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A.D. 1953].

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (SYMBOLS AND COLOURS) (ELECTIONS) [No.

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!15 I assent.

JOHN G.UTCH, omccr Administe G1Jvernment.

ring the 7th March, 1953.

ORDINANCE No.

3 OF 1953.

AN 0RDINAkcE to make provision colours to persons desirous election matters at the first of Members of the House of Assembly and for other in connection therewith.

for the allocation of being nominated of symbols and of 3E IT ENACTED by the Governor of British 7th March, 1953.

Guiana, with the advice AD.


1953 �nrl consent d the Legislative 1.This Ordinance may be cited as the House of Assemblv Short title.

Council thereof, as follows: - - /Symbols and Colours) (Elections) Ordinance, 1953.

2.In this Ordinance "electoral - district" and defined in pursuance stitution) Order in Council, 1953; means an electoral district of the British constituted Guiana (Con-tion.
Interpreta­ "the House of Assembly" means the House of Assembly of British (Constit "Registration Governor Guiana constitut ed by the British Guiana ution) Order in Council, 1953; Officer" means the person appointed by the (1) of sec- under the provisions Ordinance, Registration of subsection 1952. tion six of the Special f of being nominated 3.

(1) Every person desirous at the first No.

7 of e}ection of Member!


': of the House of Assembly (hereinafter ferred to as 'a candidate') of March, nineteen symbol in the manner and on the conditio11s by this Ordinance, and allocated shall be eligible election.

shall not later than the twenty-first be allocated provided hereinafter no person to whom a symbol has not been at such hundred and fifty-three to be nominated as a candidate re-1952.
day �ll�cati�� a ymb s. .. he shall be eligible of the electoral (2)Where a symbol has been allocated for nomination as a candidate to any person, only in respect' district for which the symbol was allocated.

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:l] ·�THE LAWS OF BRITISH GUIA.NA [A.D. 1953 Allocation .

oi c-olours First Schedule.

of the electoral in respect and in re­ to this Ordinande, not later than the twenty-first in addition to 4.
(1) Every candidate shall, set out in the First Schedule district tricts spect of no other electoral day of March, nineteen hundred and symbol to be allocated Ordinance, be allocated provided hereinafter ditions whom a colour so required gible to be nominated c iectoral districts.
in accorda1�ce a colour in the manner and on the con­ by this Ordinance, has not been and no person to shall be eli­ of any of such with section three at such election fifty-three, allocated in respect of this the dis­ (2)Where a candidate for nomination has been allocated only in respect of the electoral a colour, he of which the colour has been allocated.

Ordinance, to the provisions shall be eligible district in respect ,i\oolic�•· 5.
(1) Subject 1 every candidate 11gc!Won � of svmbol by him in that behaH shall make application a11d colour eighteent �ui deposit allocation 3ct:.Ordinance, �� Second Second Schedule Schedule (2) Prior to the allocation li'orm No.

1. every candidate of a symbol and, where required h day of March, nineteen to this Ordinance.

of section shall - not later than the hundred and fifty-three for the four of this by section of a colour in the form set out in Form No.
1 in the or any person authorised in writing of a symbol or of a colour eight of this (a)pay or cause to be paid to the Financial on deposit the sum of two hundred and Secretary and Treasurer forty dollars and shall obtain a receipt therefor; and (b)supply the Registratic111 Officer with a recent un­ mounted photograph and one-half the ':!

:?.ndidate inches by two inches duly certified to be a true photograph of himself.
of the size two by cf the candidate of subsections (3)On being satisfied that the candidate with the provisions Registration is duly authorised section (1) of section time when and the place where a symbol, our, as the case has complied (1) and (2.)

of this section, or where a person provisions of sub­ and appointed under the that person of the or a symbol and a col­ to the candidate.

Officer shall notify the candidate may be, will be allocated six of this Ordinance, the (4) Eve!
'Y cai,didat e shall1 forthwith at the request of Officer, furnish submitted by him in accordance the Registration photograph of subsection require (2) of this section, certified in the manner required with paragraph such additional copies of the (b) as the Registration Officer may by thc1t paragraph .

of section eight of th.is by section 6.
(1) Subject a symbol, a colour, to the provisions and where required four of this shall be drawn for by the candidate, by the candidate from a ballot Ordinance Ordinance any person authorised m respect symbols or 1he Governor, and which have not yet been allocated dictate of the said electoral Magistrate, tration to any can� in the presence and the Regis­ of Local Government the Commissioner of an electoral district, in respect in writing district colours Officer, box containing or by in that behitlf, as the case may be as have been approved by.
such of a Mode of allocating svrnbol and colour.

A.D. 1953jHOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (SYMBOLS AND COLOURS) (ELECTIONS) [No.

::l. 27 (2)The symbol or colour drawn shall be allocated to district drawing the same in respect of the electoral the candidate for which he has requested the allocation.

of section 7.

Subject to the provisions Candidate eight of this Ordinance a candidate shall be entitled Members of the House of Assembly and the colour as the case may be, allocated the electoral colour were allocated.
svmbol of the symbol, or the symbo.1.

for w hich such symbol or such symbol and dm.wn.

titled to to the sole use at the first election of en • so e u 1 se o to him, in respect district o� and colour f 8.

