Issue of writ
4 Issue of writ
Whenever —
an Order in Council is made under the Constitution Act 1889 fixing the day for the taking of the votes of the electors for the purposes of a referendum as to a Bill; or
a referendum is otherwise authorised or required by any Act,
the Governor may cause a writ to be issued for the referendum.
When any writ is issued under subsection (1) notice of that fact shall be published by the Electoral Commissioner in the Government Gazette.
[(3) deleted]
The writ shall be deemed to have been issued at 6 o’clock in the afternoon of the day on which it was issued.
[Section 4 amended: No. 79 of 1987 s. 80; No. 36 of 2000 s. 25(3)-(5).]
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