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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16001953\charrsid10048230 Member of Parliament for the Teenui Mapumai Constituency, Atiu}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1799308\charrsid10048230 

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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230 
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\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10905947\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s39\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10516694\charrsid10048230 Judgment}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
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\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16066598\charrsid10048230 7 August }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16001953\charrsid10048230 2013}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10905947\charrsid10048230 
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\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10905947\charrsid10048230 
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\ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 JUDGMENT OF HUGH WILLIAMS J}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\b0\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar
\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10048230 
\chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10048230  At the commencement of the hearing the Judge advised counsel that he chairs the New Zealand Electoral Commission.  No counsel objected to Hugh Williams J hearing the matter.}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 A.\tab}}\pard\plain \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 OA 2/13 is dismissed on the basis that the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3433260\charrsid10048230 A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 pplicant, a Member of the Cook Islands Party since at least}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 2006}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3433260\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230  has never validly resigned from }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 the Cook Islands Party }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 in terms of Rule 6(1)(a) of its Constitution.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 B.\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 Costs are to be dealt w
ith in accordance with [}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2426399\charrsid10048230 42}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15755721\charrsid10048230 ] of this Judgment.}{\rtlch\fcs1 
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\ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
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\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 Mr George, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 In this proceeding under th}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 e Declaratory Judgments Act 1908}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar
\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 
\chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  A New Zealand Act in force in the Cook Islands}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 , Mr George seeks declarations:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 (a)\tab that he resigned from the CIP \'93when he handed in his resignation\'94 on 7 March 2011; and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 (b)\tab that the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4619549\charrsid10048230 CIP \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 have [sic] behaved in an oppressive and unjust manner by denying a member of the party the right to resign from it whereby }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5186868\charrsid10048230 [sic] }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4619549\charrsid10048230 P}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 arty }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4619549\charrsid10048230 C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 
onstitution and the Bill of Rights provisions of Article 64(1) of the Constitution guarantees the right of any member of the party to resign at will\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11357494\charrsid10048230 .

\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 FACTS}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [3]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 According to Mr George\rquote s affidavit}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 
\af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 \chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319 
 actually filed by him in OA 1/2013.  His affidavit in OA 2/2013 merely confirmed on oath the correctness of a number of documents which he put in evidence and are later reviewed.}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 , he has been the Member of Parliament}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230  (\'93MP\'94)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230  for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 Teenui}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5186868\charrsid10048230 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 Mapumai electorate on Atiu since 1983, first as a member of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7364955\charrsid10048230 D}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 emocratic }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7364955\charrsid10048230 P}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230 arty and then, from around 1996, a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 s a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683\charrsid10048230  member of the Alliance Party which he formed.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 The Alliance Party won four seats in Parliament in 1999 and joined the Democratic Party in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7364955\charrsid10048230 c}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 oalition}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230  with Mr George being Deputy Prime Minister from November 1999-2001.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11033683 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [4]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 On 8 June 2006 Mr George won a b}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 y}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 -election in his electorate, standing as an independent, but}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230  when a general election was called for 26 July 2006 he said \'93
I was invited to become a member of the Cook Islands Party, which I accepted\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 
At the hearing of this case, he resiled from that statement saying he had never been a member of the CIP.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [5]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 Mr George was re-elected in the 2006 }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230 g}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 eneral }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 lection and, with other CIP MPs}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230  fo}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 m}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 
ed}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230  the Opposition in Parliament 2006-2010.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [6]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 
Mr George was again re-elected for his electorate in the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230 g}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 eneral }
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 lection on 26 November 2010, an election won by the CIP.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 However, despite saying}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230  \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 I thought I had contributed to [the general election success] in a big way}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 he found }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 I was left out of any Cabinet position or other position despite being the most experienced and longest serving MP in Parliament\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [7]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879\charrsid10048230 As a result of that he decided }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4619549\charrsid10048230 the \'93only option left for me was to resign from the CIP and be an independent MP\'94
 in furtherance of which he sent a letter on 7 March 2011 to Mr Nga, one of the respondents and President of the CIP}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4619549\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar 
\pard\plain \ltrpar\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\cs50\super\insrsid10699319 \chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  Mr George\rquote s affidavit in OA 1/2013 said the letter was sent to 
both respondents but it is addressed only to Mr Nga and there is no evidence of its receipt by Mr Okotai.  Indeed, Mr George elsewhere suggested Mr Okotai was no longer General Secretary of the CIP.  If that is correct, he should have been struck out of t
he case or it should have been discontinued against him.}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230  addressed to the \'93President CIP\'94 the letter said:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid19879 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li709\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230 \'93
I now formally resign from the Cook Islands Party Inc with immediate effect forthwith}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7364955\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230 \'94 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230 going on to say that the right to resign is guaranteed by Article 64(1) of the Constitution and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230 he Incorporated Societies Act 1908}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 \chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  a New Zealand statute still in force in the Cook Islands}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004\charrsid10048230 
