III.  Afrika.  939  151.  Or.-Riv.-Col.

X.  No  person  shall  be  entitled  to  be  registered  as  a  voter  on  any  register  of
voters—

(1.)  (a.)  Unless  he  has  resided  in  the  Colony  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  six
months  next  before  the  commencement  (as  declared  by  proclamation  of  the  Governor)
of  the  framing  of  a  general  register  of  voters,  and—

(b.)  Is  at  the  said  bona  fide  residing  in  the  registration  division  for  which  he
claims  to  be  registered.

(c.)  Provided  that  any  person  who  within  three  years  next  before  the  commencement
  of  the  framing  of  a  general  register  of  voters  has  resided  in  the  Colony  for  not
less  than  six  months,  but  who  has  been  temporarily  absent  during  the  six  months
next  before  that  date,  shall  be  entitled  to  be  so  registered,  notwithstanding  such
absence,  on  proof  being  given  by  him,  or  on  his  behalf,  to  the  registering  Officer
that  his  absence  was  temporary.

(2.)  If  he  has  been  by  any  of  Our  Courts—

(a.)  Convicted  since  the  31st  day  of  May,  1902,  of  treason  or  at  any  time  of
murder,  unless  he  shall  have  obtained  a  free  pardon.

(b.)  Convicted  at  any  time  of  any  offence  and  sentenced  to  imprisonment
without  the  option  of  a  fine,  which  imprisonment  shall  not  have  expired  at  least
three  years  before  the  date  of  the  commencement  of  the  framing  of  such  register.

(3.)  If  he  has  been,  within  six  months  of  the  commencement  of  the  framing
of  such  register,  in  receipt  of  relief  from  public  funds  in  the  Colony  not  being  relief
by  way  of  repatriation  under  Article  X  of  the  Terms  of  Peace  of  the  31st  May,  1902:

Provided  that  treatment  without  payment  therefore  in  any  hospital  supported
wholly  or  partly  out  of  public  funds  shall  not  be  regarded  as  relief  from  public  funds.

XI.  For  the  purpose  of  the  first  election  of  Members  of  the  Legislative  Assembly,
to  be  held  under  the  provisions  of  these  Our  Letters  Patent,  and  of  every  subsequent
election  until  such  time  as  there  shall  be  a  fresh  register  of  voters  framed  as  hereinafter
  prescribed,  a  list  shall  be  prepared  of  the  persons  entitled  to  be  registered  as
voters  in  each  ward  of  every  magisterial  district  in  the  Colony,  and  in  such  town
or  group  of  towns  as  defined  by  their  municipal  areas  to  which  a  member  or  members
is  or  are  allotted  in  the  First  Schedule  to  these  Our  Letters  Patent.

XII.  The  registration  of  voters,  the  preparation  of  lists  of  voters,  the  conduct
of  elections,  and  the  hearing  of  election  petitions,  shall  be  carried  out  in  accordance
with  the  Regulations  prescribed  in  the  Second  Schedule  to  these  Our  Letters  Patent.
For  the  purpose  of  the  first  registration  of  voters,  each  such  ward  of  a  magisterial
district,  and  each  such  town  or  group  of  towns,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  be  deemed
a  registration  division  within  the  meaning  of  the  said  Schedule,  and  for  the  purpose
of  every  subsequent  registration  of  voters  an  electoral  division  shall  be  deemed  to
be  &amp;  registration  division.

XIII.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  list  of  qualified  voters,  the  Governor  shall
appoint  three  Commissioners  for  the  purpose  of  the  division  of  the  Colony  into
electoral  divisions,  and  may,  on  the  death,  resignation,  or  absence  from  the  Colony
of  any  of  the  said  Commissioners,  appoint  another  Commissioner;  and  any  person

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