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THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (POSTPONEMENT OF ENUMERATION PERIOD) ACT 11 OF 1995

Governor - General

29th day of March, 1995

AN ACT to Postpone for purposes of the Representation of the People Act, the enumeration period due to commence on the 15th day of March, 1995.

WHEREAS it is provided by paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 7 of the Representation of the People Act that an enumeration period shall commence no later than two years after the end of the previous enumeration period:

AND WHEREAS the previous enumeration period ended on the 15th day of March, 1993:

AND WHEREAS matters preparatory to the start of the enumeration period have not been finalized:

AND WHEREAS the time in which those matters could be finalized would extend beyond the 15th day of March, 1995:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the date on which the enumeration period is to begin should be postponed:

[ 14 March, 1995 ]

BE IT ENACTED by The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Representatives of Jamaica, and by the authority of the same as following -

1 Short title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Representation of the People (Postponement of Enumeration Period) Act, 1995 and shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 14th day of March, 1995.

2 Interpretation

In this Act "enumeration period" means the period of twelve months commencing on the 15th day of March, 1995.

3 Postponement of enumeration period

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the enumeration period which should commence on the 15th day of March, 1995, shall be postponed for a period of one year to the 15th day of March, 1996.

This Act shall continue in force until the 14th day of March, 1996.

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