After making a number of comments laudatory of himself }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8980483\charrsid10048230 and critic}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 
al}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8980483\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230 of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8980483\charrsid10048230 the CIP and its executive}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8980483\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14746874\charrsid10048230 he}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230  concluded by saying:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7476004 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li709\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230 I will continue to serve my people and electorate of Teenui Mapumai as an independent MP}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14746874\charrsid10048230  and that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230 97}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14746874\charrsid10048230 %}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230  of my elect}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14746874\charrsid10048230 ors}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230  support a}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14746874\charrsid10048230 nd}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709\charrsid10048230  approve of this resignation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14746874\charrsid10048230 .\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15034709 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [8]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 The letter received some publicity in the \'93
Cook Islands News}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 
 but, more germane to this application, on 15 March 2011 Mr Nga as President of the CIP }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 wrote }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2241899\charrsid10048230 recording}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230  his receipt of the 7 March 2011 letter regarding \'93your wish to resign\'94
 from the CIP and continuing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li709\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 \'93
While I and my executive respect your wish and reasons for wanting to do this I would like to point out that you were elected as a member of parliament under the Cook Islands Party banner.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 As such, you have legal and moral obligations to uphold this commitment.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 The}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 Cook Islands Party does not accept your
 resignation unless you do the right thing morally and legally by giving back the CIP seat of Teenui/Mapumai and seeking a fresh mandate from your constituency through a by-election.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 That should not be a problem for you given your published claim of 97% support from your constituents}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [9]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 Mr George replied to Mr Nga\rquote 
s letter the following day saying, as far as is relevant to the legal issues in this case}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li709\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 \'93
Please note that I did not write to seek your permission or acceptance to resign from the Cook Islands Party In}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 c}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 
I wrote to advise you that I have resigned on 7 March 2011 with immediate effect.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3159881\charrsid10048230 
I do not need your permission to resign, there is no position in the world that anyone cannot resign from; Article 64(1) of our Bill of Rights guarantees that and so does the U.N. Charter on Human Rights.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14961626 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [10]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 On 28 March 2013 Messrs Po}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11605279\charrsid10048230 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 io and Paretoa}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230  signing themselves as \'93former chairman\'94 and \'93current chairman\'94
 wrote to the Prime Minister and Mr Nga.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 Mr Nga\rquote s affidavit said Messrs Po
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11605279\charrsid10048230 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 io and Paretoa were respectively
 the former and current chairman of the Teenui}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5186868\charrsid10048230 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 
Mapumai constituency.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 
That letter recorded a meeting between Mr George and CIP supporters of the Teenui}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5186868\charrsid10048230 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 Mapumai constituency }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 \'93in the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 early }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 year of}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230  2011}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230  at which Mr George voiced his disappointment at his lack of preferment and his request to become an independent MP.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 The letter recorded strong opposition to that move from a number of those attending and that \'93
at the end of the meeting it was agreed that Mr George return }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1926803\charrsid10048230 back }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 the CIP seat on the table}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3236083\charrsid10048230  [sic]}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 \'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 
The letter concluded that from that time:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li709\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372\charrsid10048230 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 We the Cook Islands Party of Teenui / Mapumai }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1720622\charrsid10048230 
DID NOT RECEIVED ANY OFFICIAL LETTER FROM Mr Norman George}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1720622\charrsid10048230 nd that is Final.\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4266372 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1720622\charrsid10048230 CIP CONSTITUTION}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1720622 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid1720622\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [11]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1720622\charrsid10048230 
The CIP adopted a new Constitution on October 2009.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1720622\charrsid10048230 A number of it
s provisions are relevant to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3367724\charrsid10048230 this case.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 T}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3367724\charrsid10048230 hey include:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1720622 

\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3367724\charrsid10048230 (a)\tab in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8865974\charrsid10048230 P}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3367724\charrsid10048230 art 1, the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 D}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3367724\charrsid10048230 efinition section, \'93Member\'94 means a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3367724\charrsid10048230 financial member of the CIP}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 "}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3367724 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 (b)\tab in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8865974\charrsid10048230 P}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 art 3, the Membership section, Rule 5(1) says \'93any person may become a member of the CIP\'94 provided a number of qualifications not relevant to this proceeding are complied with.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 Although the Constitution provides for membership, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8201489\charrsid10048230 H}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 onorary membership and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8201489\charrsid10048230 L}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 ife membership, there is no}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230  separate}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230  category of \'93registered member\'94 as Mr George claimed}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230  during argument}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230  to be.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 (c)\tab Rule 6 in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8865974\charrsid10048230 P}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 art 3 deals with resignation and relevantly reads:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733\charrsid10048230 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14772561\charrsid10048230 (1)\tab 
Any member of the Cook Islands Party wishing to resign may do so in the following manner:}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14772561 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li2160\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin2160\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14772561\charrsid10048230 (a)\tab if a registered financial member, Life Member, Honorary Member residing in any consti
tuency, by letter to the Secretary of the Electorate Committee of the constituency;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14772561 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8865974\charrsid10048230 (2)\tab Following each resignation advice of the same shall be sent to the Executive Committee by way of a letter addressed to the Secretary General.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8865974 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8865974\charrsid10048230 (3)\tab On resignation, the pe
