Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSTITUTION ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1899 - SECT 48

48 .         Revision or compilation of electoral rolls upon commencement of Act

        (1)         It shall be the duty of the Electoral Registrars, immediately after the commencement of this Act, to amend the Electoral Roll for each Province and District by removing from the roll the name of every elector whose qualification by the operation of this Act is situate or arises in some other Province or District, and to insert every name so removed on the Electoral Roll of the Province or District to which the qualification is, by the operation of this Act, transferred.

        (2)         In the case of a Province or District created by this Act for which there is no electoral roll in existence, the Electoral Registrar shall remove from the roll of the Province or District of which the newly created Province or District formed part, the name of every elector whose qualification by the operation of this Act is situate or arises in such newly formed Province or District, and shall compile a roll for every such last-mentioned Province or District of the names so removed in the form prescribed by the Electoral Act 1899 ² , and such roll shall be forwarded by such Electoral Registrar to the Electoral Registrar of the newly formed Province or District, and such roll shall be the electoral roll for every such newly formed Province or District until a new roll is completed, and every elector whose name appears thereon, pursuant to this section, shall be entitled to vote for a member or members for such newly formed Province or District.