Electoral Act 1993

Registration of electors - Miscellaneous provisions

122: Assistance to be given to Electoral Commission

You could also call this:

"Helping the Electoral Commission with voter lists and information"

If you are a constable, you must help the Electoral Commission when they ask for it. You have to tell them the names of people you think should be on the electoral roll but are not, or people who are on the roll but should not be. You also have to give the Electoral Commission any information they request about someone's qualifications to be on the electoral roll. You must assist the Electoral Commission by making inquiries and getting information they request. The Electoral Commission is the group in charge of making sure elections in New Zealand are fair and honest, and they need your help to do their job.

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Topics:

Government and voting > Elections

121: Failure to deliver application, or

"Not delivering a voter registration form on purpose can get you in trouble"

123: Copies of rolls, etc, for Returning Officer, or

"The Electoral Commission gives the Returning Officer the information they need to run elections"

Part 5Registration of electors
Miscellaneous provisions

122Assistance to be given to Electoral Commission

All constables—
must, at the Electoral Commission’s request, assist the Electoral Commission by informing it of the name of any person whom they have reason to believe is qualified to be registered as an elector but is not registered, or is registered but is not qualified to be registered; and
must give the Electoral Commission any information the Electoral Commission requests relating to the qualifications of any person for registration as an elector.

All constables must also assist the Electoral Commission by making such inquiries and obtaining such information as he or she requests.

Notes

Section 122 heading: amended, on 21 March 2017, by section 60(1) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
Section 122(1): substituted, on 17 August 2011, by section 17 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 57).
Section 122(1)(a): amended, on 21 March 2017, by section 60(2) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
Section 122(1)(b): amended, on 21 March 2017, by section 60(3) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).
Section 122(2): substituted, on 17 August 2011, by section 17 of the Electoral (Administration) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 57).
Section 122(2): amended, on 21 March 2017, by section 60(4) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).