V.  Australien.  1420  252.  New  Zealand.

Calendar  Months  next  before  such  Registration  as  aforesaid,  shall,  if  duly  registered,
be  entitled  to  vote  at  the  Election  of  a  Member  or  Members  for  the  District.
VIII.  Provided  always,  That  no  Person  shall  be  entitled  to  vote  at  any  such
Election  who  is  an  Alien,  or  who  at  any  Time  theretofore  shall  have  been  attainted
or  convicted  of  any  Treason,  Felony,  or  infamous  Offence  within  any  Part  of  Her
Majesty’s  Dominions,  unless  heshallhavo  received  a  free  Pardon,  orshall  have  undergdne
the  Sentence  or  Punishment  to  which  he  shall  have  been  adjudged  for  such  Offence.

IX.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  any  Member  of  any  Provincial  Council,  by  Writing
under  his  Hand,  addressed  to  the  Superintendent  of  the  Province,  to  resign  his  Seat
in  the  said  Council;  and  upon  the  Receipt  by  the  Superintendent  of  such  Resignation
the  Seat  of  such  Member  shall  become  vacant.

X.  If  any  Member  of  any  Provincial  Council  shall  for  Two  successive  Sessions
of  such  Council  fail  to  give  his  Attendance  therein,  or  shall  become  bankrupt,  or
shall  become  an  Insolvent  Debtor  within  the  Meaning  of  the  Laws  relating  to  Insolvent
  Debtors,  or  shall  become  a  public  Defaulter,  or  be  attainted  of  Treason,  or
be  convicted  of  Felony  or  any  infamous  Offence,  his  Seat  in  such  Council  shall  thereupon
  become  vacant.

XI.  Any  Question  which  shall  arise  respecting  any  Vacancy  in  a  Provincial
Council  on  occasion  of  any  of  the  Matters  aforesaid  shall  be  heard  and  determined
by  such  Council,  on  such  Question  being  referred  to  them  for  that  Purpose  by  the
Superintendent  of  the  Province,  and  not  otherwise.

XII.  Whenever  it  shall  be  established  to  the  Satisfaction  of  the  Superintendent
that  the  Seat  of  any  Member  of  the  Provincial  Council  has  become  vacant,  the
Superintendent  shall  forthwith  issue  a  Writ  for  the  Election  of  a  new  Member  to
serve  in  the  Place  so  vacated,  during  the  Remainder  of  the  Term  of  the  Continuance
of  such  Council,  and  no  longer.

XIII.  Every  Provincial  Council  shall  continue  for  the  Period  of  Four  Years
from  the  Day  of  the  Return  of  the  Writs  for  choosing  the  same,  and  no  longer:
Provided  always,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Governor,  by  Proclamation  or  otherwise,
  sooner  to  dissolve  the  same,  whenever  he  shall  deem  it  expedient  so  to  do.

XIV.  The  Governor  shall  cauce  the  First  Writs  for  the  Election  of  Members
of  the  Provincial  Council  of  every  Province  hereby  established  to  be  issued  at  some
Time  not  later  than  Six  Calendar  Months  next  after  the  Proclamation  of  this  Act
in  New  Zealand;  and  upon  the  Expiration  of  the  said  Period  of  the  Continuance
of  any  Provincial  Council,  or  upon  the  previous  Dissolution  thereof,  the  Governor
shall  cause  Writs  to  be  issued  for  the  Election  of  Members  of  the  ensuing  Council.

XV.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Superintendent,  by  Proclamation  in  the  Government
  Gazette,  to  fix  such  Place  or  Places  within  the  Limite  of  the  Province,  and
such  Times  for  holding  the  first  and  every  other  Session  of  the  Provincial  Council,
a8  he  may  think  fit,  and  from  Time  to  Time,  in  manner  aforesaid,  to  alter  and  vary
such  Times  and  Places  as  he  may  judge  advisable,  and  most  consistent  with  general
Convenience,