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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE COOK ISLANDS}{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 \line HELD AT WELLINGTON\line (CIVIL DIVISION)\line O.A. 2/94
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771\charrsid16611884 IN THE MATTER\line }{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 of Section 3 of the Electoral Amendment Act No. 3 1993
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\par AND
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771\charrsid16611884 IN THE MATTER\line }{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 of the Cook Islands Constitution Act 1964
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\par AND
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771\charrsid16611884 IN THE MATTER\line }{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 of the Declaratory Judgments Act 1908\line 
(as applied in the Cook Islands by the New Zealand Laws No. 2 Act 1979)
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\par BETWEEN
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 FREDERICK GOODWIN}{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 \line of Matavera, Rarotonga, Crown Servant\line First Applicant
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\par AND
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\par THE COOK ISLANDS PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION}{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 \line a society duly incorporated under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908\line And having its registered office at Rarotonga\line Second Applicant
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\par AND
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COOK ISLANDS}{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 \line Respondent
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\par Coram: Quilliam J. (Presiding)\line Prichard J.A.\line Dillon J.A.
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\par Counsel: Mr B.H. Giles and Mrs S.R.A. Anderson for First and Second Applicants
\par Mr McFadzien, Solicitor General and Mr D.A. Williams Q.C. for Respondent
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\par Date of Hearing: 18 February 1994
\par Date of Judgment: 10 March 1994
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16611884 {\b\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF PRICHARD J.A.
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid16611884 {\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 I have read in draft form the ju
dgments of the President and of Dillon J.A. I agree with both judgments and would add only this:
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The constitution provides that every person enrolled as an elector is entitled to be a candidate for election - unless he is an undischarged bankrupt or has been convicted of specified offences.
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Subject only to those (irrelevant) exceptions, every person who is enrolled as an elector has an absolute and unconditional right under the Constitution to offer himself as a candidate for election.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16611884 {\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 It follows that an
y legislative enactment - other than an amendment to the constitution - which purports to derogate from or infringe upon the absolute and unconditional right of any person who is an enrolled elector to offer himself as a candidate for election must be inc
ompatible with the provisions of the Constitution.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid16611884 {\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 Section }{\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid16611884 6A(2), no less than Section 6A(1}{
\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 ) of the Electoral Act 1966, as amended by the Electoral Amendment Act 1993 offends against that proposition: it purports to impose a condition on the exercise of the right to stand for election.
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\noproof0\langnp2057\insrsid5379771 PRICHARD JA
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