REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT

ORDERS
(under section 4)

The Polling Divisions and Boundaries Order, 1983 ( ~ 1 1 t e ' f )
L.N. 81d83

1 O/84
180A434

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REGULATIONS
(under sections 11, 12, 64, 65, 67, 68, 104 (1) (a) and 104 (1) (q) )

The Representation of the People (Remuneration of Election Officers and L N ?g5
Scrutineers) Regulations, 1984 9OCl87

14W87
12/90

27d9 1
12/93

14d93
36.4194
37.4195
132197

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REGULATIONS
(under sections 33 and 104)

The Representation of the People (Substitute Ballot Paper) Regulations, L.N 142/80
1980

REGULATIONS
(under sections 3 7 and 104)

The Representation of the People (Prescribed Equipment) Regulations, L.N. 141180
1980

REGULATIONS
(under section 104)

The Representation of the People Regulations, 1944 G.N. 848/44
L.N. 221A6

35/62

The Representation of the People (Hours for Determining Claims and L.N $;
Objections) Regulations, 1965 95/68

162J75

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT

REGULATIONS
(under sections 11, 12, 64, 65, 67, 68, 104 (1) (a) and 104 (1) (9))

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (REMUNERATION OF ELECTION
OFFICERS AND SCRUTINEERS) EGULATIONS, 1984

(Made by the Minister on the 19th day of December, 1984) L.N. ZSYU
And&.

1 . These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the People
(Remuneration of Election Officers and Scmtineers) Regulations, 1984.

2. The officers specified in column 1 of the Schedule shall, in respect of schedule
the functions and duties specified in column 2, receive such remuneration
and fees as are specified in column 3.

3.-(1) Every returning officer or assistant returning officer who is the
owner of a motor vehicle shall be paid at the rate of twelve dollars for each
kilometre necessarily travelled by him in the execution of his duty.

(2 ) Every returning officer or assistant returning officer who is not
the owner of a motor vehicle shall be entitled to be refunded any sum
necessarily expended by him on the hiring of a motor vehicle for the
performance of his duties, so, however, that no refund shall be made under
this regulation-

(a) in respect of any payment in excess of the rate prescribed by the
traffic authority for the class of vehicle used;

(b) unless the returning officer or the assistant returning officer, as
the case may be, produces to the Director of Elections vouchers in
support of the amount in respect of which the refund is claimed. ,

4.-(1) Every enumerator shall be entitled to claim a sum necessarily
expended by him for travel in the performance of his duties during the
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enumeration period, not exceeding-

(a) in the case of travel in urban areas, five hundred dollars;

(b) in the case of travel in the rural areas, seven hundred dollars.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)-

(a) urban areas comprise of the following areas-

(i) the parish of Kingston;

(ii) the parish of St. Andrew, excluding those areas of the
parish which are within the constituencies known as St.
Andrew West Rural and St. Andrew East Rural;

(iii) Spanish Town;

(iv) Portmore;

(v) Mandeville

(vi) May Pen; and

(vii) Montego Bay; and

(b) rural areas comprise the following areas-

(i) those areas of the parish of St. Andrew which are within the
constituencies known as St. Andrew West Rural and St.
Andrew East Rural: and

(ii) any other area in the Island which is not specified in sub-
paragr;lph ( 4 .

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ELECTION OFFICERSAND SCRUTINEERQ REGULATIONS, 1984

(Regulation 2)

Column 1 - Column 2 - Column 3 -
Retaining fee

Enumeration

Re-defining boundaries

Sittings

Supervising the distribution
of division of identification
cards

Supervising polling stations

$12,500.00 per month

$300.00 per polling division

$200.00 per polling division

$750.00 per day

$60.00 per polling division

$500.00 per polling station

$10,000.00 per month
$250.00 per polling division

$200.00 per polling division

$400.00 per polling station

Assistant Returning Ofticers Retaining fee
Enumeration

Re-defining boundaries

Supervising polling stations

Verification of residence $65.00 per person verified

Overseeing the delivery of
identification cards

$25.00 per identification card
delivered

Distributors Delivering identification
cards

Incentive fee for delivering
identification cards

$30.00 per identification card
delivered

$45.00 per identification card
delivered

Presiding Officers Duty on election day

Poll Clerks Duty on election day

$500.00 per polling station Polling Station Duty on election day

Supervisors Election Day Incentive fee

Indoor Agent of any Duty on election day
political party entitled to
appoint scrutineers
pursuant to section 12 of
the Act.

