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subsequent  election  until  such  time  as  there  shall  be  a  fresh  register  of  voters  framed
as  hereinafter  prescribed,  the  voters  shall  be  the  persons  (other  than  persons  on  full
pay  belonging  to  Our  regular  forces  maintained  by  annual  vote  of  the  Parliament
of  Our  United  Kingdom)  wlıiose  names  appear  on  the  list  framed  under  the  provisions
of  the  Order  in  Our  Privy  Council  known  as  the  ‘““Transvaal  Constitution  Order  in
Couneil,  1906.”

(2.)  The  Governor  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable,  cause  to  be  compiled  from  the
said  list  a  list  of  the  voters  resident  in  each  electoral  division  of  the  Colony  at  the
date  of  the  commencenent  of  the  framing  of  the  aforesaid  first  mentioned  list,  and
the  list  so  compiled  shall  be  the  register  of  voters  for  such  division  until  a  new
register  is  made  as  hereinafter  prescribed.

XII.  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  last  preceding  section,  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.

XIII.  There  shall  be  a  biennial  registration  of  voters  in  every  electoral  division
commenced  not  later  than  the  last  day  of  Deceniber  in  the  year  next  but  one  after
the  commencement  of  the  last  preceding  registration,  and  so  on  during  each  successive
biennial  period.  The  first  biennial  registration  shall  be  commenced  not  later  than
the  last  day  of  December  1908.

XIV.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  voters’  lists  made  in  pursuance  of  the  second
biennial,  and  thereafter  of  every  alternate  biennial,  registration,  the  Colony  shall
be  redivided  into  electoral  divisions  for  the  purpose  of  the  election  of  Members  of
the  Legislative  Assembly.

XV.  For  the  purpose  of  every  such  redivision,  the  Governor  in  Council  shall,
upon  the  completion  of  the  final  lists  of  voters  made  in  pursuance  of  the  second
biennial  registration,  and  upon  the  completion  of  the  voters’  lists  made  in  pursuance
of  every  alternate  biennial  registration  thereafter,  appoint  three  Commissioners,
and  may,  on  the  death,  resignation,  or  absence  from  the  Colony  of  any  of  the  said
Commissioners,  appoint  another  Commissioner,  and  any  person  so  appointed  shall
have  allthe  powers,  and  shall  perform  all  the  duties,  of  the  Commissioner  in  whose
place  he  is  appointed.  For  the  purposes  of  any  such  redivision  the  Commissioners
shall  proceed  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  prescribed  in  the  third  Schedule
to  these  Our  Letters  Patent.

XVI.—(1.)  The  Commissioners  shall  submit  to  the  Governor  in  Council—

(a.)  A  list  of  electoral  divisions,  with  the  names  given  to  them  by  the  Commissioners,
  and  a  description  of  the  boundaries  of  every  such  division.

(b.)  A  map  or  maps  showing  the  electoral  divisions  into  which  the  Colony
has  been  divided.

(c.)  Such  further  particulars  as  they  consider  necessary.

(2.)  The  Governor  in  Council  may  refer  to  the  Commissioners,  for  their
consideration,  any  matter  relating  to  such  list,  or  arising  out  of  the  powers  or
duties  of  the  Commissionere.