature

and furnish his full addre ss and 1.0. Number below applicant's mark.

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Slxnl SCHEDULE

(Section 44)

Fonn of Writ 10 Ih~ Electoral Commissioners

by the President of Mal/a

To,

Electoral Commissioners appointed for oonducung fhe election of Members oflhe House

of Re~sentarives.

Whereas an election of Members o f the House of Representatives ilia be held for tm

electoral division;

You arc ~by commissioned 10 cause an election of Members of IIle House of Repre·

scnUl1ives 10 be held according 10 tile law.

Given al lllc Palace, Valleua

d.,

of

this

PRESIDENT

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(Section 46)

Fonn o/Voting Document

BIEX TIVVOTA

I

tlUMRU T~-rfATA

I

TA' L-IOEtlffi

ISE~ II

INDIRIlZ

MAAIT

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F.~TIwota

(Numrul

OISTRETT ElETTOfWJ

u mOA.l.u

KUMNlSSJONAflJU

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EIGlITH SCHEDULE

(Section 49)

Fonn of Ballot Paper

(A)

No. 01 Members 10 be eklcted ............. Divislon ..............

... "

o ...... of

Badge of

Na __

p .. r •• ....,.

of CMdldll"

C.ndkl.t.

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PARTlT .TAl·fJURI

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..... GRO. (W ..... 0","" MIIQlO. of

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10 Tow., Road. s.m. (Paint.)

MlFSUD, (Jost ph Mifl ud. 01

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ama. LabaoJ, .. )

MUSCAT, (f raroew;:o _ a I

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VElLA, (Jam .. V, II .. ot

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5 R'PI'b1ic: StrHl. SI. ~ "'r<:tliIecI)

WlLUAMS. (Franc:it \WI1am1 01

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as GIonuis SlrM!. Z .... ieq. Chlm.,)

PARTlY TAL· GHA$ FUR

AZlOPARDI. (Spito Auopatd~ of

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BORO. (.o.nu. <o Borg. 0169

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CASSAR, (L .... C ....... cl

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"'ZZI, (G"'mu "'iu l, 01

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lARB. (Fonunll bib, cl

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15 SItU SliM\, luqa.

PARTIT TAS.SlGAR

AZZOPARDI, (Raginakl Au<>pald ~ 01

or

165 $I. eomtnic: SII" Oonn~ C~

or

ZAMlMT. (l ... .....:. Z amm~ 01

$" .

".!osdor', 188 BW;" a<!

Ham,un, Ch,mlll)

KANDlDAll INDlPENO(NTI

BUHAQlAR. (la . . & 1IIIg1 .. , 01 SS

Republic: StrHl. Zabbw. Metchanl )

GALEA. (N ln ~ Galea. QI

67 B'K.rlL ..... a.. r.dl. Wo ,b rl

( DJ

DIRECTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE VOTER IN VOTING

I . VOle by placing \he ligufe 1 opposle thlt name of \ha candidate you

moll des.lre to see elecled.

2. You a,e Invited (and. is advisable) 10 place Ihe t!gur, 2 opposfte the

name ot your second choIc:e, IhIt rigullt 3 oppo$~e Ihe name 01 your

thitd dlolc:e. and so on.

3. It Is advisable 10 go on nu~ring the candidates In th. order 01 your

preference Unl~ you are lndiHerem as to the candi(lates whom you

have not ma!l<.8d.

• . I1 you do I'lOl ptace the figure 1 on )IOIJf ba llot·paper or M you place \he

19Jre I (ndica~ng a fll'Sl preference) and some othef ligure ~e

Of.

the salTlll name,

you place the figure 1 oppostte the name 01 more

than one cardldat • • )'OUI' ballot -paper will be invalid and wll r'J:Il be

counted.

6. 11 you hac!verlently $poil a ballOI'Slaper you may retum • to \he

Asslstatll Commisslor'lllr, who will, W saUsHed of SUCh Inadvertence,

give you anoIher paper.

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NIN111 SCHEDULE

(Section 5 1)

Form of Nomination Paper

To Ihe Ele<:tion Commissioners

We, the uooenigned, being VOters entitled 10 VOle al an election of Members of the

HoIlsc of Representatives and being registered on the Elecwral Register for the (I)

Electoral Division, do hereby nominate (2)

as a candidate for the said

divi$ion and in the interests of Ihe (3)

residing at

I, (2)

consenl lO the

above nomination.

DlIle

Signatun: of candidate

(or of lawful tcprescm:nive as

the case may be)

J. Numbcrof division

2. Name, surname, address, and 1.0 . Card No. and occupation of person nominated.

3. Name of political pany

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(I)

All applications which may be made to the Commiuion

under this Act regarding the registration, cancellation, correction or

transfer of a voter may either be delivered to the £ ll:(:tOOlI O ffice or 10

any police officer in any police station in Malta or Gow, orforwarded

10 the Commission free of any charge for posting.

Every poHce officerto whom an application as isreferred

(2)

to in subsection (I) hereof is delivered shall give a receipt to the person

delivering the application, write on the application the dateon which the

application is received . nd shan forward the appl ication forthwith to the

Commission.

The Commission shall give or forward 10 each applican t

(3)

a receipt in respect of each such application received by it

Any notice orother written communication which may

(4)

be made by the Commission under tbis Act may be forwarded through

the posl and shall be deemed 10 have been received by the person to

whom it was addressed on the day on which a lener regularl y posted

would in the nonnal course of postage have been received.

PARTll

Electoml Commission IInd Office

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(Section 56)

Form of D.lth to be wen by Assistant EJecwal Commissionen

I,

• Assistant Election Commissioner duly appointed 10 superintend the

Inking of the poll al the eltction of the Members of Ihe House of Representatives swcar!

affinn thal l will faithfully perform the duties of such office according 10 the provis ions of

the law , IlIId \0 report by lenCT addressed 10 the Clerk of the House of Reprucntativcs any

irregularity observed by me in the condoct of Ihe election.

I , Iso swearlafTum \0 maintain sccrccy regarding Ihe YOle givcn by any clC:<:IOT which may

become known 10 me. (So help me God.)

Date ........................................................ .

Signature ................................................. .

LD. Card No ........................................... .

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( I) Theregislration,transfer, correctionandcancellationof

voters, lhe compilation of the Electoral Register, the election of mem-

bers o f the House of Represematives and the adminiSlr.l.tion of the

Electoral Office shall be the sole responsibility of the Commission

established by section 60 of the Constitution. The Chief Electoml

Commissioner shall be responsible for the day to day Nnning of the

Electoral Office.

(2) The Commission shall be composed of the Chief Elec-

toral Commissioner as chainnan and eight members u Electoral

Commissioners.

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(Section 70)

Form of oafh which an Assistant Conunissioner may administer 10. VOlU

I, (I)

do swear/affinn that I am the wne penon whose name appears

of (2)

as A.B. in the Eleetoral Register and that I have not already VOted either here orel sewhere

at this election for members of the House of Representatives. (So help me God.)

Signature or mark of voter ........... ... ............ . .. .. .... .

Date. . ..... .... .... . ... . ... ....

Swom/A ffumcd before me this

day of

Signature of Assistan t Ele<:tion

Commissioner

I. Name in full

2. Address and 1.0 . Card Number of voter

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1W£LFrH SCHEDULE

(Seelion 118)

(Section SO, Cap. 102, vwc Founecnlh Schedule)

Re/urn of eJection expt:nse$

Urwler the head of receipts Ihe~ shall be shown Ihe name and dC$Crip tion of every

person (including the candidate), club, society or association from whom any mone)'.

:security, or equivalent of money was received in ~Spec l of expenses incurred on account

of or in conllCclion wi lh or i ... d denlll.lto the election, and the amount received from each

person, club, society or association separately.

Under the head of expenditure there shall be shown

2. a) the personal expenses of the candidate incurred Of paid by him or his election

agelll;

b) the name, the rale , and IOla1 amount of the pay of eac h person employed as an agent

(including Ihe election agent), cler';; or messenger;

cl the IJ'llvelling Cllpenses and any Olher expenses incurred by the candid1te or his

election agent on account of agents (including Ihe election agent), clerks or

messengers;

d) the Ir.ivelling expenses of pel"$Ons, whether in receipt of a salary or flOt, incurred

in oonnectiOll wit h the candidature and whether paid or incurred by the candidate,

his election agent. or the pel>On so travelling;

e) the COSt whether paid or incurred, of

i)

print ing;

ii) Idvenising;

Hi) stationery

IV) postage;

v) telegrams

vi) rooms him!. either for public meetings or a5 Commillee rooms;

f) any other mi scellaneous upenses. whether paid or incurred.

Note

I ) All expensei incurred in connection with the candid~ture whether paid by the candi·

date, his election age nt or any othe r pe rsons. o r remaining unpaid on the dale of the

return. are 10 be SCI OUt.

2) For all items over twenty· five ce nlS unl ess from the nature of the casc (e.g . postage) a

receipl is not obta inable. vouchers have to be allached.

J) All sums paid out, bu t for which no receipt is llllached. are 10 be set out in detail with

da tes of payments,

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4) All sums unpaid are \0 be set OUI in a separate list.

FORM OF DECLARATION BY AN ELECfION AGENT

I.

, be ing election agent for

a candidate for election in the

El ec toral Division, do hereby solemnly

swear/affinn that the above rerum of election e~pense5 is InIC 10 the beSl of my knowledge

l OO belief and thai, cKeepl the expenses Ihe~in sel OU I. no Cltpenses of any nature

whalSOCver have 10 my knowledge or belief, been ioc\llTed in connection with or for the

purposes of

candidature.

Election Agent

SwomIAffumed before me

Magistrate/Commissioner of Oaths

FORM OF DECLARATION BY CA NDIDATE

• being a candidate

I,

Electoral Division, do hereby swear/a ffinn thlltheabovc return

forelecrion in the

of election cllpenses is true to tile best of my knowledge and belief, and thai, except the

tltptnses therein set OUI, no cltpenses of any nalUTe whatsoever have 10 my knowledge or

belief been incurred in connection wilh or for tile purposes of my candidallue.

Candidate

Swom/Affurned before me

Magistra lc/Commissioner or Oalhs

nURTEENTII SCHEDULE

(Section 105)

The General Elections

($oning of 8a/1ot Papers, Casual Elections

and Co-opting) RcgwltiOfls, 1991

PART I

PreliminlU}'

These: regulations mlly be ciled as the General Elections

I.

(Sorting of BalkM Papers. Casual Elections and Q>.options) Regula-

tions. 199 1.

In these: regulations unless the oonte~t otherwise re-

2. quires

(I) The e~pression "continuing candidate" means any can -

didate not elected and not cltciuded from the poll.

The upression "first preference" means the figure" \"

(2)

mnding aloneopposilc the name of 11 candidate; the expression "$/;Cond

preference" means the figure "l" SllUlding alone opposite the namc of

a candidate; and the expression "third preference" means the figure ")"

standing alone opposite the namc of a candidate, and so on.

(3)

The expression "nexl available preference" means a

second or $Ubsequent preference recorded in con secutive numerical

order for 11 continuing candidate, the preferences nCltI in order on the

ballot-paper for calldidllle.s ~y ele<:ted or excluded from the poll

being ignored.

(4) The expression "transferable paper" means a ballot pa<

per on which, following a fiJ;t preference, a ~econd or Sl,lb~uent

~fen::nce is recorded in consecutive numerical orde r for a continuing

candidate.

(') The clIpn::ssion " non-tmnsferable paper" means a ballot-

paper OD which no second or subsequent preference is recorded for a

continuing candidate

Provided that a papershall be deemed to have be<:ome a

non-trarlsferable paper whenever

(I) the names of two or more candidates, (whethercontinu-

ing or not) an:: marked w ith the same number, and are ne"t in order

of preference; or

(b) the name of the candidate ne~1 in order of preIeren<:e

(whether continuing or 00\) is marked

<i) by. number nol following consecutively after some

olher numberon the ballot-paper; or

(ii) by two or more numbers; or

(c) for any other reason il (;annol be determined with cer·

tainly for which of the continuing candidates the neAt available

preference of the VOler is recorded.

The tJlpression "original vote" in regard toanycandidatc

(6)

means. VOlt derived from a ballOI-paper on which a first preference is

recoIdcd for that candidate:.

(7) The expression "transferred vOle" in regard 10 any can·

didate: means a vOle derived from a ballOl-paper on whk:h. second or

subsequent preference is recorded for thDt candidate.

(8)

The expres.sion "surplus" means the number of VOles by

which the 10lal number of Ihe VOles, original and transferred, credited to

any candidate, exceeds the qUOla.

The expression "coun!" means;

(9)

<a>

All the operations involved in the: counting of Ihe first

preferences recorded (Of' candidates; or

(b) All the operations involved in the IJ1UIsfer of the surplus

of an eie<:ted candidate; or

(c) All theoperalions involved in Ihe mlnsferofthe votes of

an ucllKled candidate or of two or Il'lOre candidates eJlcllKled

together.

PART 11

Sorting of ~cs

10 any Genernl eleclion,aflerlhestagerc:ferred lOin Pan

3. XIV of theGeneral Eleclions Act, 1991 , the Commission rJ1a11 cause the

ballot papers 10 be soned OUI into parcels according 10 their first

preference recortled for each candidate, reje<:ting any that are invalid.

4. The soning of ballot papers indicated in the previous

regulation shall be carried 001 in the following manner

(I)

the supervisor of each counting table shall take the

topmost bur}(!1e of ballol papers form each pigeon hole and, in full view

of the cand idates and age ms, plllCc the bundles on a rack to pass \0 the

counters;

(2) when a parcel of ballot papers has been taken from each

differe nt pigeon hole and placed on the rock as provided in the previous

subsection ofmis SOCIioo. thesupervisorshall pass 10 each counter one

parcel.!. time in order thallhe ballot papers may be .soned;

(3) the counters shall open each parcel with IIle ballot p;lpetS

and ascertain whether each paper is valid or invalid;

(4) if the counlers decide that there is a possibility thaI, for

any reason according 10 Ihe General Elections Act. 1991,. ballot paper

may be invalid or if any candidate oragent for the same reason soclaims,

the counter shall place such ballot paper in a 1I1Iy marked "dubious";

if the ballot paper is considered as valid the coumer Shall

(5)

place the 001101 paper in a tray indicating the candidate 10 which the first

preference has b«n given on th~t ballot paper.

5. (I) When a CO\Inter has so disposed of the parcel of ball ot

papers mentioned in the previous section he shall be given another

parcel to sort in the same manner and 50 on and 50 forth until all the

parcels on the rac k have b«n counted.

(2) When all the parcels on the rack have been counted the

supervisor shall take the next topmost parcel of ballot papers from each

pigeon hole reputing the sorting process mentiOl1ed in regUlation 4 and

in panlgr-aph ( I) orlhis rellulaliOl1 and so on and so ronh until all ballot

papers have, in phases, bee n removed from the pigeon holes, put on the

rack and sorted.

6. (J) Wh enever the supervisorin charge of the soning of votes

of an electoral divisiOl1 determines Ihat in the tray marked as "dubious"

there are a sufficient number of ballot papers he shall call on e of the

Electoral Commissioners 10 collect such papers.

(2) The dubious ballol papers may only be removed from the

tray by an Electora l Commissioner who sloalllake them to the I3ble of

the Electoral Commission perwnally.

(3) The E1C(.: lond Commission, or any number of members

thereof not being less than three, shall, after hearing the representations

of the pmydelegDles,onhei r substitutes decide in respect of each paper,

whether it is va lid or invalid and ifthey decide that it is invalid they shall

so Stamp the paper on its face.

(4) The decision of Ihe EIe<:IOI'1lI Commission in Ihis rclan:!

shall be final'nd not subje<:1 to appeal.

(5) Once all the dubious ballot papers have been de<:lared

valid or invalid by Ihe Electoral Commission. they shall be Il:tumed 10

the appropriate elccwra! division by an Electoral Commissioner who

shall pass them on 10 a supcrvisorof that divisioo.

(6)

The supervisorshallcausc the invalid ballot papen lObe

PUI in a tray marked Invalid and tile valid baUOI p~pers to be soned in

accordance with the pre<:eding regulation~

7. (I) 1be Comminion shall then count the numba of papers

in the U'1ly of each candidate, and credit each candidate with a number

of votes equal 10 the number of valid papers on which a first preference

has been recorded for such candidate, and they !I\all ascertain the lotal

number of valid papers in that division.

(2) When counting the numberof papers placed in tile tray

of each candidate, Ihe supeNisorshall direct 1hal such papers be bundled

in packets of fifty papers each and that each packct is counted by at least

twO counters.

8. The Commission shall then divide the total number of

valid papen in eltl;h division by • number exceeding by one the number

of vacancies 10 be: filled. The result increased by one, disregarding any

fraclional remainder, shall be Ihe numbe:r of votes sufficient \0 secure

the return of a candidate. This number is herein called the "quota".

9. If atlhe cnd of any COUnt the number of VOtes credited 10

a candidate is equal to or greater Ihan the quota, that candidate shall

thereupon be elected.

10. (I) lfatthecnd ofany count the numberofvotescn::dited to

a candidate is gn:ater than the qoo\D, the surplus shal l be U'lIIsferral, as

in this regulation provided, to the continuing candidates for wl10m Ihe

next available preferences have been recorded on the ballot-papers in

the parcel or sub-parcel received by the elected candidate at that count,

(2) A surplus wh ich arises from any count shall be: trans-

felTed before a surplus which may arise from a subsequent count.

(3) If more than one candidate has a swplus arisin g from the

same coum, the largesl surplus shall first be dealt wilh.

(4) If two or more candidates have each an equal surplu s

arising from the same counl, the surplus of the candidate with the

greatest number of votes at the first count at which the candidates in

question had an unequal number of votes shall first be deal t with. Where

the number of votes credited to such candidates were equal at all counts

the Commission ihall determine by lot which surplus they will first deal

with.

(5) (I.) If the vOtes cmiited w an elected calididatc consist of

original VOtCS only, the Conunimon shall examine all the papers

in the p&Jtt1 of the elected candidate whose surplus is to be

transferred.

(b) If the votes credited to an clected candidatc consist of

original and transferred votes. or of transferred votes on ly, the

Commission shall examine the papers contained in the last suI>-

parcel last received by the elected candidate whose surplus is to be

transfem:d.

(c) In ehher case the Commission shall sort the transfer-

able papers into sul>-parcels acoording 10 Ihe next available

preference recorded mereon, shall make a separate sUl>- p:ucel of

the non-transferable papers ar:d shall ascenain the number of

papers in each $ul>-parul of transferable papen and in the suI>-

pam:1 ofnon ,ttanSferable papen.

(6) If the IOtal number of papers in the sUl>-p:ucels of

transferable papers is not greater than the surplus, the Commission shall

transfer the whole of each sul>-parce! of transferable papers to the

continuing candidate indicated thereon as Ihe voters' next available

prefererICc, and shall sel asi de as a separate parcel so many oflhe non-

transferable papers as are not required for the quota of the elec ted

candidate. The paniculat papers set aside shall be those last filcd in the

sul>-parcel o( non-transferable papers.

(7) (a) If Ihe total number of transferable papers is greater

than the surplus. the Commission shall transfer from each suI>-

pan:eloftransferable papers 10 thecontinuing candidate indicated

thereon as .he voters' next available preference lhe number of

papers which bean the same proportion to the number of papers

in Ihe sul>-parcel as the surplus bears \0 the lOCal number of

transferable papers.

(b) The number of papers to be ti1lnsfem:d from each suI>-

parcel shall be ascertained by multiply ing the number of papers in

the sul>-p:ucel by the surplus and dividing the result by the 10la1

number of transferable papers. A note shall be made of the

fractional paru, if any, of each number so ascenained.

(c)

If, owing to the existence of such fractional parts, the

number of papers!O be tran sfcmd is less than the surplus, so many

of these fractional pans mken in the ordcr of thcir magnitude,

beginning with the largest as are necessary to make the total

number of papers to be transferred equal 10 the surplus, shall be

reckoned as of the value of unity, and the remaining fractional

pans shall be ignored,

(d) If IWO Of more fractional parts are of equal magnitude,

thal fractiOllal pan shall be deemed 10 be the the largesl which

arises from the Jargell sub-parcels and if the sub-parccu inques-

tiOll areequal in size, the fractiOllal pan credited 10 the candidate

with the greatest number of votes al the f1nl coum at which the

nndidates in questiOll had an ullcqUlI number ofvOlel shall be

deemed 10 be the largcst. Whcre the numbers ofVOlel credited 10

such candidates were equal al all counts the Commission shall

detcmtine by kM which fl'1lCtional pan shall be deemed 10 be the

largest.

(e) The panicular papers tnlIIsferred from each sub-parcel

shall be toose last filed in the sub-patttl. and each paper so

transfcrred shall be mamed with the number of the count at w hich

the transfer took place.

11 . (I) If at the end of any count no candidate has a surplus and

one or more vacancies remain unfilled, the Commission shall exclude

from the poll the candidate credited with the lowest number of votes;

shall examine all th e papers of that candidate; shall sort the transferable

papers in to sub-parcels accordin g to the next available preferences

recorded thereon for cont in uing candidates; shall transfer each sub-

parcel to the candidate for whom that preference is recorded; and shall

make a separate sub-parcel of the non·transferable papers.

(2) If the total of the votes of the two or more candidates

lowest on the poll is less than the numberofthe votes credited 10 the next

highes t candidate the Commission may at the same count exclude those

candidatcs from the poll and transfer their votes as in this regulation

provided.

(3) If, whe n a candidate has to be excluded, two or more

candidates have each the same number of votes and are lowest o n the

poll, the candidate with the lowest number of vote s at the fil'Sl count at

which the candidates in qUeslion had an unequal numbCTofYOtes shall

be CJ(cluded, and, where the numbers of votes credited to those nndi-

dates were equal at all counts. the CommissiOll shandecide by 101 which

shall be excluded.

12. NOIwithstandinganylhing in these regulations contained

(I) If at the erw:l of any count the number of elected candi-

dates isequal to the number of vacancies to be filled, no funherlransfcr

of votes shall be made.

(2) If on thc e~clusion of a candidate or candidates the

number of the then continuing candidates is equal to the number of

vacancies to be filled, the continuing candidates shall thereupon be

elected and no funher ttansfer of VOles shall be made.

13. ( I)

Wheneveranytransferismadeeach SUD-pucelof papers

transfentd shall be placed on the top of the parcel. if any. of papers of

the candidate to whom the ttansfer is made. and that candidate sh:U1 be

credited with a number of votes equal to the number of papers trans-

ferred to him.

(2) Non-ttansfer3.ble papers. e~cept such as in the mmsferof

a surplus may be required for thc quota of the elccted candidate. shall be

SC laside as a sepanue pucel togclherwith any p3Jtt1 of non-transferable

papers already set aside.

(3) On the transfer of the surplus of an elected candidate, all

papers not ttansferred 10 conlinuing candidates and not set aside as

provided in the preceding parngmph shall be placed together in one

parcel as the quou. of the el«ted candidate and the parcel shall be

nurked with the name of the ti«ted candidate.

14. Any candidate or .gent may, at the cnd of any count,

request the Commission to re-i:Xlmine and re-count all or any of the

papers dealt with during that count, and the Commission shall forthwith

re-examine and re-count accordingly the papers indicated without

making any alterations in theamngemcnts of the papers in the various

parcels save where such alteration may be necessary in consequenceof

any C"fTOfdl$coven:d in the re-count; the Commission may also at their

discretion re-count papers either onceor moreoften in any case in which

they are not satisfied as to the accuracy of any prev ious COUnt; provided

that nothing herein shall make it obligatory on the Commission to re--

count the same papers more than once.

15. (I) Upon an election petition the coun may direct the whole

or any pan of the ballot·papers to be re-counted. and the result of the

e1«tion to be ascenailled in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) On any re-count, subject to such modifiClltionsas may be

necessary by reason of any order of the court, each paper originally

d« lared valid shall, whenever any transferofvotcs takes place, follow

the same coun;e as at the original counting of the votes.

16. (I) If any question shall arise in relation to any transfer of

VOlts, the decision of the Commission whether expressed or implied by

their acts, shall be final unless an objection is nude in writing by any

candidate or agent before the declaration of the poll, and in that cvcntthc

decision of the Commis.sion may be revcrsed upon an clection petition.

(2) If any decision of the Commission is so revctSCd, the

tnlnSfer in question and all operations subsequent theretO shall be void

and the coun shall dirut what transfct is 10 be nude in place of the

tranSfer in question, and shall cause the subsequent operations to be

carried OIIt and the relult of the election to be asccnaincd in accordance

with these regulations.