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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT

REGULATIONS
(under sectiom 33 and 104)

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (SUBSTITUTE BALLOT PAPER)
RBGULATIONS. 1980

(Made by the Minister on the 10th day of October. 1980) L.N. ~ w m

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the
People (Substitute Ballot Paper) Regulations, 1980.

2. The substitute ballot paper shall have the following distinctive
features-

(a) it shall be yellow in colour;
(b) the words "Substitute Ballot Paper" shall be printed on it:

and
(c) it shall not bear a polling division number.

3. Subject to the provisions of regulation 2. the substitute ballot
paper shall in all other respects comply with the requirements of
rection 33 of eht Act

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THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACI'

RBGULA~ONS
(under sections 37 and 104)

(Made by the Minister on the 10th day of October, 1980) L.N. 141180

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the ,h,rttitlc
People (Prescribed Equipment) Regulations, 1980.

2. For the purposes of h a e Regulations and section 37 of the Prescribed
Act, the prescribed equipment shall be a lamp operated with an
ultra-vdlet tube and batteries to produce an ultra-violet light capable of
revealing a component in electoral ink whether or not that component
is visible when viewed otherwise.

3. The presiding officer shatl, prior to deUvering any ballot paper meetor
required ta to any elector, require the elector, for the purpoe of detecting any place hands

mark of elcotoral ink on She appropriate digit, to place his hand Z1,"fBZt
*thin the light prod& by the ultra-viola lamp. light.

4. If the prescribed equipment fails to function or is illegally removed Hecror to
take oelh from the ~polbg station, or is for any reason not available for use, where
prescribed the w i f i n g officer shall, prior to delivering any ballot paper to the equipment

elaotor, first require the elector- nor able. avail-

to tave ,an oath in the form set out as Form 1 in the Sched,ule; schedule.
Form 1.

and

to be thumbprinted or, as the case may require, to be hger-
printed, in accordance ~4th section 37 of the Act.

5. Where the appropriate digit or any other digit whioh an eleotor E I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
may be required to immerse in electoral ink is concealed or covered :;&''
with any bandage or other material, the presiding officer s M , prior " ""a'"d.

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to delivering to the elector any ballot paper, require the elector-
5. hedule.
Form 2.

(a) to take an oath in the form set out as Form 2 in t b Schedule;
and

(b) to be thumbprinted or, as b e case may require, to be finger-
printed, in accordance with section 37 of the Act.

SCHEDULE
FORM NO. 1 (Regulation 4)

T ~ E R PRBSENTATION F THE PEOPLE ACT
Oath of elector where prescribed equipment is not used

I, ........................................................................................................
(Name as on oficial list of electors)

............................................................................................................ of.
(Address as on oficid list of electors)

do swaar*/sdemnly a 5 m * that I have not previously voted in this election.

...................................................
Signature

*Sworn before me this
*AfBnned

day of . 19

......................................................
Presiding 0fBcer for

polling division No. of the
constituency of

Notes :
I . *Strike out what does not apply.

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2. The elector. shall, except where he. has no finger on either hand, make
in the upace pronded one or more ~ m p m i o n s in ink-

(i) with his right thumb; or
(ii) with his left thumb should he nat have a right thumb; or

(iii) with any other finger indicated by the p d d i n g officer, should
the elector not have any thumb.

FORM NO. 2 (Regulation 5)

THE REPREBENTATION OF THE PBOPLB Am
Oath of injured elector

1, ........................................................................................................
(Name as on oficial list of electors)

of. ............................................................................................................
(Address as on oficial list of electors)

do swear*/.solemnly. &mr* that I s d e r from injury to the a propriate digit
or other &git requmed to be immersed in deotod .ink and &at I have n d
previously voted in this deotion.

*Sworn before me &is

'Amrmed

Signaturn

day of , 19

......................................................
Presiding Of6oer for

polling division No. of the
constituency of

Right Thumb

Nota :

1. *Strike out what do*, not apply.

Other

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2. The eleotor shall, except where he has no finger on either hand, make
in the space provided one or more impressions in ink-

(i) with h i e right ihumb; o r
(ii) with his ld't thumb should he not have a right thum,b; or

(iii) with any other finger indicated by the presiding officer, should the
elector not have any thumb.

