Polling (Restriction of Access) Regulations, 1981

L-N. 127 of 1981

CODE OF POLICE LA WS (CAP.

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TRAFFIC REGllLATION ORDINANCE (CAP. 105)

Polling (Restriction of Access) Regulations, 1981

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 81 of the Code of

PoJice Laws and by section 16 of the Traffic Regulation Ordinance,

the Commissioner of Police, with the advice of the TraHic Control

Board, has made the following regulations:-

These regulations m�y be cited as the Po l li n g (Restriction of

Access) Regulations, 1981, and sha11 come into force on the 12th day of

December, 1981.

In t hese regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

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"Chief Electoral Commissioner" includes any officer of the

Electoral Commissioner's Office duly authorised by the Chief

Electoral C o m missioner to act on his behalf;

"Commissioner of Police" includes any officer of t h e Mal ta

Police Force duly authorised by the Commissioner of Police to act

on his behalf;

"poll

means the poll to be held on the 12th day of December,

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1981, for the election of m e m be r s of th e House of Representatives;

po l Iing place" meClns a place wh ere the poll is to be held and

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which is listed in the Schedule published by the Chief Electoral

Commissioner in the Government Gazette on the 12th November,

1981 ;

"vehicle" means any veh i cle whether propelled by mechanical

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power or otherwise, and any animal-drawn vehicle.

Unless authorised by the COI11l1lissioncr of Police or by the

Chief Electoral Coml1lissioner, no vehicle sha11 have access to any street

leading to the Co uTI t i n g Hall Hal-Far, 01' to a ny polling place and n o

Counting Hall

vehicle shaH go beyond a prohibitory sign w i t h the words "TGĦADDIX

- NO ENTRY" or bypass any barrier or road block wherever put up

places.

by the Police at any spot in the vicinity of the said Counting Hall or

places as from 5 a.m. on Saturday, 12th December, 1981, unti1-

the publication of the fi nal result of the poll, in the case

(a)

of the Counting Hall Hal-Far, and

(b) midnight of Sunday, 13th Decel1lber, 1981, in the case of

any polling place.

Restrictions on

No pedestrian shaJI, unless in possession of a p ermit issued to

pedestrians.

him by the Chief Electoral Commissioner or unless otherwise authorised

by the said Commissioner or by the Commissioner of Police, bypass or

proceed beyond a prohibitory sign with the words "TGĦADDIX -

NO ENTRY", a barrier or a road block wherever put up by the Police

at any spot in the vicinity of the C ounting Hall Hal-Far. or of any polling

place as from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday, 12th December, 1981, unti}

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the publication of t he final result of the poll. in the case

(a)

of the Counting H a ll Ħal-Far, and

(b) midnight of Sunday, 13th December, 1981 in the case of

any polling place,

so however that this restriction shall not apply to persons in possession

of the voting document entitling them to vote at that particu1ar polling

place and while such persons are on their way to that polling place to

cast their vote Of are returning therefrom after having cast their vote.

No vehicle shall be parked in the viciuity of the approaches to

the Counting Hall Ħal-Far Of of any polling place beyond a prohibitory

sign with the words "TGĦADDI X - NO ENTRY", a barrier or road

block wherever put up by the Police at any spot in the vicinity of the

said Counting Hall or places as from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday, 12th Decem­

ber, 1981, until -

(a) the publication of the final fesult of the poll, in the case

of the Counting Hall Ħal-Far, and

(b) midnight of Sunday, 13th December, 1981, in the case of

any polling place.

Saving the provisions of section l8B of the Electoral (Polling)

Ordinance, the Commissioner of Po1ice may proħibit any person from

loitering in the vicinity of the approaches to the Counting Hall Ħal-Far,

or of any polling place at any point beyond a prohibitory sign with the

words "TGĦADDI X - NO ENTRY", a barrier or road block

wherever put up by the Po1ice at any spet in the vicinity of the said

Counting Hall or places as from 5.00 a.m. on Saturday, 12th December,

1981. until-

(a) the publication of the final result of the poll, in the case

of the Counting Hall Ħal-Far, and

(b) midnight of Sunday, 13th December, 1981. in the case of

any polling place.

These regulations shall expire on the publication of the final

result of the poll. but such expiration shall not affect anything done or

omitted to be done, or any proceedings taken Of to be taken thereunder.

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