Cap 541L s 34 Determination of no canvassing zone and no staying zone (Electoral Procedure (Village Representative Election) Regulation; Electoral Affairs Commission Ordinance)

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Chapter:	541L	Title:	Electoral Procedure (Village Representative Election) Regulation	Gazette Number:	L.N. 212 of 2009
Section:	34	Heading:	Determination of no canvassing zone and no staying zone	Version Date:	30/10/2009

(1) The Returning Officer shall, by reference to a map or plan, determine-

(a) any area outside a polling station to be used for polling for the Village concerned as a no canvassing zone; and

(b) any area within a no canvassing zone as a no staying zone.

(2) The Returning Officer shall give a notice indicating the boundaries of the no canvassing zone and the no staying zone to every candidate for election for the Village at least 2 days before the polling day.
(3) If a polling station is to be used for polling for more than one Village-

(a) the determination of the no canvassing zone and the no staying zone shall be made by the Returning Officer specified for the purpose by the Director of Home Affairs; and

(b) that Officer shall give the notice under subsection (2) to-

(i) the candidates for election for the Village for which that Officer is appointed; and

(ii) the Returning Officers for the other Villages for which the polling station is used for polling, who shall, as soon as practicable after they receive the notice, give such notice to the candidates for election for their respective Villages.

(4) The Returning Officer who makes a determination of a no canvassing zone or a no staying zone may vary the zone.
(5) If a no canvassing zone or a no staying zone is varied, the Returning Officer who varies the zone shall, as soon as practicable after the variation-

(a) give a notice indicating the boundary of the zone as varied to-

(i) the candidates for election for the Village for which that Officer is appointed; and

(ii) (if the polling station is to be used for polling for more than one Village) the Returning Officers for the other Villages for which the polling station is used for polling, who shall, as soon as practicable after they receive the notice, give such notice to the candidates for election for their respective Villages; and

(b) display a copy of such notice at or near the polling station.

(6) On the polling day, the Returning Officer who determines the no canvassing zone or the no staying zone (or subsequently varies it, where applicable) shall display at or near each polling station a notice indicating the boundaries of the no canvassing zone and the no staying zone as determined or, where applicable, as varied. (L.N. 134 of 2009)
(7) A determination under subsection (1) comes into effect upon the display of a notice under subsection (6) in relation to the no canvassing zone and the no staying zone as determined.
(8) A variation under subsection (4) comes into effect upon the display of a notice under subsection (6) in relation to the no canvassing zone or the no staying zone as varied.