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Electoral Amendment Act 1996

SAMOA


ELECTORAL AMENDMENT ACT 1996


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Arrangement of Provisions


Title
1. Short title
2. Revision of Electoral Rolls


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1996, No. 1


AN ACT to amend the Electoral Act 1963.

[14 February 1996]


BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Western Samoa in Parliament assembled as follows:-


1. Short title -This Act may be cited as the Electoral Amendment Act 1996 and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Electoral Act 1963 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).


2. Revision of Electoral Rolls - Subsection (8) of Section 18A of the principal Act is amended by adding at the end of that subsection the following proviso:-


"Provided that the name of such person shall not be removed where –


(a) The Registrar is satisfied that such person is alive; and


(b) According to the records of the Registrar such person is the holder of a valid Identification Card."


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