17,

The declaration of the resull o f the poll shall include a

reooI d of any transfer of votes made under these regulations, and of the

IOla.1 number of voces credited to each candidate after any such transfer,

and shall be in the fonn shown in the Schedule 10 these regulations, or

in a form to thc like effcct

PART III

CllISual VlIClocie$

18. In the event of a seat becoming vacantthc Commis.sion

shall, within five working days from the dale of the receipt of the

President' s Writ , give notice, to be published in the Gazelle, of an

election to fill the seat vacated.

I ll.

Within five working days after the publication of such

notice any person who

(a) at the general election held immediately prior 10 the

occurrence of the said YDCancy was a carK!idale nominated for

election 1$ I Member of thc House for thc elcctoral division in

respect of which the YDcancy has arisen, and did rlOI withdraw

from the election arK! Wl$ OOt elccted, and

(b)

is SliI] qualified to be so elected

may with hll consent, be nominated 1$ a candidate for the said vacancy.

20. Within three working days after the IllS! day fIXed fOl" the

receipt of nominations, the Commission shal l decide 011 thc validity of

the nomi nations, arK! shall ptJblish in the authorised form, the names,

and description of the persons val idly nominated, and the electoral

division Ihe seal whereof is to be filled.

21 .

If there are any val id nominations, the Cornmi.I;sion shall.

within four wo",ing days, proceed to examine thc ballOl·papcD in the

scaled parcel of the vacating member aBd the following provisions shall

apply:-

(I) All candidates for the electoral division at the general

election shall be deemed to be candidatcs ellcluded from tbe poll except

those who have been validly nominated for the vacant seat.

(2) The papcn preserved under seal in accordance with the

General Elections Act, 1991 in the parcel of the vacating Mcmber shall

be cxamined and transferred to thc validly nominated candidates first

available in order of prefcn:nce shown upon such papcn., and each

validly nominated candidate shall be credited with one VOtC in respect

of each paper tnlnsfcrm;l.

(J) In any case where there is only one validly nominated

candidate, if such candidate is credited with VOles in number equal to or

exceeding half the number of papers in the parccl of the vacating

Member, he shall be declared elccted.

(4) In any case where there are two or more: validly nomi-

nated candidates, the Commission shall cxclude from the poll the

candidate credited with the lowest numberof ~otes and shall transfer his

votes according to the next available preferences shown upon the ballot-

papers for the continuing candidate or candidatcs. The process of

excluding the candidate lowest in the poll and oflIl1nsferring his VOles

according to the next available prefcrenccs shall be continued until there

is only one candidatc remaining. If such candidate shall have then been

credited w ith VOles in number equal 10 Of exceeding half the number of

papers in the parcel of the vacating Member, that candidate shall be

doclara:i elected

Providcd that if at any time any candidates shall have

been credited with V(l{es exceeding the combined total of votes of all

other candidates, and at the same time equal \0 or ellceeding half the

number of papers in the parcel of the vacating Member, he sball be

declared elected without further tr'ansfer.

22. (I) If. vacancy OCCUl'$ in a scat which has been filled in

accordance with this Pan of these Regulations. or in accordance with

subsection (I) of section 54 of the General Elcctions Act, 1991, or if on

a vacancy occurring no candidatc is validly nominated, or if after

examination of the ballot· papers of the vacating Mcmber no candidate

secures election. the v:\Cancy shall be filled by co-option. by the

Members of the House of a person duly qualified for membership of the

House.

(2) In filling a vacancy by co-option. regard shall be had to

the representation as nearly as may be of the imerests and opinions

represented and held by the vacating Member.

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The Commissioners shall, on their appointment, take

before the Anomey General the oath of allegiance set out in the

ConSlinnioo and the oath ofOfficc set QUI in the First Scbedule of Ihis

A"

In the execution of their duties unde r Ihis ACI, the

,.

(I)

Commissioners shall, in the absence of any c~press provision in this Act

conUlined. do ,11 such things IS appear 10 them 10 be necessary for Ihe

perfonnance of their duties .

(2) In the e,.ecunon of theiT duties under this Act, the

Commissioners shall have lhe powers OOf1r~ by law on the Courtsof

Magismnes for the purpose: of enforcing order at their sinings and

ensuring the res~1 due 10 them.

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Dedanlion of Resull of Poll

NJmt of EleclCrnl Division

Election of Members of the House of Representatives for the above Electoral Division in

'" ,..,

We the uodersigned, being the Electoral Commissioners at the poll for the election of

Membersofthe House of Rep resentatives for the said Electonl Division heldon the

day of

,do hereby give notice that theresult

of the year

of the POU and of the tnIlIsfcr ofVO(cs is as follows

Numbcrof valid VOle$: ......... _ ................................................... .

Number of members to be eie<:ted ........................................... ..

Quota (number of VOles sufficient to

secure election of a candidate) ................................................ ..

_. - '. -

••

~

~

~

N

~,

~,

CooS'w

Coo;;w

•

•

•

•

•

I

I

I

I

I

-

-

-

-

-

'*

duly elected Members of the House of

And we do hereby declare the said

Representatives for the said Electoral Division.

day of

Dated this

of the year

Eketoral Commissioners

EXAMPLE OF THE METIlOD OFCOUNllNG mE VOTES AT AN ELECfION

CONDUCTED ON TIlE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SYSTEM

OF TIiE SINGLE TRANSFERABLE VOTE.

(Setl Pan I of Regulations)

Let it be assumed that there ate si lt members to be elected and that there ate eleven

candidates, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H , I , K, L.

FIRST COUNT.

The baUOt papers having been mi~ed and ClIamined, the invalid papers bein g

ClIcluded, and the valid papers sorted intoseparate parcels under !he namesofthe candida tes

marked with the figure I ,each separate parcel iscounted, and eac h candidate is credited with

a number of vOles equal to the number of the papers on which a first preference has been

recorded for him.

The results of the count may be supposed to be as follows:-

B............... ............................ ...... .............. ...... ...........

F ................................................................................

H ............... _..............................................................

C ............... .................................................................

L ......... .......................................................................

G ...............................................................................

I .................................................................................

D ....... .................... ...... ...................................... ........

A ...............................................................................

E ................................................................................

K ........................................................... .................. .

TOIal ........................

TIiEQUQTA

It is found that the tOlal of all the valid votes is 348. This total isdivioded by seven (i.e.

the number which uceecis by one the number of vllCllnCies to be filled), and 50 (i.e. the

qllOtient 49 increased by l, neglecting the fraction) is the "q uota", or the number of vote s

sufficient to elect a member.

The VOles obtained by B, F and H exceed or equal the quota, and they are thereupon

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SECOND COUNT

B has 90 surplus votes (i.e. 8's total 140, less the quota 50), and it is necessary to

transfer this surplus fint as being the largest.

An B 's 140 papers are examined and arranged in separalC sub-parcels ac<:ording to

the nexl available preferences indicated thereon.

In gellCl"llthe next available preference will be theseco<ld preference. But any paper

on which the second preference is given to either F or H, both already ele<:ted, passes to the

neJ\ t available prefercroce after such candidates. A papermarlr.ed with I fOl" S, 2 fOl" H, 3 fOl"

F, 4 COl" I, is pb.ced in the sub-parcel for I.

A separate sub-parcel is also fonned of those papers on which no further available

preference, i.e., 00 further preference for any continuing candidate is shown, and which an

therefore Il(){ transferable.

The result is found 10 be as follows

A next available preference is shown for D on

80 papers

2 ..

"

.. "

....

.. .. " "E"

..

..

.. .. H " I K " 29 25 .. ..

..

..

..

H

Total of transferable papers .............. .

136 papers

..

Total of non·transfenable papers ........ .

Total of B 's papers ............................. .

Since the IOI.aI number of transferable papers ( 136) exceeds the surplus (90), only a

portion of each sub-parcel can be transferred. and the number of papers to be transferred

from each sub-pan:eI mUSt bear the same proponion to the total number of papers in the sub-

parcels as mat which the $lIrplus bean to the IOI.D.I number of InUlSferable papers.

In other words, the number of papers to be transferred from each sub-parcel is

ascertained by multiplying the number of papers in the sub-parcel by 90 (the surpl us), and

dividing the result by 136 (the loul number ofrransferable papers).

In prnctice the calculation may be simplified by reducing tile fraction 'IO!,)fJ 10 tile

equivalent fraction u'u.

A

7]8

The proceu is as follows

D's sub-pan:el concains 80 papers, and his share of

8(b:41I .. or 52 60/61

!he surplus is Ihcn:fore...........................................

E'! sub-parcel concains 2 papers, and his share of

the surplus is therefore.. ........................................

21l4S/6for 1 2:!/6f

I's sub-parcel contains 25 papers, and his share of

251("'/6101' 16 17/61

the surplus is lherefore...........................................

K's $llb-parcel contains 29 papers and his share of

29x41/ .. or ]9 11/ ..

the surplus is therefore ...........................................

TOIal......................................

--

The numbers of papcn co be transferred as decermined b), !he preceding process

contain fractions. and since onl), whole papen can be transferred, so man)' of the largesc of

these fIllCtions, taken in order of cheir magnitude as will make che tOlal number of papers

to be lnlnsfcncd equal to che surplus are re<:koned as of !he value of unil)'.

Thusas the whole numbersdecennincd above amountloonl)' 88 viL (52+1+16+19),

01' two.short of the surplus. 90, the two largest frllCtions 60/61 and }7/61 are reckoned as unity,

and the numbers of papers actuall), transferred arc as follows: ·

53 papers

To D ............................................................................... .

I paper

To E ............................................................................•....

To I ................................................................................. .

17 papers

To K ............................................................................... .

19 papers

Total, being S 's surplus ..... _ ................... .

The particular papers to be tr.Insrerred to D, E, I and K are those last filed in their

respective sub-parcels, and. therefore ac che copoflhe su b-pan:els. The papen tnIlISferred

are marked wich !he numbetof the COUnt ac which the tr.Insfer is made.

These papen are added in separate suo.parcels to che parcelsofD, E, I and K. (Noce

K had no parcel of original voces).

The totals of the votes credited 10 these candidates then become

o ........................................................................... .

10+5W3

4+ 1_ S

E ............................................................................ .

I ............................................................................. .

12+17-29

0+190:19

K ............................................................... ............ .

The remainders of the papel$ in the sub-parcels (i.e. those papers not uansferred),

together with the papers on which no funher available preferences were marked are

collected together and fonned into one parcel, represencing B's quota of votes (SO).

1lIe p:uul is made up as follows

The remainder of D's sub-pared, 80 less 53 .. 21

"

" E',

"

21eu I .. I

"251e.ss 11 .. 8

"

" 1'$

"

" K's .,

291c.ss 19 '" 10

Non-uansfera ble papers ....................

Total, being 8 's quota ....................

The operations involved in thi s u-ansfer are summarised in the following wble

COUNT No. 2.

TRANSFER OF " 8 '5" SURPLUS

Surplus .................................................................................

Number of transferable papers .............................................

Proportion 10 be uansferred '"

.

Surplus

-

-----

-

;

Number of u-ansferable papers

,,]!

Number of Papers U"lInsferred

~ .~

NIUTIC$ of Candidates

j$~ ..

As calculated

Actual Numbers

~. =

El

marked as the neltt

~ a~ ~Fr.niooaI

transferred

(l...argesI Fractions tn:alCd Z '

available Preference

~ ,

z ~-

e

o.

Nwn

as WOOIe Numbers)

Pals

~

A

C

'0 2

o ..................................

" 1

64/68

22/68

E ..................................

,

G

I ...................................

37/68

K ..................................

13/68

L

Total number of

Transfemble papers ..

136(68

Number of Non -

-

-

Transferable papers ..

t

,

-

-

TOTAL

140 '

""

,Fo<

(Surplus)

(ToaI)

q -)

no

A

NOICS for £kclOf'llI Commissioners

• It will be found convenient to begin filli ng in tile transfer sheet by insening ,he 1O(als

in the spaces marted with an asterisk . These tOlDls ILJt; known before the count is

commenced.

t When transferring a surplus 111111e non-transferable papers are usually tttained as

part of the ql.lO!a, 001 when the numMof/nlnsfetllble papen is less /han /he surplus, the

d ifference should be inserted in the space marked with a dagger, and a CO\Tespooding

numbc:rof nOIHr~sferable papers should be transferred 10 the non-transferable boll. 1bcse

papers should be taken fmm the lOp of the p~l of non- transferable papers and the number

taken should be shown on llle Result Sheel on the line provided for non-transferable papers.

1be Slale of the poll on Ihe conclusion of the count is as follows:-

VOles

B ............................................................................

50 (elected)

F .............................................................................

62 (elected)

50 (elected)

H ............................................................................

D ............................................................................

63 (elected)

I.............................................................................. 29

C .................••....••....•. ......••....••.•....••.............•....•••..

2.:5

L .............................................................................

K ....................... .................................... ........ ....•....

G ............................................................................

A •.....•.......... .•...•••..•••••...••••....••••.....•....••......••....••...

E ....................................... ......................................

S

TOtal.. .............................................

D iIOw.has 63 VOles, a number which is more than IhequOIa. He is accordingly elected.

TIlIRO COUNT

There are now twosurplu$Cs thnlofF (12) and that of 0 (13). F's surplus. though the

smaller, is first dealt with as it arose on a prior count F' s surplus is disuibuted

proportionately amoog the next available preferences on F's original 62 papers in exactly

the same manner as in the case of B, with the result that 9 papers are transferred to L, 2 10

Cant! 1 lOA.

'The papers forming F's qUOla are phlced togeltler in one pared , wh ich is marked with

F's ",,1llC.

The papers forming the qllOta of H (who wained an exact qllO\3 althe first count) are

likewise placed together in one parcel, which is marked with H's name.

no

A

FOURTII COUNT

D's surplus (13) must now be di stribu ted. For this purpose only the sub-parcel last

transferred, containing 53 papen, is considered. These are e:tamincd and SOMa! inlo sub-

parcels, accOfding 10 the neJtl.vailable preferences, with the following result:-

42 papers

A next available prderern::e is shown for I on ............... .

10 papers

A next available prdm:nce is shown for K on .............. .

Toml of /TaIlsferabJe papers ..................................... ..

52 papers

No funller preferen~ is shown on ............................ .

I

paper

"

Total .............................................. .

The number of papers 10 be transferred from each sub-parcel is ascertained by

multiplying tilenumberof papers in the sub- parcel by 13 (the surplus).nd dividing theresult

by 52 (the lotal number of transferable papers); therefore

42x"ln - IQ IIz

I 's share of the surplus is ................................. .

IOx"ln - 2 IIz

K' s share of the surplus is ................................ .

As Ihe frnc1ional partS above are equal. Ihal which 1Irises from the larger sub-parecl

is deemed to be the larger. I's share of O's surplus is, accordingly, 11 votes, and K's share

is 2 votes.

The number of VOles transferred and relained are in accordance with the simplified

transfer Sheel following

COUNT No. 4

TRANSFER OF "O's" SURPLUS

Surplus .................................................................................

Number of transferable papers .............................................

Proportion to be transferred '"'

Surplus

I

. ---

"

Number of Il1Insfe rable papers

A7Z2

Numben of

Names of Candidates marked as the

Numbers of

Numbers of

Po"",

next available Prefercnc:e

for D 's Quot

cllamined

"""" ="""" -."""'"

(10 1/z)

I ...........................................................

•

X •••....••••..••••..••••.••.••••..•••••...•.•••...••••....

(2 'I:)

(13)

Toul numbtrofTransferable papers ..

-

Number of Non-Transfenlble papers ..

I

I

Tou15 ...............................

"

'"

(For quota)

(Surplus)

(TOtal)

Sub-parcels of 1I papers and 2 papers marked with the number of Ihe counl al which

the transfer took place are added 10 parcels of I and K respectively. and the n:maindcl"$ (3 \

and 8) together with the 1 non-transferable paper and Ihe 10 papal r«:eived by 0 on the

rIm count. making so papen allogcther, are formed into one parcel, making D's quota of

VOIc.5.

The stale of the poll on Iht conclusion of tile count is as follows

v~~

B ......••..................................•.................•.......•.......

SO

(elected)

F ............................................................................ .

SO

(elected)

H ........................................................................... .

(elected)

D ........................................................................... .

(elected)

I ............................................................................. .

L ............................................................................ .

C ._ .......................... _ ............................................ .

K ................................... ........................................ .

0 ........................................................................... .

I'

,

S

A ................................. .......................................... .

E ........................................................................... ..

TOUIl......................................

FlFTII COUNT

There being now 110 surplus required 10 be dealt with, the Eleclorai Commissioner

plOceu.lslO ttansfer the vOIesofthe candidate with the smallest total of votes . The candidate

lowest on the poll is E, with S V()(es, but since the combined totals of E and A (.5+~ 13) are

less tIwI14, \he toW ofO, the IJCJI;( highest candidate, the Electoral Commi$Sioncr transfers

the papers of both E and A I 1 the same COUnt.

TIle papers in the paroeb or E and A (total \3) IlI'C clltamined, and is found !h. t

C is nwtcd next available prderence on

1 ,.' "

G

"""

1 ,.""

I

""

"

4 ,.""

NOIHransfcrab\e papers

I paper

TOO>!

13 papen

Theoperation is completed by the transfer of I paper to C. 7 papers 10 0, 4 papers to

T, and the I non-cransferable paper is 5e1 uide IS a separate pared .

The StalC of the poll is now as follows:-

Vote s

"

(elected)

B ............................................................................ .

50 (elected)

F ............................................................................ .

50 (elected)

H ........................................................................... .

o ....................................................... " .................. .

50 (elected)

I ............................................................................. .

L ............................................................................ .

C •••....••....•.....••....••....••....•.••....••....•.•.....••...•••....••....

G ..•..............•.••....••....••....••......••....••....•••...•......•.....

K ........................................................................... .

Non-mmsfer11bl e paper ..........................................

I

Total.......................................... 348

SIXTH COUNT

No candidate is elected as the rtsult of the fifth count and ~ nexl opention hu 10

be determined upon. Candidates G and K have ellCh the same numbO" of VOlCS (21) and are

10wesI on tile poll. K' s papers aredistri buted, as heobtained fewervOIcs lhan G in the fU$t

count. From thedistriburion ofK 's pape rs (21), 3 pe.pen are traIIsfentd to C, 15 to T. I to

L, and 2 are non-traIIsfenble. I thereby reaches _ Iota! of 59 VOICS, and is eJected.

'"

The state of !he poll is now as follows

VOtes

B ......................................... _ ................................ . SO (elected)

F ............................................................................ . SO (elected)

H ........................................................................... . 50 (elected)

D ........................................................................... . 50 (elected)

I ............................................................................. . 59 (elected)

L ............................................................................ . 34

C ........................................................................... . 31

G ........................................................................... .

Non· cransfenble papers ....................................... ..

Toul .......................................... 348

SEVEN'nI COUNT

I's surplus (9) most now be distributed.

FQr this purpose only the su b-parcel of papers last transferred to 1 (15 papers) is taken

inlO lOCO\Int.

These aree;o;amined and 8mlI1ged in sub-parcels for the continuing candidates, with

the following result

C is next available preference on

4 papers

L is next available preference Oil

3 papers

Total transferable ~pers

Non-transferable papers

TOIa!...

I'

In this case the IOUlI number of transferable papers (7) is less than the sUTJllus (9),

therefore the Electoral Commissioner transfers the whole su b-parce ls oftransfetable papers

10 the continuing candidates iooicated thereoll as ne~t available preference. This accounts

for 7 VOleS out of the sUTJllus 9. TIlere is B difference of2 papers. The sub-parcel of non-

transfenble papen is therefore divided into two poniOlls. OIle containing 2 papers (which

form pan of the surplus) the other containing 6 papers (which are requimi for 1'1 quota).

TIle portion of 2 papers is set aside as a separate pam:1 wilh the OIher parcels of non-

transfenble papers, and the ponion of 6 papen is retained 10 make up 1'$ quota (6+44-0SO).

m

A

The numberof VOles transferred and retained are in accordance with the transfer sheet

following

COUNT No. 7

TRANSFER OF " I'll" SURPLUS

Surplus ........................................................... ~ ...................... _ ...... 9

Number of uansferable papers ...................................................... 7

Proportion 10 be transferred_

Surplus

-

(taken IS 1).

NumbeT of transferable papers

Number of Papers transferred

1-

h~

~.~

Names of Candidates

' . . '

As calculated

ACl\Jal Numbers

er" -

IL'

marked as the next

,

transfem:d

ITiaimaI

(Larp Frmx!5 trt:aICd ,

available Preference

:z "6 ~ WhoIo

as Whole Nwnben) Z,f~

Nwnbers

P!ru

c ..................................

-

-

-

-

l

l

l

L ..................................

Total number of

-

-

TransfeJ"llble papen ..

Number of Non-

-

-

Transferable papers o.

S

!

•

-

-

6 •

13 •

TOTALS

(r~

(Surplus)

(Total)

Qoou)

NOId for EkclCfDl Commissionas

• It will be found COIlvenient to begin filling in the Il'lInsfer sheel by inserting the totals

in the spact£ marked with an asterisk. l1Iese to(als are known before the count is

commenced.

t When IJ'allsfem ng a surplus 1111he non-ll1Insfc:rablc: papers are usually retained as

pan of Ihe quota, 001 whcllthe num!leroflTans(crnble papers is less than W surplus. the

difference shOllld be insened in the space marked with a daner. and I com:sponding

numberof non-lJ'allsfernble papers should be tnnsfem:d 10 lhe non-lJ'allsfcnblc: box. 'Tbese

papers should be taken from the lOp of the parcel of non·transfc:rablc: papers and the number

taken should be shown on the Result Sheel on the line provided for noo-U'IlI\Sftnlble papas.

Am

'The state of the polllfta the seventh counl i$ u follows

Votes

SO (elected)

B ........................... _ .............................................. .

F ............................................................................ . SO (elected)

H ..................... ...................................................... . SO (elected)

D ........................................................................... . SO (elected)

I ............................................................................. . SO (elected)

L ............................................................................ . 37

" ,

C ...••....••....••••..•.•.....••....•.....••...........•.•..•.•.........•....

G ................. _ ........................................................ . 21

Non-tnnsferable papers ........................................ .

Total .......................................... 348

EIOHTI-I COUNT

There being now no surplus, !he votes of O. the candidate lowest on the poll, are

distributed.

O'sparcel of21 plIpersisfOllnd tocontain 7 papers on whichCis!he I\CXt preference,

and 12 on which L Is the ne~t preference. and 2 papers which are non·tn.nsfenlb1e.

Therefore 7 papen are transferred 10 C, and 12 10 L, and 2 are filed as I separate parcel

with the other parcels of non-transferable papers.

The Slate of the poll is now as follows

Votes

SO (elected)

B ........................................................................... .

SO (elected)

F ..................... _ .... _ ............................................... .

H ........................................................................... . SO (elected)

D ........................................................................... . SO (elected)

I ............................................................................. . SO (elected)

L ........................................................................... ..

C ........................................................................... . 42

Non-transferable papers ........................................ .

Total.......................................... 348

m

A

11Iere being now no surplus, C, the candidate lowest on the poll, is e~cluded from the

poll. BUI, U there ~rnains only O~ vacancy 10 be filled, and only onc COIllinuing candidate,

namely L, L is eleclCd without any funher DlIn$fu O£VOlCS.

'The final result is that B. F, H, D, I and L. are elected.

'The details of the various operations in this election are shown in the subjoined foon

o( "Resuh-Sheet".

RESULT SHEET

No. of Votes ... 348

Quota =

No. of SealS . .. 6

N~,

of

Candidates

A ____________ • "0'

B ___________ .. .

C ___________ .. .

D ____________ .. .

,

F ______ . ____ ..•...

G ________ .. __ .. .

H __________ .. .

I ____________ '0'

K ____________ .•.

L ___ .•. __________ ...

NoB·hniftnble

f'apen ------_._-

Malta Government Gazette — Act 1991 21 — XXI tal-1991 – Att tal-1991 dwar l-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali
Fourteenth Schedule — XXI tal-1991 – Att tal-1991 dwar l-Elezzjonijiet Ġenerali Open official source

(Section 11 8)

Sections 4110 62 of /he

Electoral (Polling) Ordinance (OIp 102)

41. A oonlrllCt wlieR:by any expenses are incuned on AC-

count of or in respect of the conduct or management of an election sllall

not be enforttable against. candidate at such election, un less made by

theeandidalc himself orby his election agent; provided that the inability

under IlIb section to enforce such contractaga;ns! tile candidate shall 001

relieve the candidate from the consequences of any COfTUpt or illegal

practice commiucd by his agent.

