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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021 NO.

OF 2021 Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2021 No.

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of 2021 Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill 2021 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2021 NO.

OF 2021 ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES Clauses Interpretation 1.

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Amendment of section 9 - Powers and duties of the Supervisor of Elections 4.
Amendment of the Second Schedule - Registration Regulations 3 Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2021 No.

of 2021 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2021 NO.

OF 2021 AN ACT to amend the Representation of the People Act, Cap.

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ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows: 1.

Short title This Act may be cited as the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2021.

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Interpretation In this Act— “Principal Act” means the Representation of the People Act, Cap.

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Amendment of section 9 - Powers and duties of the Supervisor of Elections The principal Act is amended in section 9 by repealing subsection (1C) and replacing it with the following new subsection— “(1C) Notwithstanding subsections (1A) and (1B) the age at which the Supervision of Elections shall vacate his office under section 67 of the Constitution is seventy five years”.

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Amendment of the Second Schedule – Registration Regulations The principal Act is amended in the Second Schedule by— (a) repealing regulation 17(2) and replacing it as follows: 4 No.
of 2021 Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill 2021 “(2) An objection shall be in the prescribed form and may be made by any registered elector for that constituency”; (b) deleting the phrase “polling division” in regulation 23 and replacing it with the phrase “polling district”; and (b) deleting the phrase “polling division” wherever it occurs in FORM I - Certificate of Registration and replacing it with the phrase “polling district”.

Passed the House of Representatives this the day of 2021.
Passed the Senate this day of 2021 Speaker President Clerk to the House of Representatives Clerk to the Senate 5 Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 2021 No.

of 2021 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM The proposed amendments to the Representation of the People Act aims to do the following:  Clause 3 proposes to amend section 9 of the principal Act to increase the age at which the Supervisor of Elections vacates the office from 65 years to 75 years.
This brings it in uniformity with the age at which members of the Electoral Commission vacate office.

 Under Clause 4, the Registration Regulations contained in the Second Schedule is amended in regulation 17(2) of the Registration Regulations to allow for a registered elector to make an objection in the prescribed form as opposed to an objection being made by any person who is eligible to apply to be registered for that constituency.
 Clause 4 also amends the Second Schedule to correct a slight anomaly.

The phrase “polling division” was inadvertently used to mean “polling district”.

The amendment therefore aims to delete “polling division” and replace it with the phrase “polling district”.

Hon.

Gaston Browne Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Corporate Governance HOR Sitting: S4:S6 6