15 Geo. V, Cap. 7
An Act to amend Chapter 3 of the Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland (Third Series) entitled "Of the Election of Members of the House of Assembly."
[April 3, 1925]
Be it Enacted by the Governor, and Legislative Council and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows:--
1. Sub-section (a) of Section 3 of Chapter 3 of the Consolidated Statutes of Newfoundland (Third Series) entitled "Of the Election of Members of the House of Assembly," is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor, namely "(a) The expression 'person' means any person, male or female."
2. Section 4 of the said Chapter is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor, namely:Every male British subject of the full age of twenty-one years and every female British subject of the full age of twenty-five years of sound understanding and resident in this Colony for two years preceding the day of Election shall be competent to vote for the Election of Members of the House of Assembly in and for the Electoral District or division of a district, as the case may be, within which he or she is an actual and bona fide resident at the time of the preparation of the list of Electors or supplementary list of Electors as the case may be: Provided that any person temporarily employed or staying in any District or division of a District, as the case may be, and intending at the termination of his or her employment or stay to return to his or her home in another part of the Colony, shall not be deemed to be an actual or bona fide resident within the meaning of this Section.
3. Section 49 of the said Chapter is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor, namely:--
4. The Act 9-10 Geo. V., Cap. XIV., entitled "An Act to amend the Election Act, 1913" is hereby repealed.
5. In the said Chapter unless the context otherwise requires words importing the Masculine Gender shall be held to include the feminine gender and vice versa.