42. (1) Except as permiUed by or in pUT$uance of this Ordinance,

no payment and no advance «deposit shall be made by I candidate al

an eJection, or by any agent on behalf of the candidate, or by any OIlier

person, whether before, during or after such election, in respect of any

expensesiJlClll'Tedon accounlof orin repIlCtoftheconductOf management

of such election, Otherwise than by or through the election agent of the

candida!C:; and IlI.I money provided by Iny person olher than the

candidate for any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the

conduct or manlgemeJII of the election, whether as gifl, loan, advance

or deposil, shall be paid 10 the candidate or his election Igenl and not

olherwise; provided Ihallhi5 section shall nOl be deemed 10 apply 10 any

sum di sbursed by any pet'SOfI OUI of his own rtlOIIey for any small

expense legally incurred by himself, if such sum is not repaid 10 him.

A person who makes any payment, advance, or deposit

(2)

in contravention oflhis section or pays in COIlInIVention of Ihis section

any rooneyso provided as tf~said, shlll be guiltyof an illegal practice.

43, (I) eveI)' paymenl made by In election agent in respect of

any upcnses incurred on account of or in respec t of the conduct or

management of an election shaD, CJ(cept where less Ihan Iwenty·fivc

~nlS, be VOI,lCI\cd for by a bill stating the paniculars and by a receipt.

EveI)' claim againsl a candidale at an election or his

(2)

election agem in respect of any cltpenses incurred on accou nt of or in

respect of the conduct or management ofsuch election, whic h is not sent

in to theelection agent within the time limited by this Ordinance, shall

be bam:d and shall IlOl be paid; Ind subject 10 such CJ(ception as may

be a1lowai in pursuance of this Ordinance, an election agent who pays

a claim in contravention of this scclion shall be guilTy of an illegal

prnctice.

(3) Eltcept as by Ih is Ordinance pennillcd, the lime limited

by this Ordinance for seooing in claims shaU be founcen days after the

day on which thecandidate relllrTlCd is declared elected.

(4) AI! e xpen ses incurred by oron bellalf of a candidate at an

election, wllicll art: incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct

or management of sucll election, sIIall be paid wi thin the time limited by

this Ordinance and not otherwise; and, subject to sucll exception as may

be allowed in pursuance of tllis Ordinance, an election agent who makes

a payment in contravention oftllis provision shall be guilty of an illegal

practice.

(5) Except as by tllis Ordinance permitted, the time limited

by tllis Ordinance for tile payment of sucll expenses as aforesaid sllall be

twenty-cisllt days dteT the day on wllicll the candidate returned is

declaml elected.

(6) Where it has been proved to the satisfaction oftheCOUTl

by a candidate that any payment made by an election agent in contraven-

tion of this section was made withoutllle $ll!1ction orconnivance of sucll

candidate, the election of such candidate shall not be void, nor shall he

be su bject to any incapacity under this Ordinance by reason only of such

payment having been made in contravention of this section.

(7) If IlIeelection agent in Ihecaseof anyclaim sent in to him

within the time limited by this Ordinance di sputes il, or refuses or fails

10 pay it within the said period of twenty-cight days, suc ll claim sllall be

deemed to be a disputed claim.

(8) The claimant may, if lie thinn fit. bring an action for .

disputed claim in tile competent civil COI.Il1: and any sum paid by IlIe

caooidate or his agent in pu rsuance of the judgment or order of sucll

cou" sllall be decmed to be paid witllin the time limited by this

Ordinance, and to be an exception from !he provisions of this Ordinance

requiring claims to be paid by tile election agent.

(9) On cause sllown to tile satisfaction oftlle competent civil

coun, thc cou" on application by the claimant or by tile candidate or lIis

clection agent may, by ordcr, give leave for lhe payment by 3. caooidate

or lIis election agenl of a di sputed cl aim, or of a claim for any such

upenses as aforesaid, altlloug h sen t in after the ti me in Ihi$ section

menlioned for sending in c laims, or ahllougll the SilIfIC was sent in to the

candidate and not 10 the election agenl.

(10) Any sum specified in any such order may be paid by the

candidate orhis election agent, and when paid in pursuanceofsuch leave

shall be deemed to be paid within the time limited by th is Ordinance.

44. So far ascircumstances admit, this Ordinance sllall apply

to a claim ror his remunera,ion by an election agent lnd to the payme nt

thereof in like manner as if he wen: any other craiitor, and if any

difference arises resptCling tile amount of such claim, tile claim shall be

a disputed claim witllin Ihe meaning oftllis Ordinance, and bedeal! with

accordingly.

45. (I) The candidate al an election may pay any personal

expenses ineul'\'ed by him on lI«OUnl of or in connection wilh or

incidemalto suc h election 10 an amount nO! exceeding l~lvc liri, but

any further persona] expenses so incurml by him shall be paid by his

election agent.

(2) The candidatc shall send 10 the election agent within the

lime limited by this Ordinance for sending in claims, a written statement

of Ihe amount of personal expenses paid as aforesaid by such candidate.

(3) The personal expenses of a candidate ir-.clude his reason-

able travelling expense s and the reasonable expenses of his living at

hotels or elsewhere for tlte purposes of lite election.

(4) Any person may, if so authorized in writing by the

election agent ofthe candidate pay any necessary expense for slIuionc:ry.

postage, tdegrall1!i. and other pelf)' expenses 10 a 10(81 amount 1\0(

exceeding that named in the authority. but any excess above the IOOll

amoUIll so named shall be paid by the electioo agent.

A statement orthe paniculllT$ofpaymen ts matk by any

(5)

person so authorized shall be sent to the election agent within the time

limited by this Ordinance for the sending in of claims, and shall be

vouched for by a bill containing the receipt of that person.

46. (I) Subject to such exception as may be allowed in pursu-

ance of this Ordinance. 00 sum shall be paid and no expense shall be

incu~d by a candidate 31 an election or his election agent, whether

before. during, Of MtC!" an election on account of or in ~Specl of lhe

condoct or management of soch election, in e)(cess of six hundred lin

Provided tll3.lthere shall not be included in such amount

any expenditure incurred by tile candidate for his personal expenses. nor

Ihe fee, if any. paid to tile election agent nOI exccc.d.ing one hundred tin.

(2) In the case: of candidates standin g forelection in the same

division as members of Ihe same poli\kal pany. the expenses of such

candidates may be added logether and there shall not be deemed to have

been a contnlvention of this section unless the agg~gate expenses of

such candidates. wllen added together, exceed either the sum of six

hundred liri multiplied by the numb!:rof such candidates or the sum of

three thousand liri, whichever is the smaller: provided that if the

aggregate of such expen~s exceeds either of the sums aforesaid. the

expenses of each such candidate shall be separated from the expenses of

tile other'sand the provisionsof subsection (I) of this section shall apply.

(3) Any candidate or election agent who knowin!:ly acts in

contravention of this section shall be guilty o( an illegal practice.

47. (\)

No payment or contnlCt for payment shall, (or the pur·

pose of promoting or procuring the election of a candidate at any

election, be made-

(a)

on account of the conveyance of voters to or from the

poll, whethe rfor the hiring of vehicles, orotherwise: or

(b)

toorwith a voteron IK:CO\Int of the use of any house, land,

building, or premises for the e!lhibition of any addren,

bill, or notice, or on account of the e!lhibition of any

addren, bill, or l\O(ice.

(2) Subject to such c!lception as may be allowed in pursu -

ance of this Ordinance, if any payment or C(NIlTaCt for payment is

knowingly made in contravention of this section either before, d uring,

or after an election, the person making such payment orcontnlCt shall

be guilty of an illegal practice, and any person receiving such payment

or being a pany to any such contraCt, knowing the s.ame to be in

contravention of this se<:tion, shall also be guilty of an illegal practice

Provided that where it is the ordinary businessof a VOlU

as an advertising age m or publ isher to e!lhibit for payment bills and

advertisements.a payment to or contract with such vOler, ifmade in the

ordinary course of business, shall not be deemed to be an illegal prnctice

within the meaning of this section.

48. (\) Noperson shall, forthepurposeofpromotingorprocuring

theelection of a candida te al any election, be engaged or employed for

payment or promise of paymenl for any pulJlO5C or in any capacity

whatever, e!lcepl for the purposes or in the capacities following

<a)

one election agent and no more;

(b)

a rusonable number of clerks and messengers, having

regard to the area of the electoral div ision and the number

of voters on the electoral register for such divisioo.

(2) Subject to such eJlception as may be allowed in pursu -

ance of this Ordinance, if any person is engaged or employed in

contravention of this section, either before, during or after an election,

the person engaging or employing him shall be guilty of an illegal

prnctice.

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to tile provisions of section SS ofllle Constitution of Maha, be vacated

from the dale of such conviction.

No prosecutioo for an illegal pn.ctice shall be instituted

(2)

withoul lhe sanction of the Anomey General.

PART V

CoRRUPT F'R.AC'l'KB

53. Any perwn who at an election held underlhisOrdinance

applies for a bal101paperin the namcof$OlllColhupeIliOIl, whcthulhat

name be that of a person living ordead,orofa fictitious personot, who

having voted once at any such election, applies at the same election for

a ballot paper in his own name, shall be guHty of the offence of

personation.

Any person who corru plly by himself or by any other

54. (\)

pc1'SOII. either before, dwing or after an election, dira:t1y or indirectly.

givC$ or provides, or pays wholly or in pan the expense of giving or

providing any food, drink, enlenainment, or provision to or for any

petSOn. for the purpose of corruptly influencing Ihat person or any other

person 10 give or refrain from giving his VOle at the election, or on

ac(:ount of such person or any other person having voted or refrained

from v(){ing orbeing about to vote or refrain from v(){ing at such election,

shall be guilty of the offence of treating.

(2) Every voter who corruptly accepts or takes any such

food, drink, entertainment, or provision shall also be guilty of the

offence of treating.

55. Every person whodirectlyorindirectly, by himsclfor by

anyotherperson on his behalf, makes use of or threatens to make use of

any force, violence, or restraint, or infliclS, or threatens to inflict, by

himself orby any other person, any temporal or spiritual injury, damage,

harm, o r loss upon or against any person in order 10 induce or compel

such person to vote or refn!n from v(){ing, or on account of such person

having voted or refrained from voting at any election, or who by

abduction , duress, or any fnudulent device orcontrivance, impedes or

prevents the free exercise of the fl1lRchisc of any voter or thereby

compeb, indooes, or prevails upon any voter either to give or refrain

from giving his vote at any election, shal l be guilty of the offence of

undue in fl uence.

TIle following persons shall be deemed guilty of the

56. offence of bribery

(a)

every person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or by

any other person on his behalf, gives, ltl'ds or agrees to

give or lend, or offers. promises or promises to procure,

/)( to endeaVQUl" to procure, any money or valuable

consideration to or for any VOter, or 10 or for any person

on behalf of any VOler, or 10 or for any olher penon. in

order 10 induce any voteT 10 yoteorrefrain from voting.

orcorruptly does any such aCI as aforesaid on account of

such voter having voted or refrained from voting at an y

election under this Ordinance;

evcry person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or by

(b)

any other person on his behalf, gives or procures, or

agrees 10 give or procure, or offers, promises or promises

10 procure or 10 endeavour 10 procure any office. place or

employmenllOOI" for any vOIeror lOar for Iny person on

behalf or an)' voterar 10 ocfor any olher penon in order

to induce any VOlcr 10 vote or refrain from voting. or

corruptly does any such act as aforesaid on accoum of

any voter hav in g VOted or refrained from voting at any

election under tlli5 Ordinance;

(c)

evcty person wllo, directlyor indirectly , by lIimself or by

anyotber person on bis bellalf. m:lkesany sucll gift, loan,

offer, promise, procurement. or agtument as aforesaid.

to 01' for any person in order to induce sucb person to

procure orendeavour to procure the return of any person

as a member of tbe House, or the vote of any voter at any

election under this Ord inance;

(d)

every person who, upon or in ronsequence of any such

gifl, loan. offer. promise. procurement, or agreement,

procures or engages. promises orendeavours to procure.

the return of any person as a member of the House or the

vote of any voter at any election under this Ordinance;

(e)

every person wbo advances or pays or causes 10 be paid

any money loorforthe useofanyolherperson. wilh the

intent that sucb money or any part thereof shall be

expended in bribery Qt any ele<:tion undenhis Ordinance,

or who shall knowingly payor cause 10 be paid any

mooey to any persoo in discharge or repayment of any

money wholly orin panellpended in bribery al any such

electioo;

(f)

every person being a voter who, before or during any

election under this Ordinance. directly or indirectly, by

himself or by any Olher person on his behalf. receives,

ag~es, orcontracts for any money, gif!, loan, or valuable

consideration, office, place or employment, fO\' himself

or for any omer person, fO\' voting or agreeing to vote or

for ~fraining or agreeing to ~fain from voting at any

wch elcction;

(g)

every person who, after anyelcction under thisOrdinanoe,

directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other person

on his behalf, rw:ivC5 any mooey or valuable consid-

eration on lICCOuntof any pef'SO<1 having votedor~frained

from voting or having induced any other person to vote

or to refrain from voting at any such election.

57. (I) Any person who comm its the offence of personalion,

treating. undue influence. or bribery or aids. abets. counsels. orprocures

the commission of the offence of personation. IUId any candidale or

election agent who knowin gl y makes the dec laration, as to elcction

expenses required by section SO, falsely. shall be guilty of a Corru pl

prnctice and shall be liable. on convK:tion, in the discretion of the coun.

10 a fine (multa ) not e~ceeding five hundred liri. or to imprisonment for

a term I\()( e~ceeding six months, or to both such fine (mu/ta) and im-

prisonment, and shall in consequence of such conviction become

incapable, fO\' a period of seven years from the date of his convictionof

being registered as a voteror voting al an election under this Ordinance.

or of being elected I member. and if It lhat date he has been elected

member, his election shall, subject to the provisions of section 55 of the

Constitution of MaIm, be vacated from the dale of such conviction.

No prosecution for I corrupt practice shall be instituted

(2)

without the sanction of Ihe Anomey General .

(3) For thc purposes oftbisPan of IhisOJdinance, refereT1ces

to "voting" or to "refraining from voting". or to "giving" or "refraining

from giving a vOle". shall include ~ferences to "voting" 0\' "refraining

from voting" in a panicular way.

PART VI

ExCUSE FOIl Co!tIUJPT >\NO Ju..oo..\L PRACTlCES

The elcction of a candidate, who has been guil!y, by his

SS.

agents, of the offence of treating and undue influence, and illegal

practice, orofany such offences, in reference losuch election shall Il0l:,

by reason of such offences, be declared void , nO\' shall the candidate be

subject to any incapacity under this Ordinance. iflhe court is satisfied

after giving the Anomey General an opponunity of being heard that the

candidate has proved -

that nOCOffilptOTillegal practice was commilted at such

eJection by the candidate or his election agent and the

offences aforesaid werecommiuedcontrary totheorders

and wilhoullhe sanction orconnivance of suchcandidatc

or Ills election agent; and

(b)

that such candidare and his election agent toolr: all rea-

sonable!l1ea!ls for preventing Ihe commission of conupl

and illegal prncticcs at such election; Dnd

that the offences aforesaid were of a lrivial, unimponant

and limited character; and

(d)

111al in all OIher respects the elecrion was free (rom any

c:orrupr or illegal pl'3Ctice on the pan of such candidate

and of his agents.

59. Where, in any proceedings. it is shown to the coun by

such evidence as seems 10 the coun sufficient-

(a)

Ihar Ally ICI or omission of a candidate at any election, or

of his eltc1iOr'l agem or of any OIher agent or person,

would, by reason of being rhe paymern of a sum or Ihe

incurring of expense in excess of any maJ(imum amount

allowed by tll;s Ordinance, or of being I payment,

engagement, employmenl, or contr.lCt in OOI1lJ1.vention

oftllis Ordinance, or of otllerwise being in COf1IJ1.Vention

of any of tile provisions of IlI is Ordin3oce, be bUI for Ih is

section an illegal practice; and

(b)

that Bny 5Ucll actor omission alQSe from inadvcnence or

from accidental miscalculation or from some mller rea-

sonable cause of a like nature, and in any case, did not

arise from any want of good failll,

and under tile circumstances it seems to tile coun, after giving tile

Anomey Gencral an opponunity of being heard, to be JUSt thal IlIe

candidate at the said elecuoo and olher agent and person or any of them,

should not be subject to any of the consequences under tllis Ordinance,

the court tTI,ly allow such act or omission to be an cKception from tile

provisions of this Ordinance which would otllerwise make the same an

illegal practice, and thereupon such candidate, agent, or person Shall nOI

be subjecl to any of the consequences under this Ordinance of the said

IICt or omission .

60. (I) Where the n:lIIm and declarations respecting election

expenses of a candidate 3t an election have nO! been trnnsmined as

required by this Ordinance, or being transmitted contain some error OT

fal5e statement, then-

(a)

if Ihe candidate in any criminal or civil proceedings

under this Ordinance proves 10 the satisfaction of the

eaun that the failure 10 IJ'Msmil such rerum and decla·

rations., or any of them or an)' part thereof, or any enoror

false 51atcmcnt therein, has arisen by reason of his illneS$

or of the absence, death, illness or mi.soondUCI of his

election agent or of any clerk or officer of such agem, or

by reason of inad vertence, orof any reasonable cause of

a like nature, and nOI by reason of any want of good faith

on the pan of the candidate; or

(b)

if the elcction agent of the candidate proves 10 the

satisfaction of the court thal the failure 10 transmit the

rerum and declarulions which he was ~uired to trans-

mit or any pan thereof, or any error or false statement

therein, arose by reason of his illness or orthe death or

illness of any prior election agent of the candidate OI"of

the absence, death, illness or misconduct oran)' clerkor

officerof an election agent of the candidate, or by reason

of inadvenence or of any reasonlbJ.e cause of 1 like

nat\ll'e, and oot by re:I$OIl of any want of good faith on the

pan of the election agent,

the coun may, after giving the Anomey General an opponl,lnity of being

heard, make such order for allowing an authoriz.cd excuse for Ihe failure

to Inl/1smit such return and declarations,or for an erroror falseslatemem

in such return and declarations, as to the coon seems jusl

(2) Where in any proceedings itlppcan to thecoun Ihltlny

person being or having been election agem has n:fused or failed to make

such n:tum or 10 supply such particulars as will enable the candidate and

his election agent, re spective ly, to comply with the provisions of this

Ordinance as to the return and declaration respecting election expenses,

the coun, before making an order allowing the excuse as in Ihis section

memioned, shall order such person to appear, and shall, unless he

a\tends, and shows cause to the conlJ'llJ)', order him 10 make Ihe n:lum

and declaration, or to deliver a statement of Ihe particulars required to

be contained in Ihe return, as to the coon seems just, and to make or

dcliverthe same within such lime and to such person and in such manner

as the coun may direct, or may order him to be examined wilh respect

10 such particulars, and in default of compliance with any such order,

such person shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

The coon may allow lhe eJ:cuse conditional ly upon the

(3)

making of I rerum and declaration in I modified form or within an

utended time, and upon the compliance with $l,ICh Olller terms as 10 file

court, seem best calculated for carrying inlo effecl the objects of this

Ordinance; and an order allowing an authorized excuse shall rdieve the

candidate or the election agent. as the case may be, from any liability or

consequences under Ibis Ordinance in respect of the maner tKUsW by

the order, and whac it is proved by thecandidate to the court that any

IICI or omission of the election agent in relation 10 the return and

declaration respecting election expenses was without the sanction or

connivance of the ClIndidate and that Ihe candidate lOOk all reasonable

means for preventing such &Cl or omission, the court shall relieve the

candidate from the consequences ofsuch act or omission on the part of

his election agent.

(4) 'The dale of the order, or if conditions and terms are 10 be

complied with, the dale aI whkh the applicant fully complies with !hem,

is referred 10 in this Ordinance as thedaleoftbc allowance of Ihe excuse.

PART VII

GIlOIJNUS FOIl A VOIOlNG EI.£!:I1ON5

61. Subject,lO the provision of section 55 of tile Constitution

of Malta the election of I candi!late as a member ofthe House is avoided

by his conYktioo for any COJTUpt or illegal practice.

62. Subject to the provisionsof section 55 oflheConsti!Ution

off,.ialta where applicable, the electionof Icandidateasa memberofthe

House shall be declared voidon anyofthe followinggrounds which ma)'

be proved to the satisfaction of the coun namel)'

if b)' reason of general bribery, general treating, Of

(a)

general intimidation, or other misconduct, or other cir-

cumstances, the majorit), of clecton were or ma)' have

been prevented from clecting candidatcs whom the)'

prer~;

(b)

non-compliance with the provisions of th is Ordinance

relating 10 election Of of the polling regulations if it

appears to the eou" that the election was nOI conducted

in accordance with the principles laid down in such

provisions and that such non-compliarocc affecccd the

resuil of the election;

(c)

thatacorruptpracliceor an illegal practice was commitccd

in connection wilh Ihe election by the candidatc, or with

his knowledge orconsenl, by In)' agent of the candidate;

that the candidate pel'$Oll&lly engaged I person as his

(d)

election agent, or as a canvasser or Illen l knowing dUll

such ~ had withi n seven yean previous 10 soch

engagement been found guilty of. corrupt practice;

thll thecandidatc was 11 the timcofhiselcction a person

(c)

disqualified for election as I member.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Siuing No. 539 of the 26th June:, 1991.

LAWRENCE GONZI

RlOlARD 1. CAUeHI

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(1) Every political pally sllall have the right to nominate two

delegates (ben:inaflcr referred 10 as the ~pany delegates; to the

Commission.

Panydclep.tcsshall TCprcsa1li1EpoIitical pany nominating

(2)

them with the Commission and sha1I have !he right in genc:rall().ilc informal

of all sittings eX the Commission and decisions taken ~l

(3) The party delegates shall notwithstanding tbt provisions

of anyother law. have fulland free righl of access to the Electoral Office,

to all record s kepI therein and to check, verify and obWn any inform..a-

tion regarding the work of the Electoral Office; provided lhal the

Commission shall have the right to nominate an official ofthe Commis-

sion 10 accompany such delegates at all times.

(4) The pany delegates shall continue in office until re-

moved by Ihe pol itical pany nominating them.

(5) · Pany delegates shall have Ihe righlto seek and obIain

from !he Commissioners as well as from any other official connected

with !he running, supervising or security of the elections oror any aspect

thereof, information showing whether or not such persons are taking

adequate measures 10 comply with the provisions of the law in the

forthcoming elections, and the Commissioners or suc h other persons

shall, notwithstanding any other law or regulation, be bound to (umish

such information immediately.

(6) Norwithstanding any provision in this Act granting pany

delegates and political panies tbe right to Sttk and obtai n information

ortheirright to be given oopiesof documcntsand lists by the Commission

or by Government depanmcnts, such right shallllOt include the right of

access 10 medical records 01"10 adoption records of voters and the right

to be made aware prior 10 the da)' of the poll of security features relating

to ballot papcrs, voting documents and the official mark used by the

Commission on ballot papers. The in fonnation, documents 01" lists shall

be given to the pany delegates orally orin wrinen or printed fonn that

shallrto{ require any device oreJeCironic or magnetic or similar process

to be read. and in rlO other form. Where the infonnation, documenlS or

lists are ofa confidential nature the pany delegates shall have the same

obligations as to secrecy as the person from whom such information,

documents or IislS a«: obtained.

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(I) There shall be an ElcclOral Office for the purpose of

effecting the registration. transfer and cancellation of vOtcn., theorgani-

salian required for the running of elections and all such adminiSU1ltive

work. as may be required by the ElcctOlal Commission.

(2) The Elcctonll Office shall be staffed by per.;ons in the

public service and wbilst serving in the Electoral Office such pel~1.$

shall only be responsible to the Commission in maucnconceming the

preparation for and the running of General Elections.

1.2. (I) The staff of the Electoral Office shall, on their appoint-

ment, take an oath before the ChiefElectorat Commissioner. that they

will faithfully perform the duties of their office according to law.

(2) Anyone of the Commissioners and any other officer

authorised by the Commission on their behalf, may administer an oath

to any person whenever they shall deem the taking of an oath 10 be

necessary for the purpose of making enquiries acwrding to this Act

IJ. ( I ) By vinueofthis Act all Magistrates serving in the Coun

of Magistrates (Malta) and the Coun of Magistnlles (Gow) shall be

deemed to be Revising Officers.

(2) Revising OffICel"S may hold sittings in lily police sution or

ochcr pl3ce fOf the purpose of dealing with any application or appca1

~pnling the ~gistration, transfer, o:m:ction, or cancellation of any voter.

