ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 53
ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 53
53 . Alteration to rolls, time for making
No addition to or
alteration of the roll shall be made between the time of the close of the roll
for a Council election or an election for the district, as the case may be,
and the closing of the poll at such election, or if only one candidate is
nominated, the close of nominations for such election, or between the time of
the close of the roll for a referendum and the close of voting at the
referendum except that —
(a)
claims received before the time of the close of the roll may be enrolled after
that time if no notice of objection to such claim has been lodged or given
under section 47; and
(b) a
claimant may be enrolled pursuant to section 47(3)(e) after that time; and
[(c), (d) deleted]
(e)
alterations may be made at any time not later than the 14 th day next
preceding the day fixed for the election or referendum pursuant to the
provisions of sections 51 and 52.
[Section 53 inserted: No. 63 of 1948 s. 12;
amended: No. 33 of 1964 s. 20; No. 9 of 1983 s. 13; No. 54 of 1983 s. 8; No.
40 of 1987 s. 84; No. 79 of 1987 s. 14; No. 20 of 2021 s. 32.]