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THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT

REGU~ATIONS

(under section 104)

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE REGULATIONS, 1944

(Made by the Governor in Privy Council on the 17th G.N. 848144
Amd:

day of November, 1944) L.N. 221156
35162

42r180
113~180 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the

People Regulations, 1944.

2 Every returning officer shall-

(a) receive and check supplies to be used for the taking of a poll
and secure the necessary number of ballot boxes to be used
in each polling station;

(b ) on receipt of the writ, issue the election notice, and make
final seleclions of polling stations, presiding officers and poll
clerks;

(c) receive the nomination of candidates together with the requisite
deposits and undertake any duties in connection with the
nomination as directed by the Chief Electoral Officer;

(d) make all arrangements for, and supervise, the taking of the
poll on election day, and have collected immediately after
the close of poll ballot boxes and the preliminary statements
of the poll:

(e) prepare a preliminary compilation of the votes polled, and
communicate the result as soon as it is available to the Chief
Electoral Officer;

U) make a final count of the votes on the day fixed for that
purpose by checking all envelopes containing ballots cast for
candidates or which have been rejected by the presiding officer;

(g) check and certify accounts for the election clerk, presiding
officers, poll clerks, messengers, custodians or any other officers
appointed to serve in the constituency for election purposes;

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(h) if there is a recount, attend as demanded by the Resident
Magistrate with any or all of the papers as directed by the
Resident Magistrate;

(i) endorse the return to the writ and forward it to the Chief
Electoral Officer with other papers and accounts;

(i) receive returns of candidates' expenses and publish a summary
of such return in a daily paper;

(k) perform such other duties as the Chief Electoral Officer may
direct.

3. The returning officer shall make a report to the Chief Electoral
Oliicer setting out-

(u) the day on which the writ was received and endorsed;
( b ) the day on which the election notice was sent to all post-

masters;

(cj the number of polling stahons established in his cons~ituency;

(d ) th: number of sub-revid u d r i c ~ s and the places at which the
revision of the preliminary lists were held;

(e) the nomination papers which were received and the nomina-
tions which were rejecled together with the cause for their
rejection ;

(I) the condition and number of ballot boxes and keys which
were received;

(g) the number of ballot papers received;

(h) any amendments which were necessary in the Notice of Grant
of Poll as published after nomination day and the cause
thereof;

(0 a list of the oaths of all persons in whose custody the ballot
boxes remain between the close of the poll and the final
count of votes other than the presiding officer, election clerk
and the returning officer;

@ the day or days on which the final count of the votes was
made;

(k) the day on which the declaration of the candidate elected
was made;

(I) the name of the police officer in whose custody the ballot
boxes were deposited;

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(m) 8th condibion in which the ballot boxes were found when the
final count of the votes took place, and indicating on the
recapitulation sheet the state and condition of the papers
in the various envelopes in each ballot box;

(n) any matters of particular significance or intent relating to the
polling and the counting of the votes.

4.-41) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2). every employer
shall permit each of his employees to be absent from his work on
polling day for three hours in addition to the normal meal hour.

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any
employee whose work on polling day commences at or after 10.00 a.m.
or concludes before or at 2.00 p.m.

5 4 1 ) There shall be printed upon every ballot paper, opposite to
the name of each candidate printed thereon, one or other of the
symbols set out in the Schedule. Schedule.

(2) The symbol to be printed opposite to the name of each
candidate shall be the symbol allocated to that candidate by the Chief
Electoral Officer in manner following, that is to say as soon as practic-
able after the issue of an e!ection notice under section 22 of the
Act and before nomination day every prospective candidate in each
constituency shall forward to the Chief Electoral Officer a written
application that he be allocated one of three of the prescribed symbols
which he shall specify in ;the application in (the order of his preference,
and the Chief Electoral Officer shall, upon the nomination of the
prospective candidate as a candidate and subject to the provisions
of paragraph (3). in his absolute discretion, allocate to such candidate
one of the prescribed symbols which may or may not be one of the
three symbols specified in his application:

Provided that if a person is nominated as a candidate who has not
made an application pursuant to this regulation the Chief Electoral
Officer shall, s.clSj;c: to the provisions of paragraph (3), in his absolute
discretion, allocate to such person one of the prescribed symbols which
has not been allocated to any other candidate in the same constituency
at that election.

