TUVALU

ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (PARLIAMENT)(AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
(Act 1 of 1993)

I assent

Sir Toaripi Lauti, PC, GCMG
Governor-General

18th March 1993

AN ACT to amend the Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Act, Cap 102 to provide for the new criteria of registration of electors.

(Commencement: ______________)

ENACTED by the Parliament of Tuvalu

Citation and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Electoral Provisions (Parliament) (Amendment) Act 1992 and shall come into effect on such date as the Minister shall by notice appoint.

Amendment of section 5(3) of Cap 102

2. Section 5(3) of the Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Act is amended by repealing paragraphs (i) to ( v) and substituting the following new paragraphs -

"(i) he owns land in that electoral district and actively participates in activities of the indigenous community of that electoral district; or

(ii) he has in the three years immediately preceding the date of his application resided in that electoral district for not less than two years, and actively participates in the activities of the indigenous community of that electoral district; or

(iii) in the event that there is no electoral district that the person can state is his home island under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection he chooses that electoral district to be his home island."

Amendment of Schedule 2 of Cap 102

3. Schedule 2 to the Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Act is amended by repealing it and substituting the following new schedule -

"SCHEDULE 2
(section 5(4))

Application for Registration as an Elector

1. Name of Applicant:……………………………………………………..

2. Address of Applicant:..............................................................................

I the undersigned hereby apply for registration as an elector in the electoral district of.............................................. which I state to be my home island.

The electoral district is my home island because -

1. I own land there and I actively participate in the activities of its indigenous community.

2. I have resided there for not less than 2 years in the 3 years preceding the date of this application and I actively participate in the activities of its indigenous community.

3. None of the above numbered 1-2 apply to any electoral district in Tuvalu and I state it to be my home island.

I am not registered as an elector in any electoral district in Tuvalu and I do not have an application for registration pending.

Dated the………………….day of…………..19………………………

I declare that I have fully and accurately completed this form.

Signed: ...................................

Warning:

It is an offence punishable by a fine or imprisonment for any person to make a false declaration for the purpose of being registered as an elector knowing the declaration to be false and not believing it to be true.

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ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (PARLIAMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT 1992
(Act 1 of 1993)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(This memorandum is not part of the Act)

The purpose of the Act is to provide new criteria for registration of electors in parliamentary elections. The new criteria places emphasis on where the elector actively participates in community activities (section 2).

Consequently, the form in Schedule 2 to the Electoral Provisions (Parliament) Act is amended accordingly (section 3).

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