British Guiana (Registration) Order 1964
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1964 No. 492
CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC
TERRITORIES
The British Guiana (Registration) Order 196426thMarch 1964
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of March 1964
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a copy of the draft of the following Order was laid before each House of Parliament on the thirteenth day of February 1964;
And Whereas during a period of forty days beginning with that day and reckoned for the purposes of section 6 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946(a), neither House has resolved that the draft be not submitted to Her Majesty in Council;
And Whereas it is proposed in due course to introduce a system of election for British Guiana under which British Guiana will no longer be divided into electoral districts for the purpose of returning members to the Legislative Assembly and it is desirable to make provision for the preparation, in anticipation of the introduction of the new system of election, of electoral registers for the purposes of the new system:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of Her powers under the British Guiana Act 1928(b), and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
Citation and interpretation.
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the British Guiana (Registration) Order 1964.
(2) The provisions of article 115 of the Constitution of British Guiana set out in the British Guiana (Constitution) Order in Council 1961(c) (hereinafter called "the Constitution") shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Order as they apply for the purpose of interpreting the Constitution.
(3) The powers of the Governor under this Order shall be exercised by him in his discretion.
Governor's regulations.
2. The Governor may by regulation published in the Gazette make provision for the registration of persons possessing the qualifications prescribed in section 3 of this Order and for any matter that appears to him to be incidental thereto or consequential thereon.
(a) 9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 36.
(b) 18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 5.
(c) S.I. 1961/1188 (1961 II, p. 2152).
Qualifications for registration.
3.—(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, a person shall be qualified to be registered if, and shall not be so qualified unless, on the qualifying date, he—
(a) is a British subject of the age of twenty-one years or upwards; and
(b) is resident...
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