(3)

All suc h applications or appeals to a Revising Officer

shall be signed by the applican t or by an advocate or legal procurator or

by any person on be:halfofand authorised by the applicant or appellant,

and shail be: filed in the Regi stryof the Coun of Magistrates (Malta)or

the Coun of Magistl1ltes (Gozo). as the case may be.

(4) The Revi sing Officer shall dircctthat such application or

appeal be served on the person or persons whom it concerns and shall

appoint a day for the hearing of the application or appeal.

(j) Service of Ihe notice of Ihe day fixed for the hearing of

such application or appeal shall be effected upon the applicant or

appellant and upon any person whom such application or appeal

conCClTl$ in accordance with subsection (4) hereof, not less than two

days bef~ the day fixed for Ihe hearing of the application Of' appeal, in

the manner laid down in the: Code ofOrganisatioo and Civil Procedure

provided Il1al service may be effected by any police officer.

(6) Iftllc person an whom such application,appeal «other

order of the Revising OflIcer is 10 be served is Ill)( found by the OfflCtt

who is to effect service, the Revisin, Officer Shall, on the report of such

officer, dira:llhallheapplicalion, appeal or omeranicr be posted 011 the

notice board of Ihe police station of the place in which the person

concerned resides and shall, if necessary, appoint anomer day for the

hearing.

(7) If the applican t or appe llant shall fail 10 appearon the day

appoimed for the hearing and is nOI represented by an advocate or legal

procuratoror other penon, the application or appeal shall be COI'Isidcrt:d

u_.

(8) In \hecase of an application for the removaloflhe name

of a person from the Electoral Register, ifsueh person shall faUto appear

on !hc day appointed for the hearing and is not n:pn:scnted by an

advocate Of legal procurator Of other person, !he application may be

decided in default.

(9) No fee shall be charged in the Registry on any applica-

tion or appeal , for the service !hell:Of, for any other proceeding in

consequence !hereof or for any decision thereon.

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(I) lI·penonell ta' j·Uffii:i:ju Elenorali gI'Iandhom. hell kif

jinllatTU, jiel'ldu gurament qudd iem il· Kummissjonatju Elellorali

Princi pali li jagl'lmlu fedelment id-dmirijiet tal· kariga tagllhom SkODd

il·1igi.

(2) Kull wielltd mill· Kum missjonarji u kull ufficjal ietlor

awtoriiiat mill-Kummissjoni risimhom, jistgllu jaghtu gummenl liI

!rull persuna meta jidhrilhom li dak il-gul1lment ikun melltieg sahie ...

jinkiscb laghrif skond dan I-An.

1 l. (I) Bis-sallll.a la' dan I-All U· Magistrali kollha li jservu fil ·

Qorti taH.1agislra!i (Malta) u I· Qorti tal -Magistr.l.li (Gllawde~)

gll.andhomjitqiesu Ii huma Ufficjali Rcviiuri.

(2) l.-Ufficjali Revii:uri jislghu jaglimlu seduti fi stanjon

lal-Pulil:ija Jew f'POSt iellor bie:ro: jiddeeitdu dw:tr appli kazzjonijiet jew

appelli dwar ir-regisrraujoni, it·trasferiment, il·korrenjoni. jew il-

tJJassir la' ... i e!ettur.

Dawk I-appelli Jew applikatzjoDijiet koll ha lil Ufficjal

(3)

Rev iiur gl'landhom ikunu iffinnati miH·applikantjew minD avukatjew

minn prokul1ltur legali Jew minD persuna olira risem I·appli kant, je .... l·

appellanl u debitament I wtorizz.at minnllom. u dawn gllandhom jigu

ppretentati fll"-Regi$IIU tal·Qooi IIII-Magistl1lti (Malta) Jew tal-Qorti

tal· Maiislr.lli (Gllawde ... ), skond il-bi.

(4)

L-Ufficjal Reviiur gllandu joI'dna li dill: l-applikazzjoni

jew appell jigu notifikati Jill-persuna jew pcI"$Uni Ii lilhom linlcressa u

gllandu jiffissa gumata gfias-$migTi la' J-applikazzjoni jew appeU.

(S)

in-notifika la' J-avvii li jirfina J-jurn gllu-smigl'l la' dik

]-applikazzjoni jew Bppell ghandha ssir liU -applikam jew appellant u Ii1

lrull pelSuna li dik J-applikalljoni jew dak I-appcll ikunu jilloneemaw

skond is-subanikolu (4) ta' d:m J-artikolu, mhux aoqas minn jumejn

qabeJ il-jum slabbilil gf\as-smigfl UI,')· applikaujoni jew appeU, bil-mod

stipulat fiJ-KodiCi la' Organizzazzjoni u PnX:edUI'1I Civili, b'dan li

notilika tista' ssir minn ufficjal tal- Pulizija.

(6) Jell persuna 1i Iillll gl'landllom jigu innotifi kati dawk Ii

J-applikaujoni, appelljew ordni iellor ta ' Ufficjal Reviiur, ma rinstabx

mill-ufficjalli gllandu jaghmel in-notifika, J-UffL\\jal Revii.ur ghandu,

fuq ir-riferta la' dall: I-ufficjal, jordna li I-applikaujoni, appell jew ordni

lellor jitwal'l1'llu fuq it-tabella la' l-avviti la' l-iStaujon tal-Pulizija tal-

post li fih il-persuna interessala tkun loqgl'lod u gl'landu, jckk jinlitieg,

jislabbiliui jum idiOT gI'Ias-smigl'l.

(7) Jekk I-applikanl Jew I-appellanl jonQos Ji jidher fit-

ium&laslJlbbilila gl'las-smigl'l u ma jklhirx gl'lalih avukal jew prokuralur

lepli jew Ili l'Iadd iefioJ", I-applikaujoni jcw l-appell gI'Iandhom jitqiesu

bflaJa mitluqa.

(8) Fil -kai ta' apptikaujoni gl'lal-Inel'lflija la' isem la' per-

suna mir-RegislfU Etenorali, jckk din iJ-persuna lonqos Ji !idher fiI-jum

stabbilil gI'Ias-smigfl u ma jidhirx gflaliha avukal Jew prokuralur legali

Jew Ili l'Iadd icl\or, l-applikaujoni !isla' ligi maqtugfla fiI- konlumaeja.

(9) Ebda drin m.a jigi intauat mir-RegislfU dwar ebda

applikaujoni jew appell, gflan-notifika tagflhom. gflal kull proeediment

iellor lijsir b' konsegwcnza tagflhomjew glial kull de<:iijoni dwarbom.

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(I) There shall be a Medical Board 10 whom shall be n:fem:d

questions as 10 whether a person who has applied to be n:gistcrcd as a

voter or is already registc red is disqualified from being so n:gistered in

terms of paragraph (a) of section 58 of thc Constitution.

(2) The Medical Board shall consist of a doctor appoin ted by

!he Commission, who shall act as Chairperson, and a doctor appointed

by each oflhe political partiC5. The Medical Board ~all be deemed to

be validly COIlstilUled once the chairper.;on or flny one of the members

is appointed.

PART 111

VOlcn

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Subject 10 the provisions of the next (ollowing section, a

per.;on ~all be entitled to be n:gistered as a voter for the clection of

Members orthc Housc if, and shall not beentitlcd to be regi~ered unless,

ne has the qualirlCations required by section 57 oflhe ConsrilUlion and

provided ne is no! so disqualified in terms of seclion 58 of the Consti·

tution or in IICCOfdance wilh Ihe provisions of Ihis Ac!.

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(I) Subje(:tlO Ihe following provisions of this Act every

person registered as • voter in an elecloral division shall, while so

registered, be entitled 10 vote al Ihe election of Members of Ihe House

for Ihat division.

No person shall vote at the election of Members of the

(2)

House in any division other than adivision in which he is registered as

a voter.

PART IV

Electoral Divisions and Method of Election

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(I) For Ihe purpose: of the election of members of the House,

the Island of Malta and its Dependencies shall be divided inlo thineen

electoral dlvisioos.

(2) Subject to the provisions ofsubseclion (I) ofsccliOll 52

of the Constitution the House shall consist of sixty-five members,each

elc:ctoral division relurning five members.

(3) The boundaries of the electoral divisioos referml to in

subsection (I) of Ihis section shall be those eslablished in accordance

with section 61 of the Constilution.

Any change in the number of eleclOral divisions, or in

(4)

the boundaries thert;of, or in the number of Members of the House shall

luave effect IS provided in subsections (2) and (3) of section 61 and sub-

section (6) of section 66 of the Constilutioo

Provided that, where an alterarion 10 the boundaries of

the clectoral divisions has been published under paragraph (d) of

subsection (3) of section 6 1 of the Constitution, nothing in this sub-

section shall be construed as preventing the publication of a revised

electoral register or preventing any other requirement under this Act

connected with theregistratioo of voters being carried OUt in accordance

with such alteration, before Ihe dissolution of Parliamem upon which

the alteration comes into effect.

The electioo of Members of Ihe House shall be according

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10 the principle of proponional representation, each voter having one

trIlJ1sferablc VOle.

PART V

Regisltation of Voters

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(1) The Commission shall make all such enquiries, and

require from any person soch infonnation, as it may deem oeoessary for

the purpo!iC of detenninin& whether a person is entitled 10 be il'gistered

as I VOtet Of 10 n:main so registemi.

(2) The Commission shall have tile same duties and powers

as are mentioned in subsection (I) of this section for the purpose of

determining whether and where . person isentitled 10 vote alln election.

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(1) All public officen in the service of the Government of

Malta arc, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, hereby

authorised and required 10 furnish to lhe Commission all information

that it may require in order to be able to determine whether a person u

entitled 10 be registered as a voter or 10 remain SO registered.

(2) The Commissioner of Police shall assiStlhe Commission

by causing enquiries to be made, information \0 bccollected. and claims

\0 be th«ked and in such other manner as may be necessary.

(3)

The public officer or officers responsible for the Public

Registries of Malta aoo Cow shall, within the rrrst five days of each

month, forward to the Commission a liSt containing the name, sumllJl1e,

identity card number, if any, Dnd othlT paniculDr1 of each penon over

eighteen yean of age whose death has been registered during the

preceeding month.

(4) The Registrar of Superior Couns in Malta and the

Registmr of the Coons of Cow shall, each with regard to the Coutts to

wh ich he is attached, within the first five days of each month, forward

to the Commission D list containing the name. surname, identity CDld

number, if any, and olher particulars of eac h person who has been

interdicted for reasons of mental incapacity by a competent Court.

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(1)

Any person who MS the requisite qualifications to vote

at elections of members of the House may apply forregistralion 10 the

Commission in the form set OIlt in the Second Schedule to this Act;

provided that the Commiuion shall register as a voter any person who

is entitled to be so registered whether or not such an application has been

,,",,0.

(2) The Conuni ssion shall refuse an application byapel'1O!l

to be registered as a voter and the Commission Shall not, on its own

initiative in accordance with subsectio n (I) of this section, register I

person as a VOter only if such person

(a) has lost any of the qualifications necessary to be regis-

tered as a VOlet in accordance with section 57 of the Constitution;

~

(b) has become disqualified for bein, $0 I'!:giSlerai fO£ any

of the reasons mentioned in section 58 of the Constitution.

A person who is qualified to be reBistered asa votershall

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onl y be registered in the division and under the address at which he

ordinarily resides

Provided that if it is proved to the satisfaction of the

Commission that any penon is nOlI'!:g:istered in the division and undet

the address at which lie ordinarily resides, the Commission shall not

have the riBht tocancel the registration ofsuch person but shall apply the

provisions of section 23 of this Act.

Any pcnon registered as a VOIet and who requires any

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correctkIn in his designation or other panicullf$ or to have his name

translared to another address or electoral division may apply to the

Electoral Commission in the form set out in the Third, Founh or Fifth

Schedule to this Act, as the case may be

Provided thal such co=tion or tnlRsfer shall be made

by the Commission whether or nOl any such application has been made,

either on ilS own initiative or foilowin, the application by any other

registered votet, hereinafter I'!:fened 10 as the applicant, if il is satisfied

thal such correction or transfer is justified and provided that it shal l first

communicate ilS decision in writing to the per.iOn to whom it relates and

to the applicant, if any, eitherofwhom shall have the righltO appeal 10

a Revising Officer.

Where the Commission is satisfied following the appli-

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cation by any other registered vOler, hereinafter referred to u the

applicant. or on iUi own initiative, that illly person who is registered as

a V()(CT and whose name appears on the Electoral Register is not

qualified to be registered as a voter, the Commission shall, subject 10 the

provisions of section 26 of this Act. cancel the registration of such voter

and expunge his name from the Bccloral Regisler.

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(1) The Commission shall inf(l11l the applicant and the YOCtf

coooemed of ilS dociskns 00. illly applica!ion fOl"registtuion as a YOIet 01" 10

1XlI1tct.lOaansferOl"canccl tlw; registration cla YOIerandoi any registration,

IXlI,CCtion, aansfer or canoeDaDon made on ilS own initiative.

(2) The Commission shall efrccllhe necessary changes in

the Register in accordance with iUi decision and shall inform the voter

concerned and lhe appliClnl of his right to appeal to a Revising Officer.

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(1) Prior 10 p~eding to the cancellation of the registnllion

of Iny vOler in terms ofscclioo 24 oflllis Act the Commission shall by

notice in writing require such pelWll to provide suc h information or 5uch

proof orevideocc as it may deem necessary 10 establish such pelW/l'S

right to remain registered as a vOler and if met! per.iOn fails, within len

days of the posting of such notice by the Commission, 10 provide in

writing such infonnation. proof or evidence 10 lhe satisfaction of the

Commi ssion, the Commission may cancel hi s regi~uation or expunge

his name from the ElecIOl1I! Register.

Provided tllat in the case of a person's 10lal failure 10

answer Ihe afore said notice withi n Ihe aforesaid period of time, the

Commission shall no! pnx:ccd (o cancel his registnllion orcxpungesuch

person 's name from lite Electoral Register before il shall have served

upon suc h person a funher nmice in writing to provide such infonnation,

proof or evidence 10 the satisfllClion of the Commission within a period

of seven days from the service of such further notice.

(2) An y wriuen communica tion which the Commission

roq uin: s to be made to it undcT this section may eitheT bedelivered at

theEle<:toral OfrlCtOl" forwarded totheCommission free ol any chilIge

for posting.

(3) The l unher notice referred \0 in the proviso to sub-

section (1) ollhis section shall be served by a police officer or by any

other person appointed for the purpose by Ihe Commission and such

notice shall be dccmed to havc been served by delivery of the notice to

Ihc person 10 whom il is addressed, or lOa person woo is or reasonably

appears 10 be not under founeen ycars of age and woo iseithera member

of the family or household or in it~ service, atlhe address of the voter as

shown in the Electoral Register.

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(I) Thc Commission may not refuse an application by a

person to be registcred as a voter, or cancel the registl1l1ion of a voter,

orCllpUnge his name from the Electoral Rcgister in lerms of pi111lgrnph

(a) of section 58 of the Constitution before it obtains the decision of the

Medical BOilId established in terms of section 14 of this Act or unless

s.uch person has been interd icted for mental incapaci ty by a compctcm

,~.

(2) Thc decision of the Medical Board shall be final and

binding on the Commission and the VOler and no appeal shall lie

therefrom.

(3) Dccisionsofthe Medical Boardthat a voterisof unsound

mind shall be taken by unanimous vote and shall be communicated in

writing to the Commission woo shall thereupon inform the votc r.

(4) Every public officer shall be in dUI)' bound 10 provide the

Board with any information il may Rquire regarding the health of the

person wliose entitlement 10 be regislen:d or 10 continue to be registered

as a voter is being considered.

The Medical Board shall regulate ils own procedure.

(5)

2S. 11Ic Commission shall, at least, every calendar month

give lOcach party delegate. lisl sllowing new registrations, corrections,

uansfers and cancellations carried OUI by it in vinue of the preceding

provisioos of Ibis Act indicating the name and all particulars of the

person roncema1 and the reason farefreeling any change.

The pany delegates shall have the same powen: granted

U.

10 Ihe Commiwon by vinue of section 19 arthis Act 10 seek, through

the Cornmi<;sion, information from public officers regarding theentitlc-

menl of a person to be registered as a VOleT and Ihe dUly of such public

officers 10 give such infonnation shall also apply in relation 10 the pan)'

delegates. The Commission shall give a copy of all requests for infor·

mation and of all replies also 10 the other pan)' delegates.

PART VI

Publication of Electoral Register

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ll-Kummissjoni gliandha, mill-inqas, kul! xahar kalen-

darju tagflli lil kull delegal ta' panillisla li jkun fiha ir-reiislraujonijiel

gOOda, kotreujonijiet, tnlsferimenti u 1hassif li jkun sar minnha bis-

sahfla lad-dispoiiujonijiel la' qabel la' dan I-All 1i jkunu jindikaw 1-

iscm u ]·partikolarilajiel koUha lal -persuna koocemala u r-raguni g!'laliex

Ikun qieglida ssir xi bidla.

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Id·delegati tal·panit gli,mdu jkollhom l·istess 5Ctgliat

moglitija liIl-Kummissjoni bis·sahha t ~' I-anikolu 19 ta ' dan I-An

sabiex jiksbu laglirif, permeu. lal-Kmllmissjoni. mingliand ufficjali

pubblia dwar iI-jedd 18' persuna li Ik un regislt:lIa brlala elenur u d -dmir

ta' dawk l-ufficj aJi pubblici li jaghtu d~k it-tag~rif gliandu jkun japplika

wkoU fir·rigward llId-delcgali tal-parti l. 11· Kummissjon i gliarKIh;i taglit;

kopja ta' kulltalba glial taghrifu I~ ' kull rispost3 ukolllid·deleglti tal-

paniti 1-dIra.

TAQSIMA VI

Pubblibujoni Ul' Regis/ru E/elloroli

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(1)

The lists of all pcnoos who are entilled 10 be n:gislerc:d

as voters for the election of Members 10 the House in accordance with

the provisioos of this Act, shall constitute the Electoral Register.

The Electoral Register shall be oompiled in accordance

(2)

with the provisions of this ACt.

(3) The E1ectonl Registershall becompiJed in su<:h manner

that the public may be aware of the persons who are registered as vOters,

and in such manner lOenable the iden tification of every voter and giving

every voter the opponunity to objc:c1 to the inclusion of any OIher vOter

in acoordancc with the provisions of this Act

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(I) ThcEleelOr1.lRegiSlershaUconsiSlofasmanyparuas

therearedivisions, oncforeachdivision, andeachdivisionshallbesub-

divided into as many para as the Commission shall consider necessary

or oonvenien:.

(2) TheElecloral Registershall, in each section bedrawn up

in alphabetical order ilCoording to the name of each Street and vOten

shall be shown in alphabetical ordcrofsumamcs under the namcofthe

SlJCCt when: they are n:gi stCTCd and against the name of each voter his

ordinary place of residence and identity card number shall be shown.

(3) The E lectOral RegiSICl" may also include against the

name of c.u:h. V()(ef any other particulan which. may be considCTed

necessary for the proper identification of each voter.

(4)

Any printing error in any panicular so shown shall not of

itself affect a peBOn '$ entitlement 10 v(){e.

31. (I) The Electoral Register shan include 1111 persons who are

entitled to be registerW as YOlers in accordance with the provisions of

this Act, on the day mentioned in the following 5«lioo.

The Elector1lJ Register shall not include any person who

(2)

is nolenlitled 10 be registered as a voter in accordance with the prttcding

provisions of this Act, on the day mentioned in the (ollowing section.

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(I) Ir-Regislru Eleuorali gllandu jinkludi m dawk j)-persuni

kollha !i gllandhom jedd li jigu regislrati brlala elenuri skond id-

dispoib.zjonijiet la ' qabel ta' dan I-An, fiI·jum inuemmi n-artilolll Jj

jiji wan. dan.

(2) Ir-Rc-gistlll Elenorali rna gllanduxjinkludi lil xi persuna

li IN. jk oIlhiex jcdd Ii ti gi registrata brlala elc nUT skOlld id-dispoiizzjoni jiet

la' qabella' dan I-An, fil-jum imsemmi n-anikolu li jigi want dan.

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(1) The Commission shall cause areviscdElectoraJ Register

to be published in the Gazene twice a year, Ihal is 10 S8.y, in the month

of April and in the month of October. Such Register shall contain all

corrections, additions, transfers and cancellations as on the thirty-fITSI

day of March and the thirtieth day of September immediately pm:eding

the publication thereof.

(2) The provision s oflhis section shall be and remain in0p-

erative from the date of any dissolution of the House until the conclusion

of the following gellCl'1Ii election.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last preceding sub-

section. where, prior 10 any dissolution of the House of Repm;entatives -

(a) any aheration 10 the boundaries of the electoral divisions

has been approved by the House under the provisions of section

61 of the Con stitution; and

(b) soch aheration has not been shown in a ~isedelectOflll

register under subsection (I) of this se<:tion,

tile Commission shall cause 10 be published in the Gazelle, as soon as

possible after the dissolution and in any case not later than three working

days after the publication ofthc election Writ in the Gazelle, I revised

Ekcton.l Register. the revision of which consisting in the name included

in the Electoral Registerlast published being shown in accordance with

such alteration.

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Any additions. cancellations «corrections to the Elec-

toral Register ordered by a Revising Officer in accoroancc with the

provisions of this Act shall be published by the Commission in the

Government Gazette and shall form pan of the Electoral Register.

Whenever an election is to be held, the voters shall be

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those whose names appear in the revised Electoral Register last pub-

lished, subject to such additions, cancellations orcorrectionsordered by

the Revising Officer, and the Commission shal l nOI have the right to

withhold any VOting document to any voter who is so registered unless

such voter has died

Provided that nothing in this section shall entitle an y

person to VOle who has ceased 10 have the necessary qualifications to

VOle or relieve such person from any penalties to which he may be liable

for sovming. Nor shall anything in this section entitle any person to vote

unless lie satisfies the requirements of this Act.

PART VII

Appeals to Revising Officer

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Any person who has his designation orotherpaniculars

in the Electoral Register corrected or his name transferred to another

address or division by vinue of the power vested in the Commission by

the provisoohection 23 of this Act may appealtoa Revising OfficernO!

later than founeen days from Iheday when he is officially informed of

the decision of tbe Commission.

Any person whose application 10 be registered as a vOler

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or for the correction of his designation or other paniculars appearing in

the Rcgisteror for the transfer of his name to another address or division

isrejected by the Commission shall have the right 10 appeal loa Revising

Officer not later than founeen days from the day when he is officially

infonned of the decision of the Commission.

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Any person whose registration as a VOler is cancelled

from the Electoral Regisler by vinue of Ihe power vested in the

Commission in terms of section 24 of this Act shall have the right 10

appeal to a Revising Officer not iater than fourtccn days from the day he

was omcially informed of the decision of the Commission.

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( I ) Any person whose name has not been included in the

Electonll Register and who claims that he has the necessary qualifica·

tion~ to V01C, and, every voter who claims thal his designation, address

or other particulars have 1101 been oom:C1ly shown in the Electoral

Register may appea1lo a Revising Officer 10 have his name included in

the Electornl Register or to have his designation, address or other

particulars COITCCICd, as the case may be, not later than twenty-one days

after the publication of the Electoral Register.

(2) A Revising Officermayorderth c irK:lusion ofapcrson's

name in the Electoral Register or the COITeClion of the designation,

address or (){l1er paniculars in acx:ordan<:c with subsection (1) of this

section, 1l()(withStanding that 110 prior application may have been made

10 the Commission for soch purpose.

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(\ ) Any registered votcr who claims tlJat an y OIher person

whose name appeaR in the Electoral Register either is not entitled 10 be

rt&istered as a voter, or, !hal the relative designation, address or other

particulars are no! comctly shown in the Electonl' Rcgister in accor-

dance with the provisions of this Act, shall have the righllO appeal 10

a Revising Officer n01 la1er than founcen days after the publlcation of

the Electoral Register either to have tile name of such voter expunged

from the Electoral Regis\crOflO lIave the designation, address or other

paniculars COITe(:tly shown.

(2) A Revising Officer may oroer the cancellation of the

registI'luion of sucll vOter onhe correction of the designation, address or

other particulars in accordance with subscction ( I) of this section,

not withstanding no prior application may have been made 10 the

Commiuion for sue-II purposc.

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( I ) A Revising Officer shall before detenninins any appeal

hear theappeiiant, the Commission and the person, if any, against whom

tile appeal is made, and shall admit such other evidence and hear such

other persons as he may eorJsider necessary.

(2) Where the application is for the cancellation of the

repstI'l\tion ofa valet on the grounds of mental infinnity, the Revising

Office r mall fon hwith refer such application to the Medical Board

referred to in section 27 of this Act.