(3) In exercising his absolute discretion under this regulation
the Chief Electoral Officer shall have regard to any desire of which
he is aware that candidates in the several constituencies who belong
to the same political party or group should have allocated to them
the same symbol in each constituency.

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SCHEDULE (Regulation 7 (1) )

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REPRESENTA7'lON OF THE PEOPLE

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT

REGULATIONS
(under section 104)

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (HOURS FOR DETERMINING
CLAIMS AND OBJECTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1965

(Made by the Minister on the 9th day of February, 1965) L.N. 41/65
Amd:
L.N. 34/68

95 168
162175

1, These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the
People (Hours for Determining Claims and Objections) Regulations,
1965.

2.-(1) The hours during which returning oificers for the consti-
tuencies set out in Part I of the Schedule shall sit for the purpose SCMUI~
of determining claims and objections shall be the hours between 12 noon
and 7 o'clock in the evening on any day other than Sunday, Saturday
or a public holiday.

(2) The hours during which returning officers for ;he consti-
tuencies set out in Part I1 of the Schedule shall sit for the purpose
of determining claims and objections shall be the hours between
12 noon and 7 o'clock in the evening on any day other than Sunday,
Saturday or a public holiday.

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SCHEDULE (Paragraph 2)

Part I

St. Andrew West-Rural
St. Thomas Western
St. Thomas Central
St. Thomas Eastern
Portland Eastern
Portland Western
St. Mary South-Eastern
St. Mary Northern
St. Mary Central
St. Mary Western
St. Ann North-Eastern
St. Ann South-Eastern
St. Ann South-Westem
Trelawny Northern
Trelawny Southern
St. James South-Eastern
St. James Central
Hanover Eastern
Hanover Western
Westmoreland North-Eastem
Westmoreland South.Eastern
St. Elizabeth South-Western
St. Elizabeth North-Westem
St. Elizabeth North-Eastem
St. Elizabeth South-Eastem
Manchester Southern
Manchester North-Western
Manchester Central
Manchester North-Eastern
Clarendon North-Westem
Clarendon Northern
Clarendon North-Central
Clarendon Southern
Clarendon South-Cantral
St. Catherine Western
St. Catherine Central
St. Catherine Southern
St. Catherine Northern
St. Catherine Eastern

Part 11

Kingston Western
Kingston Central
Kingston Eastern and Port Royal
St. Andrew South-Western
St. Andrew Northern
St. Andrew West-Central
St. Andrew East-Central
St. Andrew Southern
St. Andrew South-Eastern
St. Andrew East-Rural
St. Ann North-Western
St. James North-Western
Westmoreland Western
Westmoreland Central

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REPRESENTA T I 0 V O F TIIE PEOPLE

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT

REGULATIONS
(under section 194)

THE REPRESENTATION F THE PEOPLE (OFFICIAL LISTS)
REGULATIONS, 1965

(Made by the Minister on the 28th day of September, 1965) L.N. 26716s
Amd:
L.Nn. 408169

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Representation of the &&80
People (Official Lists) Regulations, 1965.

2. Every official list shall include at the end thereof the certificate
of the Chief Electoral OfEcer in the form specified in the Schedule. Schedule

3. The Chief Electoral Officer shall cause to be printed not less
than two hundred copies of the official list for each polling division.

4. So soon as the official list for any polling division has been printed
the Chief Electoral Officer shall supply, free of cost-

(a) four copies thereof to the member of the House of Representa-
tives for the constituency within which such polling division
falls;

(b) four wpies thereof to the representatives, in the constituency
in which such polling division falls, of each political party
that is entitled to appoint scmtineers under section 12 of the
Aot.

5. Subject tc the provisions of regulation 4 the Chief Electoral Officer
may supply to any person copies of any official list upon payment
to him of such sum of money for each copy M, supplied as he may
from time to time determine.

6. So soon as the official list for any polling division has been printed
copies of such list shall-

(a) be displayed at such public places and in auch public build-
ings in such polling division as the returning officer for the
constituency within which suoh polling division falls may deter-
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(6) be available for inspection by the public at the offices of the
returning officer aforesaid and the Chief Electoral OiEcer.

SCHeDULE (Regulation 2)

CERTIFICAXE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER

I hereby certify that the above list of electors for polling division
No ........................... of the constituency of .............................. has
been prepared by me in accordance with the provisions of the
Representation of the People Act.

Dated at Kingston this ...................................................... day of
................................................... 19 ......

Chief Electoral Olllcer

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