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Electoral Act 1963 Forms

 

Sections 4, 63, 64

SCHEDULE

 

FORMS

 

DECLARATION BY RETURNING OFFICER, DEPUTY RETURNING OFFICER,

POLL CLERKS, SCRUTINEERS AND OTHER OFFICERS:

 

I, A.B. (Insert full residential address and occupation or description), solemnly and sincerely declare that I will well and truly serve in the office of:

 

•          Returning Officer

•          Deputy Returning Officer

•          Poll Clerk

•          Interpreter

•          Scrutineer for C.D., a candidate; at the poll for the ……………… Constituency or Representatives of the Individual Voters and that I will not do anything forbidden by section 94 of the Electoral Act 1963.

 

AND I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the Oaths,
 Affidavits and Declarations Act 1963.

 

Declared at …………………………..…….  this ……………………… day of ………..….. 19…….....
 before me.

E.F.

 

•          Chief Electoral Officer

•          Returning Officer

•          Deputy Returning Officer

•          (Occupation or description of a) person authorised to take a statutory declaration by section 21 of the Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations Act 1963.

•          Delete whichever do not apply.

•          Section 94 of the Electoral Act 1963 is to be printed on the back of this form and must be read by or to the declarant.

 

Section 12

FORM 1A:

 

To the Registrar of electors and voters for Western Samoa.

 

I ……………… of (village claimed, full residential address, and occupation or description) hereby claim to have
 my name entered in the electoral roll for …………… (Territorial Constituency) of Western Samoa; and I declare
 that the answers to the following questions are true and correct in every particular:

 

1.                    Are you a citizen of Western Samoa?  ……………………………………………………………………...

 

2.                    Have you attained the age of 21 years?  …………………………………………………………………….

 

3.                    Are you an undischarged bankrupt?  ………………………………………………………………………..

 

4.                    Have you been convicted in Western Samoa or in American Samoa of an offence punishable by death or
 by imprisonment for a term of 2 years or upwards or have you been convicted in Western Samoa or
reported by the Supreme Court in its report on a trial of an election petition to have been proved of
any practice declared to be a corrupt practice by the Electoral Act 1963?

 

5.                    If so,  have you:

 

(a)                 Received a free pardon?

 

(b)                 Undergone the sentence or punishment to which you were adjudged for the offence?

 

6.                    Are you of sound mind and not subject to an order of medical custody under the Mental Health
 Ordinance 1961?

 

7.                    What is (or was) the full name of your father?  …………………………………………………………….

 

8.                    If he is dead, when and where did he die?  …………………………………………………………………

9.                    What is the date of your birth? ……………………………………………………………………………...

10.                 What is your father’s village of origin? …………………………………………………………………….

11.                 What are your grandfathre’s villages of origin? ……………………………………………………………

12.                 Do you hold a Matai tittle? …………………………………………………………………………………

13.                 If so, what the details?

 

Title …………………………………………………..                Village  …………………………………..

 

14.                 If you do not hold a Matai title does or did any of your grandparents or your parents or your spouse hold

Matai title?  …………………………………………………………………………………………………

15.                 If so, supply particulars:

 

Relationship (eg. father etc) ………………………………………………………………………………...

Title  ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

Village ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

16.                 Does or did any of your brothers or sisters hold a Matai title otherwise then through his or her spouse?

 

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

17.                 If so, supply particulars:

 

Name of brother/sister  ……………………………………………………………………………………...

Title  .. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Village:  .. …………………………………………………………………………………………………...

 

18.                 What is the full name of your father? . ……………………………………………………………………...

19.                 What is the full name of your mother? ……………………………………………………………………..

20.                 Are you rendering service to a village? ……………………………………………………………………..

21.                 If so, what village? ………………………………………………………………………………………….

 

22.                 What is the nature of the service and who can confirm it? …………………………………………………

 

 

SIGN HERE:                        ………………………………………………………….

Signature of Witness:   ………………………………………………………

Residential Address of Witness:            …………………………………………..

Qualification of Witness:            …………………………………………………..

 

 

 

Section 21

FORM 2

 

To the Registrar of electors and voters for Western Samoa I, (insert full names, full residential address and occupation or description) hereby claim to have my name entered on the individual voters’ roll for Western Samoa:

 

A.                  That my answers to the following questions are true and incorrect:

 

1.                    Are you a citizen of Western Samoa under the Citizenship Act 1972?

 

2.                    Have you attained the age of 21 years?

 

3.                    Are you an undischarged bankrupt?

 

4.                    Have you been convicted in Western Samoa or in American Samoa of an offence punishable by death or by imprisonment for a term of 2 years or upwards or have you been convicted in Western Samoa of any practice declared to be a corrupt practice by the Electoral Act 1963?

 

5.                    If so, have you:

 

(a)                 Received a free pardon?

(b)                 Undergone the sentence or punishment to which you were adjudged for the offence?

 

6.                    Are you of sound mind and not subject to an order of medical custody under the Mental Health Ordinance 1961?

 

7.                    Was your name entered on the European electoral roll on the 30th day of November 1963?

 

8.                    What is (or was) the full name of your father?

 

9.                    If he is dead, when and where did he die?

 

10.                 Was your father’s name entered on the European electoral roll on the 30th day of November 1963?

 

11.                 If not and if he died before the 30th day of November 1963, would he if alive on that day have qualified to have his name entered on the European electoral roll on that day?

 

12.                 Were you unborn or under the age of 21 years on the 30th day of November 1963?

 

13.                 Did you acquire your citizenship of Western Samoa by:

 

(a)                 Naturalisation?

 

(b)                 Birth?

 

14.                 If the latter:

 

(a)                 Is your father, if alive, a citizen of Western Samoa?

