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New Zealand Flag Referendums Bill

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	Commentary
	Key
1	Title
2	Commencement
	Part 1 Preliminary provisions
3	Purpose
4	Expiry
5	Interpretation
6	General description of Preferential Voting electoral system
7	General description of First Past the Post electoral system
8	Application of Act to conduct outside New Zealand
9	Act binds the Crown
	Part 2 Provisions relating to referendums
	Subpart 1—Referendums on New Zealand flag
10	Subject of referendums
11	Appointment of dates for referendums
12	Voting period
13	Alternative flag designs
14	Voting paper in second flag referendum
	Subpart 2—Officials
15	Returning Officer
16	Returning Officer may employ or engage persons
17	Delegation by Returning Officer
	Subpart 3—Rolls of electors
18	Rolls of electors
	Subpart 4—Conduct of referendums
19	Who may vote
20	Electoral systems for referendums
	Dispatching voting papers
21	Period for dispatching voting papers
22	Dispatching voting papers by post
23	Dispatching replacement voting papers by post
24	Dispatching voting papers by fax, email, or dictation
25	Envelopes and information accompanying voting papers
26	Extension of voting period
	Marking and returning voting papers
27	Method of voting
28	Return of voting papers to Returning Officer
29	Times for return of voting papers
30	Voting papers returned late
	Progressive processing of voting papers
31	Processing of voting papers
32	Informal voting papers
33	Invalid voting papers
34	Protection of secrecy during processing
35	Publicity during processing
36	Supervision of processing
	Announcing results
37	Procedure after close of voting period
38	Declaration of result of referendum
39	Determination of result in event of tie
40	Disposal of voting papers and rolls
	Subpart 5—Application for inquiry into conduct of referendum
	Parties to inquiry
41	Who may make application
42	Who may be respondents
43	Group of electors may oppose application
	Making of application
44	Making of application
45	Application to be served on respondents
	Hearing of application
46	More than 1 application relating to same referendum
47	Matters to be inquired into at hearing
	Court’s decision
48	Decision of court as to result of referendum
49	Fresh referendum
	Subpart 6—Offences
50	Unauthorised use or disclosure of referendum information
51	Influencing electors generally
52	Offences in relation to voting papers
53	Bribery by any person at any time
54	Bribery by any person after voting period
55	Bribery by elector before or during voting period
56	Treating
57	Undue influence
58	Interference with voting or compromising secrecy of voting
59	Personation
60	Offences in relation to processing
61	Property may be stated as vesting in Returning Officer
	Subpart 7—Advertising
62	Interpretation
63	Meaning of referendum advertisement
64	Referendum advertisement to include promoter statement
65	Failure to include promoter statement in referendum advertisement
66	Duty of Electoral Commission
66A	Regulated periods for purposes of Parliamentary Service Act 2000
	Part 3 Miscellaneous provisions
	Orders in Council
67	Regulations
68	Validation of irregularities
	Provisions relating to change of New Zealand flag
69	Amendments to Flags, Emblems, and Names Protection Act 1981
	5	The New Zealand Flag
	5A	1902 Flag
70	Amendments to Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999
	63A	Validity not affected by change of New Zealand flag
71	Transitional provision
	Schedule 1 Voting paper for first flag referendum
	Schedule 2 Voting paper for second flag referendum
	Schedule 3 Forms
	Schedule 4 Method of counting preferential votes
	Schedule 5 New Schedules 1 and 1A inserted
	Legislative history

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