CONSTITUTIONAL POLLS ACT 1977
1977/28 – 14 April 1977
To provide for special polls relating to proposed amendments to the Niue Constitution Act 1974 or the Niue Constitution
1 Short title
This is the Constitutional Polls Act 1977.
2 Special poll of electors as to Bills to which article 35 of the Niue Constitution applies
(1) Whenever a Bill to which article 35 of the Niue Constitution applies, has satisfied the requirements of article 35 (1) (a), there shall be taken within the meaning of the Assembly Act 1966, a poll on the question whether the proposal in the Bill is supported or not supported.
(2) The poll shall be taken on a day to be fixed by the Speaker by notice in the Gazette or in a newspaper circulating in Niue and shall be a poll of the electors of the several village constituencies who are entitled to vote at a general election of members of the Niue Assembly.