(3) The provisions of subseclion (1) of Ihis section shall

mUllIOJ mutlIndisapply 10 proceedings before the Medical Board as they

apply, 10 proceedings before a Revising Office r.

(4) The deci sio n of the Medical Board shall bercfcrred to the

RevisinS Officer who sllal! determine the appeal in accordance with

such decision.

Revising Officers shall adjourn sine die Ihe considera-

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tion of all applications filed under the provisions of this ACt and still

pending foun cen days before the dale fixed for the election.

11te Registr.l.r of each oflhe Coons of MagisUlIte5 sllall

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withoot delay forward to Ihe Commission a cenift<:ate signed by the

Registrar personally giving the names, addresses and particulars of all

persons who, by onie r of the Revising Officer are to be added to or

expunged from the Electon.l RegisterOf' whose designation, address or

other particular are \0 be corrected and the Commission shall revise the

Electoral Register a<:oordingly.

PART VIII

Notices. Voting Documcno-.nd B:tIlOl. T>.pers

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( I) Whenever an dection is 10 be: lleld, the President shall

give notice !hereof to the Commissioners by a Writ under his hand,

hereinafter termed 10 IS "the Writ" in Ihe form set OUI in the Sixth

Schedule 10 this ACI.

The Commissioners shall cause the Writ to be published

(2)

in the Guelle.

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Within eight days of the publication of the Writ, !he

Commissioners shall cause I liO(ite or nOlices 10 be published in the

Guttie stating

(a) the place where, and dale and time when, the Commis-

sioners will be in attendance to receive nominations of candidates

forclc<:tion as MembersoftheHousc, and any objections losw;h

!IOIIli.nations, suc l! place being referred 10 in Ihis ACt as the

Elec1Or1.1 Office. The lime during which nominalions of candi-

dates forelection may be made sltallllOt be leu than three days and

shall not commence to run before six days from the date of the

publication of tlte notice refem:d to in tltis section, and the time

d uring which objections to such nominations may be made shall

not extend beyond tWO working days from the expiration of the

time fixed for the receipt of nominations;

(b) the places where, and the days and hours when vOting

shall be lle:ld. Voti ng shall nOt take place before Iheexpiralion of

three days from the date of tile: publication of the notice referred

to in subsection (3) of section ~ orlhis Act;

(c) the pJa<:e to which the ballot boxes shall be t:lken by the

Assistant Commissioners after the close of voting, which shall

also be the place where such boxes shall be kepI until the cou ntin.

of the votes;

(d) the place where, Lhedate and time when the ballot boxes

shall be opened and the counting of votes shall take place.

Within fifteen days of !he publication of tne Writ, the

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(I)

Commission $hall forward 10 each Valet. whose name appears in tile last

revised E1ectoml Register, a document hereinafter referred \0 as the

"voting document" in the fOIm set out in the Sevemh Schedule 10 this

ACland made of such material and in such manner as in !he opinion of

the Commission provides adequate security against forgery. Voting

documents shall be numbered consecutively, each document having

such distinctive number stamped on the face of il

Provided that wherever the Commission is satisfied that

a pcnon wl'lOsc name appears on the Electoral Register is dead, the

relative voting document sh.all nOI be forwarded, and where sLlCh voting

document has been forwarded the Commission shall withdraw il.

Provided funher ihal lhe Commission shall not forwaJd

• votingdocwnent 10 any YOlerin respect of whom the Commission does

not possess • phOlograph, and in respect of sLlCh voters the Commission

shall foUow tile following p~dure

with in seven days of the publication of the writ, the

(i)

Commission shall pu blish in the Gazette a 1isI of the uid VOlers

statin, !heir name, surname, place of residence and identity card

number

(ii) the namesohuch voters shall not bepublished in theJist

mentioned in subsection (5) of this section;

(m) the voting document of such voters shall only be issued

if the voter satisfies the tequin:ments of section 47 of this Act and

shall be in accordance with the provisions of that section.

(2) The politicaJ panies shall be granted all rusonable

facilities to watch the printing of all voting documents, 10 check the

exactness thereof and generally 10 ensun: thal only voting documents of

voters entitled to receive them are printed.

(3) The voting documents printed in accordance with the

previous subsection of this section shal l, until such time as they are

forwarded to voters, be kepi in boxes sealed with the seal of \he

Commission. The panydelcgatesshalJ have the right to affix theirown

seals to such boxes and to be pn:sent whenever such seals are broken.

This section shall mutatis mUlandisalso apply with n:gard to the voting

documents which n:main undistributed, in tenus of subsection (4) orthis

II(:ction, wllen voting documents are issued in leons of subsection (6) of

this section, and 10 the voting documents which remain ulldisUibu!ed.

(4) The voting document shall be served on each voter by a

police officer or by any other person appointed for the purpose by Ihe

Commission, and such document shall be deemed to have been served

byde1ivery 10 the person 10 whom il is addressed, orloan adult person,

who either resides at the same address or is in his employment, at the

adodnss of the voter as shown in the Electoral Register. The political

parties shall have the right 10 each nominate one representative 10

accompany each police officer or odIer person effecting service as

afOfCsaid.

(5) When the Commissioners IlJe unable loeffecl service of

the documenl aforesaid they shall as soon as possible, and in nocase laler

than fifteen days from the lime established in subsection (I) of this

section, publish in the Ga~lte a list containing the names, identity card

number and addresses of the perwns on whom Ihe voting document has

not been served, and shall State the reason why service has not been

clf="'-

(6) Any perwn 01\ whom the votingdocumcnt has not been

served and whose name appears in the list published in accordance with

the preceding subsection, may up to the Thursday immedialely preced·

ing the day of the voting, appear personally before onc of the Commis-

sioners and claim delivery of the document.

(7) The Commissioner may examine on oath any perwn so

appearing forthe puq>Ose of ascenaining his identity and of establishing

his claim to receive thedocument

Provided that the document aforesaid shall not bedeliv·

ertd 10 him unless he produces his identity card 10 the Commissioners.

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W here a person whose name appears in the last revised

Electoral Register, but does not appear in the list published under

subsection (5) of section 46 of this ACI, has IlOl received lhe voting

document or, after the receipt of such document, has lost ordestroycd

such documenl such person may not laler than 6.00 p.m. of the

Wednesday immedialely preceding the commencement of voting, ap-

pear befOfC one of the Commissionen;, arK! if -

(a) he proves his identity by Ihe production of his identity

card; and

(b) makes a declaration on OlIth hefo«: any such Commis-

sioner that he has not received lhe vOling document or thal, after

the receipt of such document, he has losl ordestroycd il, and such

fulther declarations on oolh as lhe Commissioner may require,

he shall be given a voting document i$Sued specially for the purpose

specifying as the polling booth where such person is 10 cast his VOle. a

polling booIh designated for the purpose by the Commissioners; and in

any such case

<i>

such per1OI'I shall vote only al the polling booth specified

in the voting document; and

(H) ;hhe name ofsuch person appears on any list referred to

in subscction (1) of section 64 of this ACI Olher th:ll1 !hal of the

polling booth aforesaid, IheCommb;.sioncrs shallcausc the name

or such person 10 be struck off such list; and

(iil) ,list of all the person$ \0 whom a voting document is

issued under this subsection shall be kept al the ElcclOral Office

and shall be open 10 inspection by any candidate, election agenl,

party agen! or panydelegate Bt all reasonable limeS until the poll

,1=,

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(1)

NOlialer than the Friday before the 5tan of the poll, the

Commissioners shall cause 10 be published in lhe Government Guetle

a list indicating Ihe number of voting documentS printed, the number

distributed in terms of subsection (\) of section 46, !he names and

adt\re$scs of the pet$Of1$ wlio up 10 thal time have claimed delivery

the~ in tCI'lTlS of subsection (6) of section 46, the number of voting

documents issued. in tenns of section 47 and. the name. address and

identit), card number of the persons to whom such documents have been

delivered. the pollinl booth whcTe such pcrwn$ wen: originall), sup-

.posed tovate. and the pol!ing booth where they are II(IW tocasttheirvote,

the number and reasons for voting documents withheld and the names,

addresses and identit), card numbers of the voters COIICCmed and the

number of voting documents remaining uncollected and. the names,

addresses and. identit), card numbers of the voters conccmed.

(2)

An)' political pan)' shall have the right to nominate

~senta1ives to be present during the issuing of the voting documents

in IermS of subsection (6) of section 46 and section 47 of this ACI and for

this purpose the said panics shll11 be provided b)' the Commission with

all such information as is required b)' them and as the)' ma), deem

necessary for the better perfonnance of their duties.

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(I ) Notlaler than three da)'s priorto the oommencementof

voting. the Commission shall cause to be published in theGovcmmeot

Gazelte the number of ballot papers printed for each electoral division

and the numbCl' 10 be disuibuted to each individual polling booth.

(2) The Commission shall ensure as f31 as is practically

possible that ballot papers are made of such security paper and carry

such marlriogs as to ensure Ihallhe), ma)' 001 be duplicated.

(3) The ball~-paper of each v~er shall consist of a paper in

the (onn set OOt in the Eighth Schedule oflhis Act. containing a list of

candidates described by the name (including any nickname), address

and profession or occupation IS given in their respective nomination

paper and IS approved by the Electoral Commissioners.

(4) Candidates shall be ananged by political party and,

within each party group alphabetically in the order of their surname. If

there are two or more candidates of one pany with the same surname,

they will be arranged in order of their other nllrTlC or names.

(5) Every political party contesting the election shall pr0-

vide the Commission with the names of the candidates con lestingthe

c:Iection in ilS own interest. Such list shall be conclusive evidence 11$ to

whether a particular candidate belongs to that political party.

(6) If supplied by the party to which he belongs, there may

be printed on the ballot paper opposite the name of each candidate

beLonging to that party any badge or device, approved by the Electoral

Commission, indicating the political pany, if any, to which the candi-

date belongs, orotherwise calculated to assist the identification of the

candidate by the voter.

(7) Ballot-papers shall show different colours for panics

contesting all electoral d ivisions and having not less than four candi-

dates in each division. Such colours shal l be assigned by the Elec!Ot1ll

Commi!>Sion

Provided that any pany may de<:line the colour so as-

signed to it, and in any such case the ballot paper shall not show any

special colour for that pany.

(8)

Panics will be placed on the ballO! paper in alphabetical

order.

so, (I)

On the day or days as near as practicable to the day of

voting, the Commission shall prepare in different packets the bal lot

papers and all olher documents and materiuls to be consigned to the

Assistant Commissioners on the day of voting.

(2) The Electoral Commission shall retain possession of all

packelS until the day of the poll when it shall deliver the same to the

Assistant Commissioners prior to the !tan of voting.

(3) Representatives of the polit ical parties shall be granted

all reasonable facilities tooversee the printing and checking of all ballot

papers. the packing thereof and their disaihution to the Assistant

Commissioners. and 10 affix their seals to all packets prepared by the

Electoral Commission for delivery 10 the Assistant Commissioners.

PART IX

Nomination of Candidatt:S

5 1. (I) A candidate for election shall be nominated in writing.

The nomination paper, which shall be in the form set OUI in the Ninth

Schedule 10 this Act, shall be signed by the candidate himself, (or, in the

event of his absen~ from these Islands, by a duly appointed feptl:scn·

utive), and by ,alleast, (DIll" VO\crs registered in the electoral divisjon for

which the candidate is nominated. The nomination paper shall be

delivered 10 one of the Commissioners I1 the Electoral OffICe by the

candidate himself or if he is prevcmed by illness or absence from these

Islands by his lawful representative within the period specified in the

notice referred 10 in section 45.

(2) Immediately afler lnominalion paper hlS been deliv~d

to the Conuniuion tile name of the candidate shall be posted at the

cntnll1cc of the Elcctoral Office with an indication of the division for

which the candidate was nominated.

(l) Objections may be made 10. nomination on the ground

thal the description of the candidate is insufficient 10 identify the

candidate, that the nomination papcrdoes nOf comply with, or was not

deliYered in ac:corl1ance wi th the provisions of this Act. that the deposit

pre5Cribcd by section 52 of this Act has IIOt been paid or thal the

candidate already SWlds nominated for tWO dectmal divi sions

Proyided that no such obj«tion may be made after the

expirationoflhe time: fued for the making of such objection in the notice

refem:d to in section 4S.

EYe!), objection shall be in writing and signed by the

(4)

objector and shall specify the ground of the objection. The Commission

itself may lodge an objection.

The Commissioners shall. with the leasl possible delay

(S)

and in any case: nOt later than twelYe worlc:ing days before the day fixed

for vOIing. decide on the validity of eye!)' obj«tion and inform the

candidate to whose nomination the objection relates or his lawful

representati ve of their decision and. if the objection is allo~d, of the

ground of their decision. The decision of the Commissioners, if

disallowing an objection. shall be final, but if allowingan objection shall

be subject 10 appeal 10 !he Court of Appeal by writ of summons filed in

contestation with the Commissionel"5 not later than ten worlting days

before the day fixed for voting.

For the purpose of tb is section, any YOlCr may ask the

(6)

Commissioners to be a1lo"'~ tosee and examine any nomination paper

accepted by them.

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(1)

il-Kummissjoni gTlandha lipprcparn f'pakkeni different; l-polOl. u d-

dokumemi OOI'll kollha u m:uerjal li j kunu se jigu kunsinnati till-

Assistemi Kummissjonarji fil-jum ta' VOID.1.zjoni.

(2) l1-Kumrnissjoni Eleuorali gr.andha tibqa' tiomm i1-

pakkcni kollha s.al-jum m.1-vomujoni meUl mbagTlad tikkunsinnallom

iiU·As$i stCDti Kummi ssjormrji qabel ma libda I-vot.uzjoni.

Ir-rappreientati tal -partiti politiCi gl'landhomjingTlata w

(3)

kull faeilitA ragonevoli sable)!. j issorvelja w l-istampar u ].verifika tal-

poloz knlllla, l-ippakkjar ta' dawk H·polol U Hqassim tagl'lhom \ill-

Assisten\i Kummissjomlrji, u li jagl'lmlu s-sigilli lagl'lhomfuq il-pakkcni

kollha prcpar&ti mill-Kummissjoni Elcuorali ,nall·kllnsinn. till-

Assistcnti Kumm issjonarji.

TAQSIMA IX

Nom;n;} la' Kandidati

5 1. (I) J '· kandi d:u glial elczzjoni gflandujigi nominal bil-miklub.

ll-formula lan-nomina, li gTlarwlha Ikun skond kifhemm fid-Disa' Skcda

li tinsab ma ' dan I-Au, ghandha Ikun iffirmala mill-.lr::andidal innifsu

(jew, jell ikun n i~les minn dawn il -G zejjer. minn I'1lpprtienlall\ tiegflu

mal'Jtur ghaldaqshekk), u miH·anqas minn erba' e1enuri irregisuati !id-

distrcu e1cuolllli li ghalih il-kandidat ikun nominal. il-formula tan-

nomina gftandha ligi ikkunsinnala liI wiel'led mill-Kummiujonarji n-

Ufficcju Elenora li miU-kandidat innifsu. jew. jekk ma jkulllL: jiSla'

minl'tabba mard jew g!'lax ikun nieqes minn dawn il-Gkjjer, mir-

rapprckntanllegiuimu lieg!'lu, fii-imien migjub n-avvii imsemml n-

anikolu 45.

(2) M in nufih W3r-J. Ji I·formula tan-oomina tigi kkunsinnata.

liIt-Kummissjoni, l-isem \aJ-kandida\ gfiandu jig; mwafiflal fid-dal\la

tal-Ufficcju Elenomli b'indikaujoni tad ·dislrett li gflalih il- kandidat

ikun gie nominal.

(3) Tism' ssiroppoiizzjoni gftal nomina minl'labba Ji fiha d-

deskrizzjoni lal-kandidat ma Ikunx biiZejjcd sabiex jigi identiflkal,

minflabba li I-fonnu la lan ·nomina mn tkunll. mag!\mula jew ma tkunx

gie! ikkunsinnata skond id·dispoiizzjonijiCI la' dan I-Au jew minftabba

li J-kandidal ikun ga gic nominal g!'lal iewg distrcui eltttOr.lli

lida rna li sla' ssir cbda oppoiizzjoni wara t-Iemm tai-

imien stabbilit biex issir dik l-oppoZizzjoni n-avvii imse:mmi n -

artikolu 45 ,

(4) Kull oppoiiujoni gllandha lkun bil-mi klub, iffirmam

mill-persuna li mgllmilhl u glIandu jkun fiha T-miuni Ii gllaliha qieg1\da

.JS ir.I1-Kummissjoni nnifisha tism' lagllmcl oppoi'zzjoni.

(S) ll-KummissjonlU"ji gllandhom, mill-aklar fis II jisla' jkun

u f'mll kai mhux aklar lard minn lnax-il jum uu:-xogl'lol qabel il-

iumala Hissam glIall -vOIaujoni. jiddeeiedu dwlU" il-validill m' kull

oppoiiujoni li gllamu IiU-kandidali li !llIan-nomina tiegllu tirreferixxi

I-oppoiiujoni Jew lir-rappreieOlanllegillimu liegllu dwlU" id-deei ijoni

mghhom u,Jell l-oppoiiujoni Iigi milqugha, bir-mgu ni tad-deCiijoni

mgllhom. Id-detiijoni tal-Kummissjonarji. mela l-oppoiizzjoni ma

tigix milquglla, hija finali, iMa mela I-oppoiiujoni liti milquglla,jiSla'

jsir appell minnha liU-Qotti la' I-A ppell b 'cilaujoni preiemslD b 'kon-

lestazzjoni maI-Kummissjonarji rnhu~ aklar lani minn gllaxan ijiem

ulIt-Jlog1\.o1 qabcl il-gumala ffi ssal8 gliBll-vOlanjooi.

(6) Gliall·finijiel ta' dan l-arli kol u, k.u!l eienur jisls' jidob

liIl-Kummissjonarji li jam u jez.amina ku!l fonnula la' nomina aeCcnala

minnhom.

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(1) A canc\idale at any elcction shall deposit, or cause to be

deposited on his behalf, with the Commission, before his nomination

can be ac<:epted, the sum oHony lin in respect of each nomination, and

ifhe fails to do so, the nomination in respect of which nodepo$it is be

made shall nOt be accepted by the CommissiollCrs.

(2) Jf aftertbc:dcpo$it is made thecandidaturc is withdrawn

in punuancc of tbc: provisions of this Act, tbc: deposit shall be returned

10 the person by whom it was made; and ifthe candidate dies after the

deposit is made and before the voting has commenced, the deposit, if

made by him, shall be returned 10 his heirs and if not made by him, shal l

be rcturned to the person by whom il was made.

(3) If I candidate who has made the required deposit is IlOl

elccted, and the number of votes polled by him does not exceed onc-

tenth of the number 01 vOles polled divided by the number of members

10 be elected for that division, the amount deposited shaH be forfeited

and paid by the Commissioners into the Consolidated Fund but in any

other case the amount shall be rctumed to the candidate, wherc the

candidate is elected, as soon as he has taken the ooth as a member, and

where the candidate is nOl elected, as soon as practicable afteT the rcsull

of the election is declared.

(4) Where I candidate is nominated at an election in two

divisions he shall not recover his deposit morc than once unless he is

elected in both divisions, and if such candidate fails \0 obtain, in eitller

division, the minimum number of votes required in ac<:ordance with

subsection (3) of this section he shaH forfeit both deposits.

Forthe purposcof this section the number of votes polled

(S)

by • candidate shall be the highest number of vOles credited to him at

any time during the counting of the votes.

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If at the upiration of tile ti me fixed for the nominations

of candidates, no candidate shall have been nominaTed for an eleclOraI

division, the Commissioners shall cause a report to that effect to be

published in the Gazette on the following working day, and in such

case the President may issue I IICW Writ for an election for Ihat

division .

.54. (I) If at the expiration of the time fixed for the receipt of

nomination, the number of candidates nominated for an electnral

division isequalto orless than the number of candidates that the VOlers

in such divi sions an: entitled 10 return, tbc: Commissioners shal l return

10 the President the names of the candidates nominated as members

ejected 10 the House 10 rcpresentthal division and such return shall be

published in the Gazette.

(2) If the number of candidates nominated for an electoral

division be less than that wllich the voters in that division are entilled 10

mum, the President on the ~tllm made lohim in terms of subsection ( I)

ohms section, shall issue. new Writ fO!" the eJection of mcmbcn 10 fill

the remaining vacant sealS in \hll1 electoral division, and irthereupon no

clUldidaleS are nominated, oriflhe nummof candidates nominated is

less than the numbe r of yaC:ln1 seats, the seats thereafter remaining

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vacant may be filled by the co-option of a member or members

by the House and Ihe President shall not issue a new Writ in respect

(3)

lfmore than such numilero£ candidates 15 aforesaid be

nominated for an electoral division, the Commissioners shall cause a

notice 10 be published in the Government Gazette over their signature

slating the names of the candidates and the division for whic h they have

been nominated. No person whose name has nOl been publislled in the

said notice may be elected \0 be a Member of the House.

A candidate may. during the time: prescribed for IIOm.ina-

SS.

lion, bul nOllater than six hours before the upiration of the said time,

withdraw bis candidature by giving llOtice to the Commission 10 that

effect. Such notice ~all be signed by the candidate or if he is absent

from th~ Islands, by his duly appointed representative.

PART X

Assistllnt Commissioners

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(1) lekk meta jagTIlaq iz·imien li fih gfiandhorn jigu preienlati

n-nomini, in-numro Ill' kandidali innorninan gl'lal distrett elettorali jkun

daqs jew inqas m inn dak in· numru la' kandidati li J·e1enuri f'dak id-

distren huma ;nlilol3li li jlellgl\u, jJ- Kummissjonarji gl'landhom jirrap-

portaw IHI·President I·ismijiel lal-kandidati nominali brIala I-rnembri

deni gl'lall-Kamrl\ biex jicrapprei.enraw dak id-distrett u dak ir-rapport

gliandu jigi rnalirug n!..(iazzella.

(2) lekJ, in-numru la' kandidati nominali glial distrett elel-

torali jkun anqas minn dak li I-eletturi f'dak id·diSlrett huma inlitolali li

jleUghu, il·President fuq ir·rapport magl'lmullilu skond is·subanikolu

(I) la' dan I-artikolll, g~andll jol'lrog Writ gdid gTlaJl-elezzjoni ta' mernbri

biex jimtlew jJ·poslijiel bmtala li jkun fadal f'dak id-distrett eleltorali,

u jekk tnela jsir dan ma jkllllU nominali ebda i:andidati, jew jekk in-

numru la' kandidnli nominali jkon inqas min-numru la' postijiet battala,

ii·poslijiel 1i wara dan jilxjgl'lu bansla jistgl'lu jimliew bil-gl'laua ta'

membrujew membri mill -Kamra u I· Presidenl ma gTlandux jol'lrog Writ

gdid gl'la!ihom.

Jekk gl\al dislreu eleuorali jigu nominBli kandidali izjed

(3)

min-numru hawn fuq imsemrni, il·Kurnmissjonarji gliandhomjoliorgu

avviz lal'll il·finna taglihom fiI-Gazzcna, u fih jaghtu l-isrnijiel tal-

kandidali u d-di stren li glia lih gew nominal;' Ebda pcrsuna Ii l-isem

tagl'lha ma jkunx !;ie ippubblikal f'dak I-avviz ma lista' ligi elena bliala

Membru lal-Kamm.

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Kand idat jisla', fii-imien slabbilil ghan-nomina, iida

mhu" izjed Ian! minn sill sieghal qabel majagh1aq iz-:imien hawn fuq

imsernmi,jil1ira l-kandidatura liegllu billijagflli lilI·Kununissjoni avvii

glialdaqshekk. Dan l-avvii gliandujkun iffinnat mill-kandidaljew jekk

ikun nieqes minn daw n il·Gi:ejjer, mir·rappreZentanl liegl'lu mal'ltur

gl\aldaqshekl: .

TAQSIM AX

A ssislenti Kummissjonarji

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( \) Subject 10 the provisions of the following sections of this

Act the Commission ~al l appoinl as many Assistant Electoral Commi~

sloners hcrc:inafier refcrrod to as " Assistant Commissioners" as may be

necessaJ)', 10 superintend theelectioo in the manner bc:rein prescribed.

No Assistant Commissioner shall be appointed to superintend the poll

in the elcctorni division in which he resides or where he habitually

exercises his profession or calling.

(2) The Assistant Commissioners shall take the oath of

office as set Ollt in the Temh Schedule to this Act, before one of the

Commissioners and shal l follow the insuuctions which they may

receive from the Eicctorni Commission for the discharge of theirdutie5.

