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ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION ACT 1947 - SECT 6

This legislation has been repealed.

ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION ACT 1947 - SECT 6

6 .         Basis for division of the State into districts

        (1)         The Commissioners shall —

            (a)         divide the Metropolitan Area into 34 districts; and

            (b)         divide the area comprising the remainder of the State into 23 districts.

        (2)         The Commissioners shall make the division of an area mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) into districts in accordance with the principle that the number of enrolled electors comprised in any district in the area must not be more than 15% greater, or more than 15% less, than the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of enrolled electors in the area by the number of districts into which the area is to be divided.

        [Section 6 inserted by No. 40 of 1987 s. 92.]