Elections Ordinance, 2011

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The Elections Ordinance, 2011
 
THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 28th July, 2011[a], and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Articles 29(3), 39(2) and 44(1) of the Reform (Guernsey) Law, 1948, as amended[b] and all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby order:-
 
Date of People’s Deputies’ Election.
1.      The date for the General Election of People’s Deputies to be held in April 2012 shall be the 18th April, 2012.
 
Electoral expenditure: People’s Deputies.
2.      A candidate in an election for the office of People’s Deputy may, during the period beginning on the day on which he delivers his nomination form to the Presiding Officer of the States and ending on the day of the election, expend money or give value in money’s worth in respect of that election up to a maximum of £2,100.
 
Hours of Polling in St Peter Port.
3.      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 must open at 8.00 a.m. and be kept open until 8.00 p.m.
 
Repeals.
4.      Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Elections Ordinance, 2007[c] are repealed.
 
Citation.
5.      This Ordinance may be cited as the Elections Ordinance, 2011.
 
Commencement.
6.      This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1st January, 2012.
[a]

Article XII of Billet d'État No. XIII of 2011.
[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, p. 84; Vol. XIX, p. 140; Vol. XXII, p. 122; Vol. XXIII, p. 476; Vol. XXV, p. 326; Vol. XXVI, p. 255; Vol. XXIX, p. 56; Vol. XXX, p. 16; Vol. XXXI, p. 164; Vol. XXXII, p. 41; Vol. XXXIV, p. 397; Vol. XXXVI, p. 478; No. III of 1998; No. X of 1998; No. XIII of 2003; No. III of 2004; No's. II and XX of 2007; No's. XIII and XXII of 2008; No. VII of 2010; also amended by Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXIX, p. 406; and Tome XXXIII, p. 126.
[c]

Tome XXXII, p. 674.




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