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( I) Every political pany shall, within ten dayso! publication

of the Writ, be entitled to nominate a number of persons, equal to one

and I half times the number of polling booths, to act as Assistant

Commissioners, and to the exICnt th at such pcr~ms have the necessary

ability to perform the functions of Assistant Commissioner and are 1101

disqualified from so acting by the provisions of thi~ Act, the Commis·

sion shal l appoint Assi stant Conunissioners from amongst such persons.

(2) The Commission sha ll moreover itself nominate as As·

siSWlt Commissioners such numberofperSOlls a~ is necessary in order

that in each of the poDing booths there be in auendance at all times at

least one person nominated by the Commission 10 act as Assistllnt

Commissiooer,

(3) In no case shall there be less than 1hrec Assistant Com·

missioners nominated to superi ntend the poll in each polling booth and

should all or any of the political panie~ fail to nominate all or any

Assistant Commissioners in terms of and within the ti me established in

subsection (I) of this section, the Commission shall itself nominate

Other Assistant Commissioners in order to ensure Ihat, at least, three

Assistant Commissioners are in BttenJance in each polling booth.

(4) For the purposeofthc time established in subsection ( I)

of this section, the Commission shall not later than tWO days after the

publicatiOll of the Writ inform the panies of the number of Assistant

Commissioners that each party will be required to nominate.

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(I)

A person shall IlOl hold the office of Assistanl Commis-

sioner if he is a candidue for ek:ction 10 the House, or is a t<:lative by

consanguinity or affinity up 10 thc second degree to any candidate for

eJection, or is manifcstly in thc opinion of the Commission, after

consulting the party delegates unsuitable 10 perform the functions of

Assi stant Commissioner.

(2) Within tWO days following the day men tioned in subsec-

tion ( I )of section 57 the Commission shall deliver to the political panics

• list of all persons nominated to act as Assistam Commissioners

indicating their names, identity card numbers, ncldt<:sses and occupation

as weU as the polling booth u which each will be in allendance.

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(I) Thepoltical parties, IIOIlaterthan twO days aftertheday

mentioned in subsection (2)ofsection 58, shall have the right to object

in writing 10 the Commission with respect 10 the appointmem of any

person as Assistant Commissioneron anyoflhe grounds menrioned in

subsection (1) of section 58.

(2) Whet<: an objection is received by Ihe Cornmi~sion in

lermsofthe preceding subsection of this section, it shall, not later than

the IICxt following day, call a meeting of the pany delegates todiscus~

such objection$.

(3)

Any objection made in accordance with the preceding

subsections shall be determined by Ihe Commission. TI!edctennination

by the Commission shall be final and binding on all concerned. Where

after hearing such objections tile Commission determines Ihall person

nominated by. political party 10 beappoinltd as an Assistan t Commis---

sionershalJ nol be soappoinled, the poli lica) party which had nominated

mal puson shall have the righllO nominate another person in his stead.

(4) 'The fresh nominations mentioned in !he p~eding sub-

section of this section shall be made immediately after lhedetermination

of all I he objections. The limes mentioned in subscctions ( 1) and (2) of

this section shall apply 10 objections lopersons nominated as Assistant

Commissioners in lenns of subsection (3) of this section, and if any

objection is receival and upheld by the Commission, the Commission

itself shall appoint another person 10 be Assistant Commissioner in his

slead and such appointment shall be final and noobjection may be made

in respect thereof.

(S) Upon final detennination of all objections the Commis-

sion shall assign the Assistant Commissioners to the various polling

booths; such distribution shall be m3de in such marmer as toensul'C lhat

in each polling booth there is. at least, one Assislant Commissioner

nominated by the Commission and one Assistant Commissionernomi-

nBted by each pany contesting the election in that division

Provided that where a political pany has IlOt nominated

a sufficient numberof persons to be appoimed AssiSlant Commissioners.,

the Commission shall only be required to assign, in respect of that

political pany, such Assistant Commissioners as have been nominated

by it and appoinICd Assistant Commissioners..

(6) 'I'M: Commission shall, within tWO days of the final

determination referred 10 in the preceding subsection, cause a list to be

publi$hed in the Gazene showing the name, address, identity card

number and occupation of each Assistant Commissioner appointed, the

polling booths 10 which each has been assigned, and indicating the

Assistant Commissiooers who an: assigned but held in reserve.

(7) After the final distribution of all Assistant Cormnissioo-

ers and up 10 the end of vOling, the Corrunission alone shall have the

right to substitute Assistant Commissioners and then only for grave and

sufficient reasons and in such manner as to ensure Ihat where the

Assistant Commissioner substituted is one nominated by a political

pany, his substitute shall be a person nominated by the same pany,

proYided a suffICient number of Assiscant Commissioners have been

nominated by that plny.

PART XI

Voting

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(I) On or before the day of nomination at an ele<:tion I.

person shal l be named in writing by or on behalf of each candidate as his

agent (Of such election and such perwn is in Ihis Act referred to as the

clcetion agent.

(2) A candidate may name him sel f as ele<:non agent, and

thereupon shall, $0 far as circumstances admit, be subje<:t to the

provisions of this Act, both as a candidate and as an election agent, and

any reference in this Act toan ele<:tion agentshall be construed to refer

10 the candidate acting in his capacity of election agenl.

(3) Onc election agent only shall be appointed for each

candidate, butthc appointment, whethcrthcelection agent appointed be

thecandidate himsclfOf not, may be revoW, and in the event of such

revocation or of the death of the election agent, whether such event is

before. during, or after the elcction, then fonh with another election

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agent shall be appointed. and his name and addn:ss decl~d in writing

10 the Commissioners, who shall forthwith give public notice of the

6 1. (1) Every political party shaU have the right to nominate as

its agents suc h number of persons as is equal 10 the number of baJlot

boxes and such persons are in this A ct n:felTed 10 as party agents.

(2) The party agents $0 nominated shall have the righlto be

present in the polling booth s prior to the start and at the close of the poll

for the purposes provided for in this Act.

(3) Po litical panics exercising the right granted to them by

subsection (I) of this section shall forward a list to the Commission

containing the names of the persons nominated by thcm as its agents not

later than the day appointed for lhe nomination of Assistant Commis-

sione rs in tcmu of section 57 of this Act.

No person shall be appoimed election agent or party

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( I)

tieghu dak in-numru Il' persuni lijkun daqs in· numru u'l:axex taI -voti

u dawk il-persuni rdan I·A n jissemmcw agenti ta' panil.

(2) Oawk I-agenti 11' partitli helljinhalnljkollhomjcdd Ii

j kunu preienti fil·kmamar tll-votazzjoni qabel ma tibda u fi tmiem il-

VOIazzjoni aftaU·finijicl dwarhom proVdu i fdan I-AIt.

(3) !I-pani li politici Ii jkunu qegMin iwcttqu I-jedd mogllti

Ulhom bis -s ubarlikolu (1) la' dan l-ani kolu gllandhom iressqu !iSIa

quddiem il-Kummissjoni li jkun fih. l-ismijiet tal-persuni nominati

minnhom bIIala aienti ta' kull wielied minnhom mhux iklar lard milt-

jumata stabbilila ghn-nornin a la' AssiSlenli Kummissjonarji skond 1-

anikolu 57 ta' dan I-All.

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agent who has within seven years previous to such appoinuncnt been

found guilty of any corrupt practice under this Act orisdetcnnincd by

the Commission to be manifestly unsuitable to act as suc h,

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( I ) Togethcr with the namc.ad~ss and iden titycard number

of the election or party agent, the cand idale or political party as Ihe case

may be, shall forward to the Commission a passpon si te photograph of

Ihe agent, and the Commissioners shall nOt later than seven day s before

the Start of the voting forward to such agent a tamper proof identity

document bearing the photograph ofllle agent franked wilh the seal of

lite Commission and indicating Ihe n:une, address and identity card

number of the agent and by whom he has been nominated. The identity

documents as issued shall be progressively numbcml, shall be of a

different colour so as 10 easily distinguish election and pan)' agents and

shall be worn in a conspicuous m.:tJlner by the agent concerned in the

ex.cercise of his funedon!.

(2) Within Ihe lime esmblished in the preceding subsection

of this seclion, Iht Commission shall cause 10 ~ publi shed in the

Gaune a list of lhe names, addreucs and identity card numbers of all

ele<:tion and pan)' agents nominated indicating with respect 10 each one

of them by whom he has been nominated, and whctherhe is an e]e<:lion

Of pany agent and the progressive numbe r of Ihe identity document

iss ued 10 him .

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(I) (a) In each polling booth a listofvolersentilied (ovolein

that polling 'oootlltogcther with copies of the photograph of cach

voter shall be kcpt by the Assistant Commissioncn. Every page

of suc:h list and every com:ction or cancellation lhereon shall be

signed by a Commiss ioner and a party delegate of each political

pany.

(b) Copies of such lists without photographs shall be for-

warded by the Commission to all political panics Contesting the

clection :u leaSl fi fteen days prior 10 thc day fixed for voting and

thc Commi ssion shall keep the politica l panics informed of all

changes cffcctcd to such lists. The lists shall idemify thc polling

broIh wtlere eac h votercmitJed 10 vote shall exercise his righllO

VOle, shalllisl the voters who are 10 VOle in each polling booth in

alphabcticalorderaccording to Ihcsumamesoflhc voter.;, assigning

to u c h voter a dislinct and consecut ive nu mber and indicating the

name, surname, addrcss and identity card number of each votcr as

well as the registered number of the respecli ve voting document

of each voter.

(c) Thc name of e"ery voter who delivcn a valid voting

document and to whom a ballot paper is delivered by the A ssistant

Commissioners shall be marked on such list kepI for the purposc

by the A ssistant Commissiorn:rs and in such manner as is directed

by the Commission.

(2) VOting shall be held on a Sall,lf{lay. Voting shall SlaA at

1.00 a.m . and Sh811 close 8t 10.00 p.m.

Provided that every voter, who al the c lose of time of

voting is present in a polling pl~ for the purpose of voting shall be

entitled to m:cive a ballot paper and to YOle;

Proyided further that, where the Conunission are sa ti s-

fied that the time allowed for YOling has been, or will be, for any reason

beyond their cornrol, miuced at all or in anyone or more of the places,

they may, whether before or after Ihe poll has commenced, e ~lend the

time fi;ced for the poll at s.uch polling place or plllCes so lIS to make good

for the time lost, IS aforesaid.

(3) TheCommissioo shall,as far as possible, provide facilities

so that handicapped persons, including persons in wheelchairs, may

vote in comfort.

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No public meeting or public demonstration shall be held

on the day immediately preceding the commencement of voting and on

the day fixed for voting.

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Ebdu mec1inll pubblikujewdimostnzzjoni pubblikama

jiSlgllu jsiru fil-jum 1i jal\tKl] minnufill qabeJ i)·bidu tal-votaujoni u fiI-

gumall slabbiJita gl'lall-vollu)onL

Matul il-fiin Slabbilil ghall-votazz,ioni rxi post tal-

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vouzzjoni, hadd, lllief min ikun Qed jislenna bicx jiVVOla, rua j ista'

jitnikka rdiSllnza 11' lIamsin mctru minn dak i)-post ta' votazzjoni; u

fladd majista'. fdik id·dislanta ta' tlamsin metru,jlgrllnei propaganda

politika b'kull mod ikun ~'ikun. Kull bun, banu! jew stabbilimcnt

pubbHku ichor IUI dik id·distBnza gflandu jiniamm magtlluq fiI-jum tal-

votaujoni.

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During the lime fixed fOl"Yoting at any polling place, no

person, other Ihan a person waiting to yote, shaH loiter within a distance

of fifty metres from that polling place nor shall any person within the

said distance of rlfty metres make political propaganda in any manner.

Any club, shop or other public establishment within such distance sh all

be kept closed on polling day.

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No person shall congregate during voting, in any Streel,

square or oIlier place, leading from the pJace of residence of any voter

10 any polling place, in such numbers or otherwise in such manner as 10

be likely to irnimidate any voter, or loobstruct his approach to or from

a polling place, or to lead to a breach of the peace.

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TheCommissioo shall deliyerlo the Ass istant Commis-

sioners for each polling booth one or more sealed ballot boxes, a

sufficienl number of bal lot papers, lists of the voters entitled 10 vote at

that polling booth and Other releyanl documents and materials.

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(I) NOI car\ier than f()Ur days prior 10 the transportJIlion of

the ballot boKes 10 the polling place, the Commission shall proceed to

seal all the openings of the ballot boxes after ascertaining thllthe ballot

boxes are empty. The Commission shall at leasl three days before such

scaling publish a ootice in theGazeue slaling the time and place where

such sealing is 10 take place, the total numberofballOI boxes available,

the number 10 be used for polling and the place where Ihe extra ballOt

boxes will be held. Candidates, elCC1ion agenlS, party delegales and a

number, preyiooslydclermined by the Electoral Commission, of persons

from each political party, shall have the right 10 anend at such sealing

and place their personal seals on all the openings of the ballot boxes.

(2)

After Ihe ballot boxes have been scaled in the manner

aforesaid they shall be placed in a room which shall be sealed until the

day immediate ly preeeeding 10 the day fixed for voting, on which day

the room shall be opened and the ballot boxes II'1U1sponcd to the variou s

polling places. The room wherein the ballot boJlOe$ arc kept until

transportation ~all be adequately lit at all times and shall have I small

opening in the door to allow visual t heckinS; so however for the purpose

of Inlnsponing Ihe b:l.llot boxes 10 Gow, suc h trarlsportation may take

place lwodays precceding the day of the poll, and rransporution aflhe

ballol bou:s 10 the individual polling places in Ooze shall take place on

tile day immediately preceeding Ihe day of the poll.

Political panies, as well as candidates. election agents

and the party delegates, shall be granled adequate facili ties \0 seal all

openings in10 the room , 10 physically check the baJ101 boxes through the

opening in the OUtside door and 10 accompany the bolles in the 1I'1U1S-

ponalion \0 the polling plllCes

Provided that for the purposes of oYeneeing the tranS-

portation of the ballot boxes from the room designated in subsection ( I)

of this section to the polling places the political panics shal l have the

right to nominate an adequate number of persons in propootion 10 lhe

number of ballot boxes, provided that such perwns IIR: not considered

manife stly unsuitable by the Commissioners.

(3) After Ir.lJl sponatio.n to the polling place all ballot boxes

consigned to each polling place shall be sealed inone room which shall

be adequately lit at all times and wh ich shalt allow visual checking

through a sma.11 opening in thedoor. On the day fixed for voting and 30

minutes prior to the stan thereof, the room shall beopened and the hallot

boxes transported to the yarious polling booths.

Pol itical plrlies as well as candidates, election agents

and the party delegates sbaH be gi ven adequate facil ities to seal all

openings into the room, to physicaUy chee k the ballot boxes at aU times

through the opening in the outside door, to be present when the seals to

the room are broken and to watch the transportation of lhe bal101 boxes

10 the polling booths.

(4) Immediately prior to the start of yoting the Assis tant

Commissioners in the presence of any candidate, election agent orparty

agent or party delegate as Tl\3y be present shaU, without breaking the

seals, check that the ballOl boxes consigned 10 them are empty by

shaking the ballol box and shall thereupon break the seal or seals 10 the

o pening through which ballot papers shall be inserted. If the Assistanl

Commissioners or any DIIC of them or lIJly candidate orelection agent

or party agent or panydelegate as may be present suspects Ihat the ballot

box is 1101 empty, the AssisWlt CommiS$ionen shall 1101 break the seal

OI'"$Cals as aforesaid but mall immediately notif ythe Commission which

shall break open all seals in the presence of the party de legates and

Assistant Commissioners concerned. The Commission shall ascertain

that the ballot box is empty and reseal the ballot bo .. before allowing the

start of the voting and the party delegates shall have the righllO place

their personal seals thereon.

E-.oepl in the eventuality provided for in the preceding

(5)

subsection, the seals placed on the lid of the ballot boxes shall not be

broken except when the ballot boxes are opened for the eounting of

votes.

(6) For tile purpose of this section, where the Commission

dcteonines that becau!lC of lack of space, not all the !lCals may be

conveniently placed, the Commission may direct that not all $Cals sh all

be soaffi .. ed ensuring IIowevetthat each political pany will be given!he

opponunity to affix at least one seal on each ballot box.

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(I) Any voter wishing 10 vote shall attend at the polling

booth, specified in the voting document received by him and shall

deliver such document 10 an Assistant Commissioner at such polling

booth during Ihe hours appointed for voting.

(2) No person shall be allowed to vote unless he produces

and delivers the voting document to [he Assistant CommiS$ioners.

(3) No inquiry shall be permitted at the time of voting as 10

the right of any person 10 vote, so long as the nBme of such person is

included in !he list referred 10 in subsection (I )of section 64 oflhis Act,

but the AssiSUtnt Commissioners may, before the delivery of the ballot

paper to a voter, put to him such questions as Ihey may deem proper 10

satisfy themselves of the idenlity of soch voter.

(4) The Assistant Commissioners, upon the production and

delivery tothem of the voting document and having satisfied Ihem!lClves

of the identity of the voter, shall strike OUt the name of the vOlerfrom the

list aforesaid and shall deliver 10 him, after marking it with ollkia]

marks, aballotpaper. Forthe purposcsofth is Act, "official mark"shall

mean the stamp which the Commission shall direct the Assistant

Commissioners to use; so however that each political party may direct

the Assistant Commissioner nominated by it to use a stamp of its own

toman the ballot papers, provided that an imprinloflhe slamp so used

is deposited with the Commission prior to the stall of the poll; such

stamp shall 1101 be necessary for the validity of the baUot paper.

(5)

The Assistant Commissioners may at their discretion

administer an oath 10 any voter in the fonn sel OUt in Ihe Eleventh

Schedule to this Act.

(6) Any person refu si ng 10 an swer any questions PUIIO him

under subseclion (3) of Ihis seclion or 10 take the oath referred 10 in

subseclioo (5) of this section shall not be pennined to vote.

(7) llte Assislant Commissioners shall 00( refuse a ball()(

paper 10 any person whose name is included in the list referred to in

subsection (l) of section 64 of Ihis Act and otherwise satisfieS the

n:quirements of this seclion, unless !he person so elaiming 10 vote, upon

being questioned under this section, appears to the Assistant Commis-

sioners not to be tile person whose name ison the aforesaid list arto ha ve

pn:viously vOled li the same election.

(8) The Assistant Commissioners shall keep a written reconI

of the taking of any oath administered 10 any person under this section,

and oftlleir refusal to allow any pe[l;Qn \0 vote.

(9) Saving the provis ions of section 77 of this Act 110 vOler

shall be allowed to vote except at the polling booth specified in tile

voting document prod uced by him for purposes of voting.

(10) A VOler, who has inadvertently spoilt Ilis ballol-paper

may, on delivering IIle spoilt ba llot paper to IIle Assistant Commis-

sionet, and proving the facl of inlKlvenence to the satisfac:tion of the

Assistan t Commissioner. obtain another ballol paper in its place a nd the

spoilt ballot paper shall be immediately eaneeUed.

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( I)

Each voter shall have one transferable vote.

(2)

A voter. in reCOfding his vOle

(a) must place on hi s ballot paper the figure 1 opposite the

name of the candidate for whom he votes; and

(b) may in addition indicate the order of his choice or

preference for as m:lnyolllercandidate5 as he pleases by placing

against their respective names the figure 2, 3, 4, 5 and6 and soon

in consecutive numerical order.

A ballot paper shall be invalid in which

(3)

(a) Ihe figure I slanding alone indicating a first preference

for one candidate is nOt placed; or

(b) lhe figure 1 standinga loneindicating a first Jm:ferenceis

set Opposite the name of more Ihan one candidate: or

(c) the figure 1 standing alone indicating a first preference

and some other !lumber is SCt opposite the name of tile same

candidate; or

(d) iI cannot be determined with certainty for which c.ndi-

date tbe (ITSt preference of the voter is expressed; or

(e) any writing or mark is made by which the voter can be

identified; or

the official mark as defined in subsection (4) of section

(0

70 is not made.

(4) A voter shall record his vote 5CCretly inside a cubicle in

!he booth provided for this purpose and construCted in such a manner as

not 10 allow !he voter to be seen when marking his ballot paper. A fter

markin g his ballot paper the voter shall fold the ballot paper so as 10

conceal his vote and shall then put the ballot paper in the ballot box in

the presence of the Assislant Commissioners.

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( i ) Any voter who declares 10, and shows to the salis faction

of, the Assislan t Commissioners thal he is unable by rcalOll ofhlindness,

other physical cause or illiteracy to marlr: his hallO!: paper. may rcqUCSl

an Assistant Commissioner 10 mark the paper on his behalf indicating

for which clUldidate or candidates he wishes 10 vote and the order in

which he wi shes to record his vote

Provided Ihat the voter may nOl ask for any panicuhtr

Assistant Commissioner to mark the ballol paper on his beh al f.

(2) The Assistant Commissioners are bound 10 secrecy wilh

rcgard to the voting of persons whom Ihey have assisled to vote.

(3) l1Iere shal l be nOliess than IWO Assistant Commission-

ers present when the VOle is being recorded under the provisions of

subsection (I)ofthis seclion, but no other person shall beallowed in the

room.

(4) When an Assistant Commissioner is authorised to assist

a voter \0 record his VOle, Ihe Assistant Commissioner shal l rcquiresuch

voter 10confum his declaration on oolh. and on salisf ying himself of the

c:om:Ctnes5 of such decllLtation he shall record the vOle of suc h voter on

the hallO!: paper, in acoon:lance with Ihe indication made by such voter

and following the procedurc set down hereunder.

<a) TheA ssistantCommissionershall ask the voter. "Which

of the candidates do you most desi re to see elected?" and shan

place Ihe figure I on the ballot paper opposite the name of Ihe

candidate indicated by the voter.

(b) The Assistant Commissioner shall then ask the voter.

"For wh ich of the candidates do you desirc to exprcss a second

choice?" and shall place the figure 2 on the ballot paper opposite

the "&meol the candidate indicated by the voter.

(c) The Assistant Commissione r shall repeat the Openltion

in reference lOa thim or any subsequent preference until the vOter

shall declare thal he does not desire to express any further choice.

(d) In order to assist such voterS in indicating their prefer-

ences, the Electoral Commissioners shall pennit the display in the

pol ling places of photographs of the candidate$, if the wne are

supplied by the candidates themselves or by a political party on

their behalf. Each photograph may bear, in addition to the name

of the candidate represented, the badge and name of the party, if

any, to which he belongs.

Such photographs shall be of such size anddescripc:ion as

the Eleclon.l Commissioners may require and shall be displayed

in such manner as they .shall direct and in the order in which the

candidates' names appear on the ballot-paper.

(e) At the commencement of these opentioru; and at any

subsequent Stage the Assistant Commissioner shall, if desired by

the voter, read out in the order in wh ich they appear on the ballot

paper, the names of aH candidates for whom a choice has not

already been expressed by the voter.

If any such VOler, however, shaH requesl the Assistant

(f)

Commissioner to read out the names of the ca ndidates of one

particular political pany only, the Assistant Commissioner shall

do so by reading in al phabetical order the names of the candidatcs

who have supplied an indication of tbeir adhesion 10 !hal polilical

party Ind omitting the names of the other candidates.

While a VOIer is recording his vote, the Assi stant Com-

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missioners shall keep al sufficienl distance so as nO! to be able to see the

vOle recorded.

The Assislant Commissioners shall in nocase pennit any

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person to Ulke his ballot paper out of Ihe room or OUI of their sight until

it is insened inlO Ihe bailor box.

Saving the provision of seclion 72, no Assistan t Corn-

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missioner or any other pe rson shal l record the VOle forany voter, OTshaU,

It any polling place make any suggestion 10 him directly Of indirectly

regarding the candidale or candidates for whom he ihould VOle or

regard ing his choice of pre rerence.

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Except where otherwise stated in this Act the Assistant

Commissioners shall not allow any persott not being a police officer on

ducy, or a person lawfully entrusted with some dU ly in conne(;tion with

the elections. or a pcnon entitled to vote at that poUing place. 10 enter

such polling place; nor shall they permit any voter or other person to

remain in the polling place longer than ne<:essary.

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( I) The Conunissiooen. the Assistant Commissioners. p0-

lice officers and other penon.s lawfully entrusled wi th sonx: duty al I

specific polling place may. with the approval of the Conunission and

provided that they SO inform the Commission at least fany eight hours

prior to the SWtof voting, record their VOtes in the polling place in which

they are performing such duty and which has been designated for this

plllpOSC by the Conunission.

