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92 declaration may be made, is hereby required to transmit the same, by the first convenient opportunity, to the Chief Secretary of South Australia —

"I (A.B.) do hereby dedare that I accept the office of———— and I do hereby promise and dedare that I will faithfully perform the duties of the same, to the best of my understanding and ability, and that I will not reveal or disdose any knowledge that I may acquire in the discharge of my said office touching the vote of any elector."

Penalty on officers refusing or neglecting duty

59. If any Returning Officer, or any Deputy Returning Officer, after having accepted office as such, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties which by the provisions hereof, he is required to perform, every such Returning Officer, or Deputy Returning Officer, shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay any sum not less than Ten, nor exceeding Two Hundred Pounds; and, in like manner, if any clerk or other officer or person appointed or required to perform any duty, under or by virtue of this Act, shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties which by the provisions hereof he is required to perform, every such clerk or other officer or person shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay any sum not less than Five, and not exceeding Fifty Pounds.

Recovery and application of penalties

60. The respective penalties before mentioned shall be recovered, with full costs of suit, by any person who shall sue for the same within three calendar months after the commission of such offence, by action in the Supreme Court of the said Province; and the money so recovered shall, after payment of the costs and expenses attending the recovery thereof, be paid and apportioned as follows, that is to say-— one moiety thereof to the person so suing, and the other moiety thereof to Her Majesty for the public uses of the Province and support of the Government thereof.

Where matters to be done fall on a holiday

61. When any matter or thing is hereby directed to be performed on a certain day, and that day shall happen to be Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day, or other public holiday, the said matter or thing may be performed on the next succeeding day, not being any of the days aforesaid.

Commencement of Act

62. This Act shall come into operation from and after the passing thereof.

Short title

63. In referring to this Act it shall be suffident to make use of the expression "The Electoral Act."

. — This act was copied for the author through the courtesy of the Parliamentary Library at Ottawa, Canada.