(1) Where six or more candidates in respect out as Form No.

2 in the Second Schedule electoral districts, them, they shali m�lrn a statutory iorm set nance and in that declaration their number to draw a symbol on their behalf.
desire that a common symbol be allocated to that effect in the b11 declaration to this Ordi-· 0� m�r!

and appoint one of c.andid:ites.

shall authorise (2) Each such candidate shall comply with the provi-���edw,e 2 m o.

· (2) of section (3)On being satisfied with the provisions five of this Ordinamce.

has that each of the candidates sions of subsection of subsections Second Allocation of different to.
of a com­ sym_­ \ 1x Officer shall notify the symbol or the symbol and the c-oloun (1) and (2� of this the candidate of the complied the Registration section, ti.me and the place where ur colours allocated, :;hall Ordinance.
be allocated which may be required will be by those candidates and the symbol or the symbol and the colour or colours in the manner provided by section six of this to whom a symbol or a symbol may, not later than the hundred and fifty-three be (4)Any other candidate day of March, nineteen a common symbol previously with the provisions and a colour have not been allocated, twenty-first allocated d ates on complying section tory declaration Schedule whom the common symbol candidate and on presentation to this Ordinance may be allocated in the form set out as Form No.
3 in the Second Second made by all of the other candidates to Schedule been allocated, has already that common symbol: that such Form No.
3. allocated of subsection to other candi­ (2,� of this Officer of a statu- to the Registration Provided that a candidate shall not be allocated a com­ 9.The Colonial Secretary mon symbol if he is a candidate districts tory declaration required for which any of the other candidates by this subsection in respect of any of the elect�ral making the statu-, is also a candidate.
in which shall Register of of the candidates candidates, shail keep a register and addresses be recorded the names, occupations to whom symbols or symbols and colours description of the respective candidates, and the electoral allocations have been made.

districts symbols and colours in respect a !�1J1bols have been allocated, to those colours.

allocated of which such 10.

(1) If any person to whom a symbol ,:;s allocated under Forfeiture fails to be nominated as a of deposit.
three of this Ordinance section candidate at the first election Assembly or if the number of votes polled by a candidate at such election who is not elected does not exceed fifteen of Members of the House of - 28 No.

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[A.D. 1953 per centum of the total number of votes polled, then, subject to subsection of the candidate nance or under subsection shall be forfeited Treasurer (2) of section 2nd shall be paid by the Financial (3) of this section, under subsection eight of this Ordinance Secretary made by or on behalf five of this Ordi­ revenue of the Colony.

(Z') of section into the general the deposit , and (2) Fo1· the purposes of subsection (1) of this sectior;.
the total number of votes polled shall be deemed to be the num-· rer of ballot tickets (other than spoilt ballot ticket�) counted.

(3)If a candidate tion or if having been duly nominated commenced, the deposit, legal personal returned dies before the date fixed for nomina­ he dies before the poll has: his, if made by him, shall be returned to and, if not made by him, shall be representative to the person by whom the deposit be returned ( 4)The dei:,,osit shall was made.
to the candidate or c.ther person who made the deposit, (a)where the candidate as the case may be, - is elected, as soon as he has taken the oath as a Member of the House of Assem­ bly; (b1 where the candidate is not forfeited as soon as practicable is declared.

is not elected under subsection and the deposit (1) of this section, the result of the election .after Commence-11.This Ordinance ment.
tion on the twenty-sixth day of February, nineteen shall be deemed to have come into opera- hundred and fifty-three.

FIRST SCHEDULE (Section 4 (1) ) HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (SYMBOLS AND COLOURS) (ELECTIONS) ORDINANCE, 1953.

ELECTORAL DISTRICTS No.

1 North West No.

5 Bartica and Interior.

SECOND SCHEDULE Form No.

1 (Section 5 (1) ) HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (SYMBOLS AND COLOURSi /ELECTIONS) ORDINANCE, 1953.

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1953] HOW:rE OF ASSEMBLY (SYMBOLS AN]) COLOURS) (ELECTIONS) [Ne.. 3, 20 Form No.

2 \Section 8 (1) ) HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (SYMBOLS AND COLOURS) (ELECTIONS'.
ORDINANCE, 1953. by Applicants in respect of Cc1nmon Symbol and Declaration Statutory Common Colour required We (1) .

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.paid or received Declarations "Every one who makes a declaratio •any statement to be false or does not believe nance containing believes guilty of a misdemeanour, liable to imprisonment term not Ordinance (Chapter 255), sec-tion n according false in fact, wiich he knows 01 to be true, shall be shall be n thereof, with or without bard labour.

for any 4. to this Ordi­ and, on convictio one year.''

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1953 Form No.


3 (Section 8( 4) ) HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY (SYMBOLS AND COLOURS) (ELECTIONS) Statutory Declaration ORDINANCE, by persons to whom a ccmmon symbol has 1953. already We (1) .................. been allocated.

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ns Ordinance (Chapter (1) This declaratio shall be charged, (2)Statutory Declaratio "Every one who makes a declaration any statement to be false or does not believe nance containing believes guilty of a misdemeanour, and, liable to imprisonment with or without not exceeding 255), section to this Ordi­ false in :fiact, which he knows or to be true, shall 'be shall be on conviction hard labour, acccrding one year."

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