Such persons shall casltheir VOles as early as practicable

(2)

at the stan of voting.

(3)

A list of persons 50 entitled to vote shall be kept lIthe

Electoral OffICe and in such polling place and shall be open to inspection

by the pany delegate at least twenty·four hours prior to the start of

voting.

(4) Candidates foreloction may record their votes in oneof

the polling places designated for the purpose by the Commission and

situated in the division in which they stand for election.

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(I) After the expiration of the time fixed for voting, the

A.!;sistanl Commissioners shall seal the opening of the ballot box, shall

place in I packet all unused and spoilt ballot papers and all printed or

written recOlds kept by them,lffixing their lieal thereto, after Slating and

signing on the said packet the number thereof, and shall place in a

separnte pac ket all voting documents delivered to them. The official

marks used by the Assistant Commissioners including those used by the

Assistant Commissioners IIOIIlinated by the political parties shall be put

in a separ.te packet which shall be sealed with the seal of the Commis-

sion after all Assistant Commissioners have amlled their signature

thereto.

(2) For tile purposes of the previous subsection of this

section the Assistant Commissioners shall pllysically count and recon·

cile the numberof unused and spoilt ballot papers. the numberof persons

marked as lIaving voted on the list referted to in subsection (I ) section

64.nd the number of voting documents delivered to them.

(3) After tile close of tile poll and before the ballot boxes are

removed from the polling booths, Ihe AssiSlant Commissioners shall

affill a notice on the door of each polling booth and signed by alllhe

Assistant Commissioners stating the numbero£ voters entitled to vote at

Ihal polling booth, Ihe numberofballot papers received by them from

the Commission, the number of voting documents delivered to them

distinguishing as 10 whether they are ordinary or special. the number of

spoilt ballot papers and the number of unused ballot papers being

returned by them to the Commission and the number of pcroons who

have V()(ed in that polling booth. The said noticesbal l in this section be

henceforth referred to as the "ballot paper account".

A copy ofthe ballot paper a«:OIInt shall be delivered by

the Assistant Commissioners to each political party by handing it to any

candidate, election or party agent representing such party as may be

present, and shall also be deli~mi 10 the Commission at the place

specified in paJ'llgraph (c) of section 4S of this Act and the Commission

shall immediately thereon provide a copy to the pany delegates.

(4) Oncompletion of all the duties mentioned in the preced·

ingsubsoction of this section, the Assistant Commissioners shall deliver

the ballot box or boxes and all documents alld packets entrusted to them

tothe Commission al the plllCC specified in paragraph (c)of section 4S.

(S) Pany delegates. candidates. election agents and party

agents shall have the rigbt to auend at the reconciliation and sealing of

papers and sealing of ballot boxes, mentioned in the p~eding

5Ubsections of this section. to affix their own per$OIIal seals to the

packages containing the papers and to the ballot boxes and shall, subject

10 the provision of the following subsections of the section, be granted

facilities to watch and accompany the transponation of the ballot boxes

from the pollin& place up to their delivery to the Commission.

(6) (a)

Nomorethanooepartyagentfromeachpolitical

party may be present in each polling booth at anyone time during

the procedure for the sealing of ballOt boxes;

(b)

The Assistant Commissioners shall ensure that

candidates. election agents, party agentsOfpaJty delegates as may

be present shall be called in prior to their stani ng the procedures

outlined in the previous subsections of this section for the scaling

of ballot boxes and packets and ~oncilialion;

(c)

The candidates, election agents, party agents

and party delegates that may be present sh.all be granted all

reasonable facilities to oversee, rocord and request recounts of all

the operations ulldenllken by the Assistant Commissioners in

temu of the previous subsections of this scerion and without

prejudice to the genernlity of the above-

(i)

to reconcile the number of persons who have

voted as stated in the ballot paper account with the number of

persons which the Assistant Commissioners have struck off the

list referred toin section 64 oftbisAc( and the number of voting

documents received by the Assistant Commissioners;

to reconcile the names of the voters which the

(ii)

Assistant Commissioners have struck off the list refelTed to in

section 64 of this Act with the namesorthe voting documents

received by them;

to record the names orthe persons who have not

(iii)

voted;

(d)

After al! the procedures indicated in the previ-

OIlS subsection of this subsection have been completed, the

Assistant Commissioners shall keep the ballol box and a1l docu-

ments and packets in the polling booth until such time as the

vehicle designated by the Commission forthe transferofthe ballot

boxes arrives at the polling place. Any candidate, election agent

orpany agent or party delegate as may be preSent shall also have

the right to remain at such polling booth;

(e)

During the transportation from the polling place

to the place designated by the Commission for the delivery of

ballot boxes in lerms of subsection (3) of section 45 no more than

one representative (rom each of the political panies may board the

vehicle designated by the Commission for transportation;

The representatives mentioned in the previous

(0

paragraph of this subsection shall be designated by the political

panies and shall be duly authorised by the Commission and shall

bear identification similar to that required by subsection (1) of

section 63 and shall have these names publicised in terms of

subsection (2) of section 63;

(g)

The refusal by any Assistant Commissioner to

sign any declaration or document shall not of itself invalidate the

contents thereof.

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The Assistant Commissioners shall keep order in the

poUing place under their charge and shall be responsible for any

irregularity in the voting in that place in so far as such irregularity could

have been prevented by them.

PART XII

Voting in Retirement Homes

SO.

Forthe purposesofthisPan, "a retirementhome"means

such place or places principally used for the care of elderly persons in

whiCh at least fifty voters reside

Provided Ihalthe provisions of par1I&nph (a)o£ subsec-

tion (3) of section 81 ,of paragraph (b) of sub\;eetion (1) of section 82 and

of section 83 shall nO( apply 10 retirement homes nOl run or administered

by the Government

Within twenty·four hours of the publication ofthc Writ

8 1.

(1)

(or the election of members 10 the Hou$C, the Commission shal l form •

sub-<:omrniueceonsisting of a CommilSiooer. who shall act aschairper-

son, and a n:prcsenlative of each ofpoJitical parties and shall delegate

10 the sub-commillee!he n.mn ing of!he election in all retirement homes.

(2)

The $ub-comminec shall have the dUly loensurc that no

undue pressUll: is broughllo bear on VOters in old age homes, lhat plOper

and adequate facilities are given 10 all political parties \0 canvass such

vOlen, that adequate ammgcmems for voting are made in view oflhe

special needsof such voters and Ihal no polilicaJ party enjoys any unfair

advantage.

Without prejudice 10 the generaliry of me above provi·

(l)

sions. the sub-comminee shall en sure ilia!

(a) immediate steps are take n to tcmponrily remove and

substitute members of slllff gravely suspected to have I ttempted

to innuenee VOters;

(b) amngememslll'C made for the receipt and properdeliv-

ery of propaganda material and for canvassing duri ng visi tin g

hours bycandidates and political parties comesting that electoral

division;

(c) complaims by political parties and or candidates are

speedily investigated and rectified when found to bejustificd.

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Gl\a1I -finijiet la' din il-Taqsima, "dar la' )·antjani" tfisser

dak il-posl Jew dawk il·postijiet principalmenl utali gl'lall-kura la'

persuni IInzjani li fihom ikunu, mill- inqas. joqogMu l'Iamsin elettur

JUla d·dispoziujonijiellul· pamgmfu (a) IU·Sl.Ibanikolu

(3) la' l-ani kol u 81 , \al -paragrafu (b) IDs-subani kolu (I ) la' l·anikolu 82

uta' l-anikolu 83 ma gllandhomx juppllkaw gl'la] djar la' l-anlja ni li ma

jlrunux ill1ll'lexx ijin Jew arnminiSIf'Jli mill-G vern.

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(I) Fi imien erbgl'la u gl'loxrin sieglla mill·pubblikazzjoni

tar· WrilgllaJl-eJcujoni ta' membri m· Knmm. il -Kummissjoni gllandha

twaqqaf sollo- kumil al li jkun magllmul m;nn Kummissjomuj u, li

jagllmilhu la' chairperson. u minn Mlppreienlanlla' kull wiel'lcd mill-

pan;!i politici u I· Kummi ssjoni Elenof'~li !;liundha liddelega lis- sono-

kumital il·tmexxija la' l·clc~ljoni rid·djM m·l·.ltl~jalli kollha.

(2) is-so(to-lrumilat ikoll u d·dmir li jicl\u IIsieb li ma ssi r

cbda prcssjoni fuq elctturi fi dju gl'lan-nics avvanzali, li jinghataw

facililajicl :d crqa u adcgwali lill· pani,i poli1ic! kollha gllall-canvassing

la' dawk l·clcl1uri, li jsiru arrangamenti adegwHli gllall,vOluzjoni meta

wi cl'led jikkunsidra l-bi.onnijiel speejilli la' dawk l-elctturi u li ebda

partit politiku ma jigi li jkollu xi van lagg ingllst

Ming Tlajr pregudiHju gllaH -genera lit!

lad-

(3)

dispotlujonijict la' qabel, is-souo-kumital ghandu jizgun iD i

(a) jinicMu pass; immedjati sabicxgf\a1 xi imicnji\nehflew

u jigu 50stilwiti membri tal-personnel li dwarhom ilrun hc:mm

suspen gravi la' lenlani ... 1i jinfluwcnzaw iill-eJeuuri;

isiru arnngamemi sabiex jiddallflal u jitqusam sew

(b)

mau~tjalla' propaganda U sabiex isir can vassing waql il-hinijiel

la' attendenu mill·barranin. minn kandidati u minn putiri politici

lijkunu qeghdin jikkontCS\aw date id-distren elettonli;

(c) L-ilmenu li jsiru null-partiti politic; 1,1, jcw mill-kandidati

jiiu nvestigati 11, meta jkunu guslifikari, rimedjari bil-ghat'l •.

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(I) Within three days of the publication of the )\'ri t the person

responsible for the administration of a retirement Ilome shall send to the

sub-committee

(a) a list of all persons residem at such retiremem home.

indicating the name, idemi ty card number, last known address,

age. ward number, name and addressof next of kin and whether

registered as a vOler in the home address or otherwise;

(b) a list of all staff IU the I't'liremem bome indicating the

namc. identity card number, address, grade and worIring hours up

to the day following the day fIXed for voting.

(2) On receiptthereoftbe sub-comminee shall immediatcly

provide the political panies with copics o f such lists.

lbc administrator of every retirement home shall keep

(3)

weh lists updated and shall immediately send to the sub-oommittee any

amendments thereto and the sub-committec shall immediately inform

the political panie$ of such arnendmenlS.

(4) Members o f the staffin retirement homes are upressly

prohibited from engaging in propaganda for any political party Of

candidate and llIy emplo)'t:e contravening Ihis section shall be guillY o f

an o rrence and shall on conviction be liable to Ihe penalty of general

intentiction for I period ofte n years and the provisions of the Probation

of Offenders Act and of section 22 of the Criminal Code shall not apply.

83, (I) The voting documents ohoters registered in retirement

homes shall be delivered to the voters personally. The voter may opt to

deliver the voting document to the adrnini5lralOr of the home for safe-

keeping, and such adminisIratorshBll return the sametothevoter on the

day filled for voting or on such earlier day as may be requested by the

"''',

Voters in retirement homes shall have Ihe option 10

(2)

proceed to the polling place

without the assistance of any person;

(a)

with the assistance of members of Ihe staff;

(b)

with the assistance of members of their families;

(c)

and it shall be the responsibility of the sub-<:omminec to ascenain the

option chosen by each voter.

(3)

Voters opting to be assisted by members of the staff shall

be acoompanied by members or the stafr c hosen from a pool Ihereof

nominated in equal numbers by all the politiCal parties. Political parties

shall have the righltodemand, and the Commission shall have theduty

to ensure, thal if the OIdinary staff at such homes is not sufficient for the

purposes of this section other persons are transferrtd 10 such homes for

such purpose.

(4) Voters opting 10 be assisted by members of the staff or by

members o f their families shall, notwithstanding BRy other provision of

this Act be 50 accompanied up 10 Ihe doo1' of Ihe relative polling booth.

(5) During Ihe day filled for voting no person other Ihan

members of the sulH:omminec, members o f the staff and relatives of

patients who have been previously authorised 10 accompany voters 10

vote, shall withoul the express authority of the Commisions, be allowed

10 enter retiIemc:nl homes..

E",cept wiltillle special authorisalioo of the sub-commil-

(6)

lte, no voter in a retirement home who has chosen the option 10 vOle on

his own or to be accompanied by members orhis family may be laken

to vote by members of Ihe sllIff.

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The sub-commiuce appointed in tcrm$ of section 81 of

this Act shall functiOfl under the genenrJ direction of the Conunission

and shall be bound to implement the decisions of the Commission.

PART XIU

Counting of Votes

The counting of votes Iha/llake place at the place alld

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time specified in notice referred to in paragraph (d) of section 45 of this

Act and sltall becondl.lCled in accordance with the provisions or lhis A!;I.

Counting shall IlOl commeocc: until all ballOl boxes have been deposited

in the roomde signaled for the purpose by the Commissioll, all packets

containing the papers and otbe1' material used by tile Assistant Commis-

sioners have been delivered to the Commission and neither ballol boltes

nor packets have been declared to be in a Slale thal gives rise 10 the

suspicion IhlIllbey have been tBmpered with.

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( 1) Political panies contesting the elections shall have the

righlto nominate a sufficiem number of agents, to bedetenninC(\ by th.e

Commission, 10 oversee al all limes Ihe receipt of the ballOl: boxes,

documerns and packets, by the Commission from the Assislant Com-

missioners and the storage of Ihe said ballOl: bo"es, documents and

packets aner the reeeipt IhClt'or. 1bese agents shall hencefonh in Ihis

Act be refem:d 10 as "delivery agems".

(2) Pany delegales, candit1ates and their agenls as well as

delivery agents shall have the right to monitor Ihe reeeipl of the ballot

boxes by the E1ccroral Commission from the Assistant Commissioners

and to make representations Ihereon.

If any of the Commissioners Of any party delegate,

(3)

candidate or delivery agent claims that any ballot bo" or package is

received in a stale that il gives rise 10 suspicion lhal may have been

tampered with, Ihe Commission shall order such box or packet to be

dealt with separately from the other boxes or packets, and shall imme-

diately call a meeting of the Commission and at such meeting tile

Commission shall have the power to hear su,h evidence under oath as

it deems necessary.

(4) Where th e Commissiondecides that there is noevidence

that justifies the suspicion thalthe box Of packet has bee n IaJIlpered with,

itS decision shall be final and no appeal shall lie Iherefrom.

(5) Any claim as is referred to in the previous subsections of

this section shal l be made: as soon as the: ballot box orpxket is delivered

by the Assistant Commission~ 10 the: Commission and for this purpose

tile Commission shall ensure that the paoy delegates, candidates Of

delivC!'yagents are given adequate facilities to auentively inspect the

ball« boxe s, documents Of packelS.

(6) It shall be: the: dUly of the Commission to ensure: the

mathematical aa:uracy of the ballot paper account and that this tallies

with the de<:lared numbc:rof voting documents returned by tile Assistant

Commissioners. Political panies sllallllave lhe: right to demand ihatthe

Commission shall for th is purpose open all packets containing voting

documents relative 10 001 more IlIan ten per cent of all ballot boxes;n

order 10 physically check the lICC\Il"3ICy of such returns.

(7) Political parties shall select the ballot bo~es in relation to

which the p\ICkets containing voting documenl$ are to be opened during

delivery of the OOIlO! boxes to IlIe Commission and prior to the stOl1lge

of tlie: ballot boxes.

(8) As eacll ballot box is received and cleared by tile Com-

mission in tentlS of this section it shall be: transferred to tile room

designated by the Comrnissioners for the storage of all ballot boxes in

tenns of section 45 of this Act.

(9) As 500n as practicable after all ballot bo~c:s have been

received and cleared in terms of this section and prior to Ihe Start of the

counting process the: Electoral Commission sllall publicly declare the

total number ofvotcs declared to be cast in accordance with the ballot

paper aocountS delivered by the: Assistan t Commissioncrs IS well as the

number of vOles in each hallO! box as resulting from the: same: account.

(1 0) Thc Commission shall preserve unlillhc publication of

the: official results of the next following election all papers delivered to

them by the Assistant Commissioners, as well as the unused ballot

papen and the voting documents, in separate sealed packets indicating

on each packet the nature of the documents contained thc:Tc:in, and Ihe

eleclOral division to which they appenain.

(11) On every packet as is re:fa=! to in the preceeding

subsection there: shall be: affixed the seal of the Electoral Commission

and the signaturc: of at least two CommissionetS, and of any pany

delegate. candidate or delivery agent who may wi sh to sign it.

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(I) The: Commission sllall appoint a number of persons tQ

act as counters, supc:nrisors and calculators to assist it in the: counting

and transfer of votes which shall be effected undcrthedirect supervision

of the Commission.

(2)

The provisions of Sl,lbsel;lion (I) of section 58 of this Act

shall mutmis muwndis apply to the office of the counter, supervi$()J" and

calcu lator as it applies to the office of Assistant Commissioner.

(3 )

A list of the persons appointed as COUJIters, supervison

and cakulators shall be published by the Commission in me Gv.eltc,

together with the list of persons appointed as Assistant Commi ssioners

and tile procedure established for the nomination by political panies and

(o!"Objections 10 Assistant Commissionen shall mutatis mll!lI1Idis apply

to supervisors and counten;.

(4) All counters, supervisors and calculators shall be issued

with identity documents specifying the details provided foreia;:\ion and

pm)' agents. The identity documents shall be worn at all time s by the

counters. supervison and agents whilst in the precincts oflhe building

where tile counti ng of votes is held.

(5) The c:;tlcul;uors shall pe';orm all mathematical calcu la-

tions connected with the counting of VOles and Ihe Commission shall

ensure that the persons so chosen are proficient in mathematical calcu -

lations.

(6) Supervisors shall be responsible for a number of count-

ers aoo shall oversee the opening of ballOl boxes, and the sort ing and

counting of ballot papers for every electoral division. The Electoral

Commission shall ensure that al all times during the counting of VOles

there are no less Lhan two supervi50n foreach electoral division and that

the political panics are adequately represcnted in the choice of persons

to act as su pervisors for each electoral div ision.

(7) Counters shall work under the direction of Lhe su pervi-

sors; they sha ll physically sort aoo coun t the balloc papers. The Elccton1

Commission shall enSllfC thatthcrc arc a sufficient number of counters

in every elector.ll division to ensure a q uick and efflCiem counting

process aoo l1l3t [lie poli[iC3.1 panies arc adequa[ely represented a[ all

times during [he counting of votes in the choice of persons to act as

OOIInters in each elet;toral division.

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(I) The Commission may authorise: anyone or more of its

members or any other person or persons appointed by it to do anything

on its behalf in connection wilh the receipt and storage ofballOl boxes

and the counting and tf1lnsfer of votes aoo anything done by vinue of

SlIch authority shall be d«med to have been done by the Commission.

(2) The Commissioners or anyone or more of them shall

administer [0 every person authorised 10 act for the Commission under

the provisions of th is section, an oath for the faithful discharge of the

duties assigned to him.

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(\) Unless lhisAclolhcrwiseprovides,candidalcsande iec-

lion agents shall have free access 10 the building when: the coun ting of

votes will take place, and 10 the counting hall, It all limes.

(2) Every political party shall moreover have the right to

nominate a number of .gents equal 10 the number of candidates

presented by it locontesllhe election amI such agents Shall at all times

have ae<:ess 10 the said building and to the counting hall al all times.

1lIese agents shall hcrnxfonh in this Act be referred 10 as "counting

agents".

1lIc lislof sueh agents shall be presemed 10 the Commis-

sion at Icasltwentyone days priortothe sUUlofthe poll; the Commission

shall infonn the political partics of alllhe agents so nominated so that

the $aid political panies may have Iln opponunity 10 make n:prescnta-

tions 10 tile Commission before the same accepts or rejects them; the

agents so ~inated are to be of good character and acceptable to the

Commission lIId once nominaled and accepted by the Commission,

may 1\01, for any reason, be changed by the political pmy nominating

them.

The lisl of such agents shall, 8tleaSJ, seven days prior

to the start of the poll , be published by the Commission in the Govem-

ment Gatttte indicating the name , address and identi tyc!\Jd number of

each agent and the party nominating him.

(3) The party delegates, candidates, election agents and

oouming agents shall be issued with an identit), document indicating the

details required for election agems and such idemit)' documem is 10 be

worn al all times on entry imo and inside the building or complex

wherein !he vOCtS are counted.

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With respect to the building designated b)' the Commis·

sion for the oounting of VOtes the Commission shall ensure that

(a) all roads of access &tleast wi thin 500 metres of the said

building are closed and patn)lIed by the Pol ice who shall pennit

entry onl)' to authorised persons and onl)' after scrupulouSl)'

having ascertai ned their identit),;

(b) entry into the actual building or perimeter shall be

ehecked b)' both the Police, the Comm ission and representatives

of me political panics;

(c) a number of rooms as ma), be necessary either in or as

ncar as possible to the building wherein Ihe couming hall is

si roaled shall be provided to ensure full press and broadcasting

coverage of the counting and transfer of vOltS provided that the

entrance 10 such room shall I t all limes be guarded by the Police

who shall only allo w entry to bona fide broadcasting personnel

and newspaper reponers who shall have been peviously accred -

ited by the Commission;

(d) an area adjacent and communicating with the counting

hall sha1I be provided for the SJotageof the baJJoc bolles and that

during the rime the ballCS an: stored in such area they shall at all

limes be visible from all pans of the rounti"g hall;

(c) a numberof rooms IS near as possible 10 the counting hall

sha ll be provided for every poli tical pany contesting the eleetion

and shall be equipped wilh such faci lities as Ihe Commission,

after consu lting the political panies, thinks fit;

in Ihe couming hall itself counters shall be separated

(f)

from the candidates and agems by a wall of unbreakable trans-

parent material or similar Sturdy InJISjlmnl material except for

some means, including IIny appropriate electronic device, of clear

communication forthe purpose of speak ing through and ell;ccpt in

the cases ell;pressly provided for in this Act, access 10 the area

designated by the Commission for tllecounling oholes shall only

be allowed to candidates and ~genUi with the ell;press consent of

the Commission; provided that tile pany delegates and si ll; substi -

tutes tbe~f, previously nominated by such delegates, shall have

free access to the counting area at alltime5;

the disposition of the counting area shall be: such that as

(g)

far 3.'i possible all the counting process can be: closely viewed by

candidates, agents and representatives of polit ical panics;

(h) the room indicated in section 45 wherein thcballol:boll;es

are slored untillhe stan of the coumin& of VOles is in full view of

the representatives of the panies, candidates and their agents and

that pan)' delegates and their substilutes have a right of access

tilcreto at all times;

(i)

all rooms and corridors which are 1\01 being used for a

purpose designated by tile Commission shall be barred and all

areas leading thereto closed;

(I) adequate back up facilities for services fuilure are pro--

vidcd especially with respcctlO lighting;

(k) there is StriCt security at all times in and around the

building, that entry is restricted to authorised persons only and Ihat

no lethal instnlmenlSorinstruments which may be rendered lethal

an: introduced in the building;

It least thirty days before the start of voting tile Commis-

(\)

sioners shall show the party delegates how they propose to

aLloclte and separate the different areas of the said building and

shall eonsider suggestions made by the said delegates in th is

regard;

(m) IlOIwithsmnding anything else contained in this Act, the

party delegates and their substitute s, shall at all times have access

to any pan of the building for the purpose: of ensuri ng that the

provisions of this Act are being en forced.

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The Commission shall ensure that as rar as practicable

full and constant broadcasting coverage is given of the counting aoo

uansferof vOles and forsuch purpose shall allow emry into the bui lding

10 booa fide broadcasting personnel and apparatus.

91. In extraordinary circumstances the Commis.sion may

allow entty inlO the building and the counting hall 10 such other persons

as they think fit but in no case shall entry be allowed to the public

generally.

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F 'cirkostanzi slraordinarji I- Kummis5joni li5ta' ~alli

jidhll,l f'dak I-imkien u fis-u,la tal·gl'ladd lal· voti kull persuna ol'lm li

jqisu xiCTqa ii.da f'ebda kai ma gl'landu jill'lalla jidl'lol il- pubbliku in

generali.

Minkejja kl,lll l'laga ohm Ii linsab rdan I-An, iI- kandidali,

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Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Act,

candidates, election agents and the: counting agents shall 8t all times

have access \0 the: Commissioners for the purpose of milking represen-

tations on their own behalf or on behalf of the candidate or pany

repre sented by them.

~.