 

(b)                 Would your father if alive at the date of the commencement of the Citizenship of Western Samoa Ordinance 1959 on the 8th day of September 1959 have automatically qualified to be a citizen of Western Samoa by virtue of any provision of that Ordinance?

 

15.                 Have you taken the oath of allegiance in the manner and form provided by section 12 of the Citizenship Act 1972?

 

B.                   That I do not hold a Matai title and am not exercising any customary right or privilege in regard to customary land.

 

C.                   That I am not married to a person holding such a title or exercising any such right or privilege.

 

 

SIGN HERE:                        ………………………………………………………….

Signature of Witness:   ………………………………………………………

Residential Address of Witness:            …………………………………………..

Qualification of Witness:            …………………………………………………..

 

Section 35 (1)

FORM 3

 

ELECTORAL ROLL FOR TERRITORIAL CONSTITUENCY

 

 

ROLL OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AS ELECTORS OF THE

TERRITORIAL CONSTITUENCY OF –

 

   Number on

        Roll

    Title(s) or

    Surname

    Taulealea or

Christian Name(s)

 Sub-Village or

      Pitonuu

    Village or

         Nuu

  Occupation or     

    Description

 

 

Registrar

 

 

Section 35 (2)

FORM 4

 

INDIVIDUAL VOTERS’ ROLL

 

 

ROLL OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE FOR REPRESENTATIVES

OF THE INDIVIDUAL VOTERS

 

    Number of Roll

         Surname

    Christian Names

     Residence

  Occupation or

   Description

 

 

Registrar

 

 

Section 48(1)

FORM 5

 

To the Chief Electoral Officer for the Constituency …………………………….…………………….

 

WE, the undersigned registered electors of the Constituency, registered individual voters, hereby nominate ………………..………….. (Name), of (Residence and occupation), a registered elector of the ……………………………..…… Constituency, a registered individual voters, with his (or her) consent, as a candidate at the election of a member of Parliament for the ………………. Constituency, Individual Voters the poll for which is appointed for Saturday the …………………... Day of

 

Dated at ………………….………….. this ……….………………….. day of ……………….19 ………

 

(Signatures and full names, residences, and occupations of 2 or more electors nominating).

 

I, (Name), being qualified to be a candidate and to be elected a member of Parliament in terms both of Part II of the Electoral Act 1963 and of any other enactment, hereby consent to the above nomination.

 

My name will fit on the ballot paper; or

 

As my name is too long to fit on the ballot paper, I wish my given names to be shown on the ballot paper as ………………………………. (Complete the second alternative, unless the Chief Electoral Officer agrees both that the candidate’s name will fit on the ballot paper and that the second alternative is the alternative to be deleted).

 

•          The name of my political party is ………………………………………………………………. Or

 

•          I am an independent candidate.

 

(Signature, residence, and occupation of person nominated)

 

•          Delete words that do not apply.

 

 

 

Section 52(1)

FORM 6

 

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATION

 

 

To the Chief Electoral Officer for Western Samoa.

 

I (Insert full names) hereby give notice that I withdraw my nomination as a candidate at the election of:

 

 

•          Representative(s) of the …………………………………………… constituency

 

•          Representatives of the Individual Voters the holding of which is appointed for the ………… day of ………………. 19 ………………. And for which I was nominated on the …………………. Day of …………………… 19 …………………

 

 

Signature of Candidate:  ..……………………………………………..

 

 

Received at the hour of:  …………………… on the ………………… day of …………..… 19……….

 

 

Signature of Chief Electoral Officer:  ………………………………………….

 

•          Delete words that do not apply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 56(1)

FORM 7

 

VOTE HERE

 

FAAOSO, Pale

HUMAN RIGHT PROTECTION

 

FALEFA, Sola

SAMOA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

SASALU, Tolu

SAMOA LIBERAL

 

TUITUI, Tolu

INDEPENDENT

 

 

 

DIRECTIONS

 

(Read Carefully before Voting)

 

1.                    Vote for only one candidate.

 

2.                    Vote by putting a tick in the circle immediately after the name of the candidate you choose.

 

3.                    After voting,  fold the ballot paper so that its contents cannot be seen and place it in the ballot box.

 

4.                    If you spoil this ballot paper, return it to the officer who issued it and apply for another.

 

5.                    You must not take this ballot paper out of the polling booth.

 

 

 

Section 56(5)

FORM 8

 

COUNTERFOIL OF BALLOT PAPER

Consecutive No.

 

(To be entered here and also on the top right hand corner of the back of the voting paper).

 

            Designation of Roll:

            No. on Roll:

            (to be entered here only)

(Stamp across the perforation so that the number                         ]            Official

of the polling booth shall appear on both the                                ]           Booth

counterfoil and the voting paper).                                        ]            Stamp

 

Initials of Presiding Officer

________________

 

 

 

Section 80

FORM 9

 

DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL

Territorial Constituency of

(or Individual Voters)

 

I HEREBY declare the result of the poll taken on the ……………….. day of …………… 19 ………. For the election of a member(s) of Parliament for the Territorial Constituency of (or for Individual voters) to be as follows:

 

Candidates                                                                                                                Votes Received

 

C.D.  ……………………………………………………………..

 

E.F.   ……………………………………………………………..

 

G.H.  ……………………………………………………………..

 

I.J.     ……………………………………………………………..

 

K.L.  ……………………………………………………………..

 

Total number of valid votes  ……………………………………………………………..

 

Number of votes rejected as informal  ….………………………………………………..

 

I therefore declare the said C.D. to be elected  …………………………………………..

 

DATED at ………………………. this ………………… day of ………………………… 19 …………

 

A.B.

CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER