SOLOMON ISLANDS

THE NATIONAL PARLIAMENT ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1997

(No. 3 of 1997)

Passed by the National Parliament this twenty second day of May 1997.

Assented to in Her Majesty's name and on Her Majesty's behalf this Twenty-fifth day of June 1997.

Date of commencement: date of publication in the gazette.

AN ACT To Amend the National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act 1980.

ENACTED by the National Parliament of Solomon Islands.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section:

1. Short title.
2. Amendment of section 4 of Act No. 5 of 1980.
3. Amendment of section 25.
4. Amendment of section 26.
5. Amendment of section 37.
6. Amendment of section 44.

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Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the National Parliament Electoral Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1997.

Amendment of section 4 of Act No. 5 of 1980

2. Section 4 of the National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act 1980 (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act") is hereby amended by inserting therein immediately after subsection (2) the, following as subsection (3) -

"(3) In addition to the Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers appointed pursuant to subsections (1) and (2), there shall be appointed by the Commission for each province an Electoral Manager. Each Electoral Manager shall be responsible for the coordination of all the elections being conducted in all the constituencies of that province and shall be answerable to the Commission on all matters relating to elections.".

Amendment of section 25

3. Section 25 of the principal Act is hereby amended in subsection (1) by deleting therefrom the words "domicile of origin is" and substituting therefor the words "parents or either of the parents are or were permanently residing".

Amendment of section 26

4. Section 26 of the principal Act is hereby amended in subsection (1) by deleting the words "five hundred dollars" and substituting therefor the words "two thousand dollars".

Amendment of section 37

5. Section 37(b) of the principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects -

(a) by deleting the word "and" that appears at the end of subparagraph (iii);

(b) by inserting at the end of subparagraph (iv) the word "and"; and

(c) by inserting immediately after subparagraph (iv) the following new subparagraph as subparagraph (v) -

"(v) he shall make a mark with indelible ink on the little finger of the elector's left hand or if such finger is missing on any other finger on his left hand. If all the fingers on his left hand are missing the mark shall be made on any finger of his right hand."

Amendment of section 44

6. Section 44 of the principal Act is hereby amended in subsection (2) by deleting the words "seven thousand dollars" and substituting therefor the words "fifty thousand dollars".

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