The Commission shall have the sole direction of the

bui lding designated ror thecouming and mmsferof votes and shall have

the right \0 give such orders as are necessary for the maintenance of

order and security within the building.

PART XIV

Ba/Jol Paper ACCOunI Reconciliation

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Il -Kummissjoni IIl1andhl Ikun I-uniku korp 1i jkun re-

sponsabbli glIat-tmcxxijl 11' 1·imkien fejn ikollu ,;sir I-gliadd u t-

uasferimc:nt tal-voti 1,1 jko\lh. I-jedd ti tBgllti dawk I·OTdnij iel li jkunu

mel'ltiega ghai-i.amml Ja ' l-ordni u s-sigunA rdak I-imkien.

TA QS IMAXIV

Ril:onCiljazzjoni raf- Rcndikont fa' PoIcn /al. Vouv:joni

Il -Kummissjon i gtlandha tan li riigura. li l-voti Iad-

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The Commission shall proceed toensure that the vOles of

all the elcctoral divisions an: coomed simultancoosly in order \0

establish the total number of votes CUt in the election.

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(\) Prior to the removaL of each ballO!. hox from the room

designated by the Commission to hold all the ballot holtes in terms of

scction 45 of this Act, the pany delegates or their substitutes shall have

the right to e~amine the seals aftilted !o each ballot ho~.

(2) Any objection raised by the pany delegatcs or their

substitutes as \0 the integrity of such se al s shall be uamined by the

Commission whose deci sion lhereon shall be final and nOI SU bje<:IIO

appeal.

9'1.

One ballot box:u a time shall be opcn.ed in each division

and prior 10 the opening of cach 00.1101 box the Commission shall cause

the hallol papcraccoum for that ballot box to be affixed in such a manner

thal il may be clearly seen by the candidates and agents and shall show

thecandidatcs and agents the seals on the ballot box in order that they

may asccnain that such seals are intact.

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Il- kaxex ml-yotaujoni gnandhom jinfetl'lu wal\da waMa

ghal bll dis~u 1,1 qllbel il -fwh ta' kull kaxxa laI -votaujoni I-Kum -

missjoni gllandha tiefiu IIsicb li r-rendikont la' polol. laI -votaujoni glial

dik il-kaxxa t31-votaujoni jkun twallllal b'dak il-mod Ii kemm il-

hndidati ul -agenti jkunu jistgllu jaruwh sew ul -Kummissjoni gllandha

turi lill-kandidatl u lill-agenti s-sigilli fuq il-ka.o:a laI-votaujoni sabielt

huma jkunu jistghu jaecertaw ruhhom li dawk is-sigilli jkunu stlall u

mhUlt mimsusin,

9S. Kull delega! ta' partil, kandidat jew agentjista', qabcl ma

tinfetal'l il·ka.o:a tal-votazzjoni, jagllrTl(:1 ilment rejn jalleg. li s-sigilli

ta.!-kaua jkunu tbaghbsu. MCla ssi r oggeujoni bhal dik, il-kuxa ma

sJiandhiex tinfe!al'I sakemm il- Kummissjoni Elcuorali, wara li likkonsulta

d-delcgari ta' panil jew is·soslilUli !agtlhom, tkun 13.1 dawk id-direltivi

u adona! dawk il-miiuri 1i lisla' Iqis 1i jkunu mellliega.

MCla ma jsinl~ oggc zzjonijict 1,1 meta I-Kummissjoni

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Any party delegale, candida te or agent may. prior 10 the

opening of the ballot box, mal e representations claimin g that the seals

orlhe box have been tampe red wilh. When: such an objection is made

the box shall noe be opened un til the Commission. aflerconsuhing the

pan)' de legates or their substitutes, shall have given such di~lions and

taken such measures as it may consider necessary.

Where no objections are made and where Ihe Elec lollll

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Commission in lerms of Ihe previous section of this Act so directs, the

ballot bo~ shall be opened arHIthe num ber of ballot papers contained

therein shall be counted, face downwards, to ascenai n that the number

of votes in that ballot boll corresponds to the ballot paper account.

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Where the ballot papers in the ballot boll do IlOI tally with

the ballot paper account the anention of the Commission shall be dro.wn

to the fact arHI the Commission, afler consultation with the party

delegates, or Ihe ir substitutes shall give such directions as it may deem

fit and such decision shall be final.

lOt.

Where the ballot papers in the ballot boll and the ballot

paper acx:ount tnlly, the voteJ shaH be put together and placed in a pigeon

hole indicating the number of the ballot boll. The pigeon holeand ballot

papers must at all times be clearly visable by parties, candidates and

agents. The IxIllol papers in each pigeon hole Shall be put in parcels of

fifty ballot papcrseach with any remainder being put althe bollomof the

pile and the supervisor shall ensure Ihal each pan:el is counted for

3CCUIllCY by more than one counler.

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The process described in seclions 95 10 101 of this Act

shall be repealed un til all ballot bolles have been opened 10 ascenDin thal

the b3l1ot papers in each bolllally wilh lhe baUotpaper account relative

to it.

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BaUot papers belonging 10 a division other than that 10

which the hallO! boll penains shall be treated in the manner established

in section 99 and shall be retained IlltlecoUnling lable of the division

where the relative ballO! box from which thcy originated was placed and

shall nol, allhis uage, be II1lI1sferred to the appropriate division.

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(1)

AfterallballOlboxesinallelecloral divisions have been

opened and reconciled with the relative ballot paper account the Elec-

toral Commission shall prior to proceeding to the sorting of votes

declare the lotal number of voteSCD.$t and theirdistribution by ballot box

and electoral division.

(2) The E1eclOr.lI Commission shall ca use the papers IK:ld in

each electoral division and belonging tOOlherdivisioos \0 be transferred

10 the divisions to which Ihey properly belong.

(3)

The Electoral Commission shall declare the 100al number

ofVOle5 which each electoral divisioo will be mlnsferring subdivided

according 10 the electoral divi sion it will be transferring them to.

(4)

The physical transportation of Ihe papers from onc

division to another shall be perfomled either by the Commissioners or

by the supervison and in such a manner as not to create confusion.

PART XV

SOlting of VOIe5, Casual Elections and CCHJplions

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(1) Ballot papers shall be sorted in accordance with such

regulatiolu which the Prime Min ister may make from time to time.

(2) Regulations n13de in accordance with this section shall

a1soregulate casual ek:ctionsand co-option of members to fill vacancies

among the membe~hip of the House.

(3) Regulations made in accordance with subsection (I) of

this section shall not come into force unless and until the House so

resolves by resolution. NOtice of the approval of such resolution shall be

published in the Gazette by the Clerk of the House.

(4) The regulationscontained in the Thirteenth Schedule to

this Act shall, until such time as regulations are made in accordance with

subsections (1) to (3) of this §ection, regulate the soning ofballol p~pers,

casual elections all(! co-option of members to fill vacancies among the

membership of the House.

PART XVI

PubUc"ion of Results

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(I) The Con\mis~ion shall, not la ler than on the workin g day

following thal on which the resultoflhe coun ring ofllle votes has been

ascertained, publish a declaration containing the names of the candi-

dates elected and such other panicuJars as the Commission may con-

sider necessary.

(2) The Commission shall deposil1he declaration aforesaid

with the Clerk of the House and shall cause a copy of such declaration

\0 be published without delay in the Gazeue.

(3)

Every candidate whose name is published in theGazene

in accon.ianee with the provisions of subsection ( I ) of section 54 or who

is declared elected in accordance wilh tile provisions ormis section shall

be considered 10 Ix: a Membcr of the Hou se of Representatives.

(4)

The Commission shall publish in the Gazette not laler

than seven days after lhe end of counting a declaration of the resuh of

the election which declaration shall include D record of the t01D1 VOtes

cast, both on I nationalicvel and subdivided by polling booth the tOlal

valid and invalid v(xcs, the tOlal VOtCS credited 10 each political patty. thc

quota fOf each ele<:toral divi sion, the record and result in all sta ges of any

transfer of votes between political panies, the first preference cred ited

to each candidate, any transfer of VOles made. and of the total number

of vOles credited to each candidate after any suc h transfer. and any such

other infonnation as the Elec toral Commission may considerne<:essary.

Such de<:laration shal l be in such (onn as the Eie<:torai Commission may

detennine as likely to impart easily all the infonnation likely to be

required by the public.

(5) Within three months of the pu blication of the orficial

results of the ele<:lion the Election Commission shall publish a repon

explaining in detail what steps were taken by them 10 petfonn the

various duties imposed on them by this Ac t.to give all re levam statistics

connected with the ele<:tiOl1 including the publication of all statistics

regarding eligible voters. printing and distribution of VOting documents

and ballot papers, voters per pollingpJacc, retumssubmined by Assistant

Commissioners and the like, and 10 make such suggestions as they

consider neccsSJIry.

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(I) The Commi ssion shall preserve until the publication of

tbeofficia l resultoflhenexl followingele<:tion all used ballot papers for

each ele<:loral divi sion in separate sealed packets. as follows:-

(a)

the spoil! ballot papers

(b)

the invalid ball(!{ papers;

(c) the papers 3tthecompletion ofthecou mingin the parcel

of each elected candidate and of each noo~lec:ted candidate

whose papers have nOl been transferred;

(d) aU the non-taIIs ferable papers nOt retained in the parcel

of an elecled candidate.

(2) The Commissioners shall endorse on each packet a

description ofits coments, the daleof the election and the number of the

electoral division 10 which they re late.

(3) The Commission shall further prese rve for the same

period for each electoral division a copy of Ihe declaration of the re suil

of the count and of any document showing the operations of the transfer

of each surplus.

(4) Party delegales. candidates. election agents and COunt-

ing agenlS shall have the right 10 affix the ir seals and signatures 10 such

packets.

It shal l be lawful for the Constitutiona l Court before

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whieh any question is brought Il.S 10 !he right of any person to be Ol' to

remain an elected Member of the House and for any Court before which

any proceedings are commenced in accordance with the provisions of

this Act toorderthe opening of the packcts referred to in subsection (I)

of section 78 and in section 107 and the production of oneor more of lhe

documents therein contained under such conditions and precautions IS

may be necessary 10 maintl.in the secrecyof thc vOling consistently with

the due administration of justice.

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(I) If at an election any person is returned as a member for

two divisions, sucll person shall, by a writing under his hand delivered

to !he Qcrk of the House on Ol' before appearing to lake tile oa th or 10

make the afflml3tion prescribed by section 68 of IlIe Constitution

declare which oftke twO divisions lie elects to represent.

(2) As soon as a person who is returned for tWO divisiOflli

declares wllich of tile tWO divisions he elects to represent, he sllall be

deemed to have vacated his seat in the othe r division.

PART XVII

!'tfliJl Provisions

Any perwn who knowingly makes or subscribes w a

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falsedec[aralion or otherwise gives false infonnation in connection with

the registration, transfer OT cancellation of any voter shall be guilty of an

offence againSllhis Act and shall on conviction be liable 10 imprison-

ment for a. ienn nol exceeding onc month or 10 a firIC (mu/l4) not u·

ceeding fifty [in or 10 both such imprisonment and fine.

Ill.

Every penon woo misconduct! himself in any polling

plllCc orcontravcnes any of the provisions of section 66 or67 of this Act

or takes part in any public meeting or public demonstration held in

contravention of any orlhe provisions of this Act, or fails 10 obey the

lawful order ofllle Assistant Commissioners or other lawful .uLhority

in relation 10 an election, shal l on conviction be liable 10 I fine (mu/ta)

IlOl exceeding fifty liri.

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( \) Every person who

(a) forges or fraudulemly defaces or fraudulemly destroys

any oominat ion paperor del ivers to the Commissioner any nomi-

nation paper knowing tile same: to be forged; or

forges or counterfei ts or fraudul cn tly defaces or fraud-

(b)

ulently destroys an y voting documem or ballot paper or the

official mark on any ballot paper, or

without due authority supplies any voting document or

(c)

ballot paper to any person; or

(d) forgcsorooumerfeitsor is in unlawful possession of any

stamp or sea l used by the Chief Elecloral Commissioner or the

Election ConvllissiOllers or the AssiStant Commissioners; or

is in unlawful possession of any voting document Of"

(e)

ballot paper: Of'

(t) fra udulently puts imo any bal101 box anything other than

the ballol paper which he is authorised by law 10 put in; or

fraudulcntly takes out of the polling place any ballot

(g)

paper, or

(h) withoutduc authority ,destroys, takes, opensorotherwise

imerferes with any ballot box or pac ke t ofballol papers then in use

for the purpose Orthe election,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liabie, on conviction, toa fine

(mu/la) rIOI elf>ceeding fi ve hundred Uri ono imprisonment for a term not

eJlceeding si.>; months or 10 both such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Every penon who aids or abets the commissioo of an

offellCe under this section or anempu to commit any such offence shall

be liable, on conviction, 10 the pun ishment provided for the offence.

Il l.

Every Assistant Commissioner who shall reveal the

manner of voting of any voter when such manner ofV(King shall have

come to his knowledge in the CO\JtSC of the exercise of hi s functions

undCfthisAct shall beguilty oran offence, and shall , on conviction, be

liable 10 a fine (mu/ta) not exceeding one hundred liri or to imprison-

ment fOT a lerm not exceeding ooe month or to both such fine and

imprisonment.

IU. ( I) During theday on wh ich an el«tion of Members of the

House is held and during the day immediately preceding such an

elcctioo, no person shall address any public meeting or any other

gathering wh atsoever in any place or building accessi ble to the public,

0( on the broadcasting media , 00 any maneT intended or likely to

influence votCT5 in the eJlen;:ise of the franchise, Of publish or cause to

be published any newspaper, printed maneror other means ofcommu-

nication \0 the public containing any matter aforesaid, or issue or cause

to be issued any statement or decl311ltion on any matter aforesaid or

knowingly distribute any newspaper, printed matter, orolhermeans of

eommunicatioo, or any statement or declaratloo as afoll:said, and any

person acting in COtItr1Ivention of any of the provisions of this section

shall be liable onconviction toa fine (muJI<I) not exceeding five hundred

!iri or 10 imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both

such fine and imprisonment.

(2) Every person who aids or abets the commission of an

offence under this section or attempts tocommit any such offence, shall

be liable on conviction to the punishment pTOllided for the o ffence.

liS. (1) AlIquestionSll:gardingtherig~t of anypersontobeor

remain a Member of the House shall be Il:fe~d to and decided by the

Constilutlooal Coun.

(2) Any criminal proceedings for offences under this Act

shall be brought befoll: the Couns of Magistrates and subject to the

following provisions of thi s section, the provisions of the Criminal

Code shall apply to any such proceedings.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Probation of

Offenders Act, a person who commits an y offence under this Act shall

be convicted and sentenced in respect of that offence and may 11()( be

p!act:d 011 probation or diso:.:h.arged under that Act.

(4) Evcrydecision or tile Courts of Magistrates in respector

an offence under this Act, may, in all cases, be appealed against by the

Anome), Gencml and by the pan)' convicted.

IlIi. (I) Except IS provided in subsc<:tion (2) of this section it

s"'all nOI be lawful for any person, at any time in contemplation or in

anticipation of an election, lodispJay ore.use to bedispta~ in a public

place, Of in a plocc accessible 10 the public or visibLe from any public

place, any bill, poster or other advertisement intended or likely 10

influence voters in the exercise of Ihe franchise , or 10 wrileor make or

cause to be wrinen or made on any wall or other place visible from B

public place any W(lrd or sign intended or likely 10 influence voters in

the txcn:ise of the fnmchise.

(2)

The provisions of subsc<:don (1) oftbissection sllall not

apply 10 any bill, poster or other advertisement which

(a)

is worn or carried by a per.;on; or

(b) wh ich is displayed on the inside of a private building

even though it may be visible from a public place.

(3) Any person acting in CQIltravention ohny ofthe forego-

ing provisions of this section shall be liable on conviction in respect of

each offence to a fine (mullll) not exceeding five hundred !iri or to

imprisonmem for a period of not more than six months, and in respect

of any second or subsequem offence to both such fine and imprison-

ment.

(4) It shall be the duty of the Police to remove orotherwise

cancel or dclete anything displayed. written ornude in Contravention of

any of the provisions of subsection (1) of Ihis section.

PART XVlIl

Saving and Repeal

11 7.

Nocwithstanding any other provision contained in this

Act, whereby the decision of the Commission is declared as final and}

or not subject to appeal suc h provision shall not exclude recourse to

ConStitutional Coun by any pel"SOll on an action to invalidate the

election, whether in any or in all divisions.

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ivvota meta huwa jkun SIr jaf kif dak l-cle nur ivyona fiI-kors ta ' I-

esekuujoni tad-dmirijiet lieghu tan t dan I-An.llu fIali ta' reat, u jenel,

mell jip hell misjub nail, multa ta' mhu~ itjed minn mitt lira jew

priiunerija ghal Unien la' mhux iijed minn xahn, Jew dik il-mulla u

prigunerija flirnkien.

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(I) Mallll il-jum li Jilt lkun Qed issi releujoni ta' Membri

gnall -Kamra u malul il-jum li jigi minnuJih qabel eleujoni bhal dill':,

hadd ma jista' jindiriua xi meeting pubbliku jew xi gemgf'lao!\ra tkun

xi tkun rxi postjew bini li lih ikun jista' jidflol il-pubbliku, jew fuq H-

mezzi 1lX-~andir, dwar xi nag. mansuba bie~, jew li x'aktarlt, tin-

fluwenulill-cleuuri n-ei.ertinju la!·jedd tal-yot, jew jippubblik.}c:w

igiegnel li rigi pubblikata xi gatzel1a, st\lmpm jew men iehor la'

komunikaujoni lill-pubbHku Jijkun fihom ~i naga kifintqalqabcl,jew

jolirog jew iiieg!\elli tofuog xi stqarrija Jew dikjaraujoni dwar xi lIaga

Ir:ifinlqal qabel,jew ~jenlemem iqa ssam xi gauena. slampaljew men

ienor ta' komunikutjoni, jew xi stqarrija jew dikjanuzjoni kif intqal

qabel, u kull minjikserxi wuMa mid-dispoiiujon ijiel la' dan I-ani kolu

jel'iel, meta jinsab l'Ia1i, multa la' mhux iijcd minD l'Iames mill lira jew

prigunerija gl'lal imien la' mhux iijed minD sill xhur,je w dik iJ -multa u

prigunc:rija flimk ieD.

(1) Kull min ighin jew il'lajjar ]-eglimil ta' reat kontrll dan 1-

artikolu jew jipprova j3gl'lmd xi real bl'laJ dak, jetld mela j insab lIali 1-

piena provdula ,l'Iar-real_

115_ (I) Jl-kwisljonijiel kollha dwar il-jedd ta' persuna li tkun

jew li tibqa- Mernbru Inl -K3mra ,I'IBndhornjingiebu quddiem il-Qoni

Kostiluujonali u jigu deei zi minn din il-Qoni_

(2) Kull proeedimenl kriminali 1lII\r dan I-au jiniieb qud-

diem il-Qrati tal-Magislrali u bla hsara ,l'Iad-dispoiiujonijiet li gejjin

ta' dan I-anikolu , iGl'loddu grol dawn il-proCedimenli d-dispoZizzjonijiet

tal- KodiCi Kriminali .

(3) Minkejja kul! l'Iaga Ii linsab fl-Au dwar i!-Probation ta'

Haljin, penuna li lagl'lmel xi 1lla.lla1l1 daD i-Au ,1Iandhl tiDstab l'Ialja u

ligi kundanD ala dwardak ir-reat u ma tiStax tilqieg1led tal'lt probationjew

ligi mel'llusB lal'll dak I-All.

Kull detitjoni tal-Qrali lal-Magistrali dwar realla1l1 dan

(4)

I-All. risla'. m-kaiijiet kollha, tig; appellala mill-Mule.1 Genernli u

mill -parti misjuba l'Ialja.

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(l) H lief kif provdul fis-subanikolu (2) ta' dan J-artikolu

ebda penuna ma Iista' • rxi Zmien bil-l'Isieb jew minl'labba li tkun waslel

eleujoni, turijew iggiegl'lelli jintwera f'xi posl pubbliku, jew rxi POSI

fe;n fih j isla' jidliol jI-pubblileu jew li jkun jidher minD xi post pubbliku,

xi avviz, kane!1unjew reklom ichor li hu mahsu b biex jinfluwen za jew

li x 'al:tarx jinfiuwenZll lill-denuri fil -votazzjoni II.gl'lhom. jew tikteb

Jew tagl'lmel jew iggiegl'leJli jinkiteb jew 1i jsiru fuq xi l'I ajtjew POSt iel'lor

li jkun jidhc-r minn post pubbliku xi kdma jew sinjal mal'Isub biex

jinfluwenza jew Ii x'a ktarx jinfluwenza liU-eletturi fil-votazzjoni

t&gtlhom.

(2) Id -dispoiiztjonijlet lu-subanikolu (I) la' dan I-artikolu

ma japplikawx gl'lal xi avvii: , kanellun jew reklam iel'lor li

(3)

ikun milbus jew jingarr minn xi pc:rsuna; jew

(b) li jintwera fuq in-naha la' gewwa ta' bini privat ukoll

jekk dan ikun jidhcr minn post pubbliku.

(3) Kull ptlSunJ li rmur korura xi waMa mid-dispoiizzjonijiet

ta' qabclla' dan I-ani kolu lehel meta tin sab l'I atja dwar kuU reat multa

la' mhux iijed minn l'Iames min IiI1l jcw prijuncnja alia! imicn la' mhux

iijed minn siu xhur, u dwar i!-licni real jew reat icb WllI'1I, dik iJ-multa

u prigunerija flimkicn.

(4) lkun id-dmirta!·Pulizija li IIlClIlIijcw xon'oftra tillanCeUa

jcw Iflassar ku!! !\aila allaIl-win, mi klubajcw magllmula bi ksur ta' xi

waMa midodispoiiujonijicl tas-subartikolu (I) la' dan I-anikolu.

TAQSIMA XV\Il

Riservll u 11I1Ssir

111. Mlnkcjja kull dispoiiujoni ollra la' dan I-An li biha d-

deCiijoni tal-Kummissjoni titi slabbilita bllala wal'lda finali ufJCw li

minnha ma jiSla' jsir cbda appel!, dik id·dispoiinjoni ma. gI'Iandhicx

Icskludi applikaujoni quddicm il-Qorti Koslituujonali minn persu,~ li

tagixxi biu tJlassar cleujoni, sew fx; dis~1I wiched bbs jcw fid-

disueni kollha.

II&..

Bla l'lsan. &hadodispoiiujonijicl la' \-anikolu 12 ta' 1-

All dwar I-Inlcrprctaujoni, I-OrdinanZlll!lettor.tli dwaril-Jedd tal-VOI,

il-Mctodu ta' I-Elcujoni u r-Rciistrazzjoni la ' I-Eletturi, u I-OnIinanza

Eleltara.li dwaril- VOIazzjoni,l'Ilief &hall·anikoli 41 sa 62,licma anikoli

humariprodoui fl-Erbatax-il Skcdaglial dKn I-An, huma b'dan imflassrin.

119 .

lr-Rcj:istru Elcnol1l.\i pubblikal skond l-Ordinanza

Elcrtorali dwaril-Jed tal-VOI, i\·Mctodu la 'I-Elczzjoni u r-Rcgistrazzjoni

ta' \·Eicnuri u li jkun fis-schfl minnufih qabcl id-dhul fis-schh ta' dan 1-

All, gTlandu jibqa' fis,scfll'l u jitqics bhala li gic ptJbblikal bis-sahh tal-

Taqsima VI ta ' dan I·AIt.

TAQSI MA XIX

Riserva dwar jJ·Jedd Ill' Pan;l; PoIitii;

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Subject to the provisions of section 12 of the Interpreta-

tion Act, the Electoral (Franchise, Method ofElcction and Registration

of Voters) Ordinance, and the Electoral (Polling) Ordinance. except for

sections 41 10 62lhcreof, which sections art reproduced in the Four-

teenth Schedule 10 this Act, are hereby repealed.

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The Eleclol1d Register published in terms of the Elcc-

Ion! (Franchise, Method ofEleetion and Regislfluion of Voters) Ordi·

Ranee and in force immediately before the coming into force of this Act,

shall continue in force and bedcemed 10 have been publisllecl under Part

VI of Ihis Act.

PARTXJX

Saving U /0 Rj&hl of PoJiticaJ Parties

The non-exercise by any po!i!ical pan),. delegate, candi-

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dale, lp:nl oranyperson nominated for appointment by a political pany,

of Bny right, power or privilege granted by this ACI shall nOI of itself

invalidate I ny action or procedure in respect of which the rigll!, power

or privilege has been granted by this ACI.

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