Elections Ordinance, 2004

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The Elections Ordinance, 2004

THE STATES LEGISLATION COMMITTEE, in pursuance of the Resolution of the States of 29th October 2003[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on the States by Articles 25(3), 29(3), 34(11)(a), 39(2) and 44(1) of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948 ('the Reform Law'), as amended[b], and on the Committee by Article 66(3) of the Reform Law, hereby orders:-

Date of People's Deputies' Election

1.      The date for the General Election of People's Deputies to be held in April 2004 shall be Wednesday 21st April, 2004.

New Electoral Roll

2.      The Electoral Roll in existence at 23.59 hours on 29th February, 2004 shall, at that time, cease to be valid, and shall be replaced by a new Electoral Roll compiled in accordance with the provisions of the Reform Law.

Closure of entries to Electoral Roll

3.      In relation to the General Election referred to in section 1, the Electoral Roll shall be closed on 1st February, 2004, and no entry to it shall be made or amended during the period beginning on that date and ending on the date of the election.

Hours of Polling in St Peter Port

4.      At every election for the office of People's Deputy held in the Electoral Districts of St Peter Port South and St Peter Port North every polling station shall open at 08.00 hours and be kept open until 20.00 hours.

Electoral expenditure: People's Deputies.

5.      A candidate in an election for the office of People's Deputy may, during the period commencing on the day on which he delivers his nomination form to the President of the States and ending on the date of the election, expend money or give value in money's worth in respect of that election up to a maximum of £1,200.

Electoral expenditure: Constables, Douzeniers, Procureurs and Overseers of the Poor.

6.      A candidate in an election for the office of Constable, Douzenier, Procureur of the Poor or Overseer of the Poor shall not, during the period commencing on the day on which he delivers his nomination form to the Returning Officer and ending on the date when the election in fact takes place, expend money or give value in money's worth in respect of that election in excess of the amount specified in the right hand column of the Schedule to this Ordinance in relation to the Electoral Districts specified in the left hand column of that Schedule.

Repeals

7.      The following provisions are repealed -

(a)      the Electoral Expenditure Ordinance, 2001[c];

(b)      the Elections (Variations of Hours of Polling) Ordinance, 1993[d].

Citation.

8.      This Ordinance may be cited as the Elections Ordinance, 2004.

Commencement

9.      This Ordinance shall come into force on the 12th January, 2004.

SCHEDULE

Section 6

 

 

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Electoral Districts 

Maximum amount of election expenditure 

The Parish of St Peter Port 

£600 

The Parishes of St Sampson, the Vale, the Castel, and St Martin 

£400 

The Parishes of St Saviour, St Pierre du Bois, and St Andrew 

£250 

The Parishes of Torteval and the Forest 

£150 

 

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[a]

Article XXIV of Billet d'État No. XXI of 2003.
[b]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p.288; Vol. XIV, p. 407; Vol. XV, p. 279; Vol. XVI, p. 178; Vol. XVIII, p. 275; Vol. XIX, pp.84 and 140; Vol. XXII, p. 122; Vol. XXIII, p. 476; Vol. XXVI, p. 255; Vol. XXIX, p. 56; Vol. XXX, p. 16; Vol. XXXI, p. 164; Vol. XXXII, p. 41; No. V of 1993; No. II of 1996; No. III of 1998; No. X of 1998.
[c]

Ordinance No. XLVIII of 2001.
[d]

Receuil d'Ordonnances, Tome XXVI, p284.




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