rson concerned shall immediately lose all membership rights as prescribed by this Constitution and shall be forbidden from attending any Party meeting of any kind.\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8865974 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [12]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 Part 6 of the Constitution deals with the \'93
Parliamentary Wing (}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 aucus)\'94 and Part 7 deals with the }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 \'93S}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 election }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 and}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 Q}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 ualification of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 andidates}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 In the latter section Rule 25(1) says that \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 ny member of the Cook Islands Party shall be eligible to stand as a candidate for any constituency...\'94 subject to compliance with a number of criteria including being a \'93
financial member\'94 while Rule 26 deals with }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 andidate }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 S}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5450928\charrsid10048230 election \'93
for the purpose of choosing a candidate to stand in the election as the Cook Islands Party candidate\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9184371\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar
\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 
\chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  Rule 26(5)}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 O}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9184371\charrsid10048230 nce in Parliament, the Parliamentary Wing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230  (C}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9184371\charrsid10048230 aucus}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 )}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9184371\charrsid10048230  is defined by Rule 22(a) which says}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li709\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin709\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9184371\charrsid10048230 \'93}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 
The Parliamentary Wing shall comprise those members of the Cook Islands Party who stood for and were elected into Parliament and remained loyal to the Party including other Members of Parliament who have joined with the Cook Islands Party in
 a Coalition already approved.\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3227733 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [13]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 
Two further matters concerning the organisation or operation of the CIP should be noted.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [14]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 First, Mr Savage}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16468248\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 
 a member of the CIP Executive, said in evidence that, despite the membership fee only being $2 p.a., no member of the CIP ha}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230  paid a membership fee to the central organisation for a number of years.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [15]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070\charrsid10048230 
The second matter is that it was agreed that Mr George contributed more than any other MP when, after the 2006 election, the CIP was deeply in debt}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 
 and its MPs were asked to assist repayment by deductions from their Parliamentary salaries}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 B}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 
ut it was not in contest that those payments were to retire debt, not in payment of membership fees.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1261070 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 SUBMISSIONS}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [16]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 Mr George\rquote 
s written submissions emphasised the right }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8326837\charrsid10048230 he said was }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 
given by the Constitution for CIP members to resign without giving any reason or explanation, a right which, he submitted, could be followed by rejoining if the Party accepted the proposed }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 renewed }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 membership.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [17]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 
He submitted the Party President and General Secretary had unfairly and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 wil}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 fully refused his resignation request thus transgressing what he claimed were his rights under Article 64(1) of the Constitution.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 Pressed, he acknowledged that in this case the only provision of the Constitution which might be relevant w
as the guarantee of freedom of association in Article 64(1)(f).}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [18]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 
Mr George then developed an argument that because he had never been asked to pay any membership fees since 2006 he was never a \'93registered member\'94 of the CIP and accordingly the CIP had no rig
ht to decline a non-existent membership but conducted itself as if it did.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 
His argument accordingly sought orders somewhat different from those claimed in the application for a declaratory judgment, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 which were }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997\charrsid10048230 to the effect that he was \'93never a registered member of the Cook Islands Party and his resignation was therefore unnecessary\'94
 or that he resigned from the CIP on 7 March 2011.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid223694\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [19]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid223694\charrsid10048230 It is of some importan}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 ce}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid223694\charrsid10048230 , as matters have turned out, to note that the CIP}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 '}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid223694\charrsid10048230 s defence expressly pleaded that Mr George\rquote s lette
r of resignation did not comply with Article 6(1)(a) of the CIP Constitution}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 , cited previously}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid223694\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14969997 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid223694\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [20]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid223694\charrsid10048230 Mr George\rquote 
s response to that issue was that Mr Nga \'93accepted }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9916881\charrsid10048230 abridgin}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9338577\charrsid10048230 g}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9916881\charrsid10048230  the resignation proceedings by prompt}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 ly}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9916881\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9338577\charrsid10048230 de}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9916881\charrsid10048230 cli}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9338577\charrsid10048230 n}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 ing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9916881\charrsid10048230  it instead of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9916881\charrsid10048230 e}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1013480\charrsid10048230 directing}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9916881\charrsid10048230  the resignation to the Electorate Secretary }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 in Teenui Mapumai\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid223694 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [21]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230 For}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230  the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 CIP,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230  Mrs Browne rehearsed the factual background}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230  emphasised Mr George\rquote s admission as to membership in his affidavit and stressed the }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 mandatory}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230  requirements of Rule 6(1)(a)}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 She
}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230  submit}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 ted}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230  Mr George was a member of the CIP and remains such as he ha}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913\charrsid10048230  never validly resigned.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4083913 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 DISCUSSION AND DECISION}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [22]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 Despite Mr George\rquote 
s submission to the contrary, there is no room to reach any conclusion other than he was a member of the CIP from at least the 2006 general election.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 Not only does his supporting affidavit say as much,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230  \endash  \'93
since joining the CIP in July 2006\'94 \endash }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230  it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 is clear that he stood as a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 CIP }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 candidate in both the 2006 and 2010 general elections on a ballot paper which had the CIP logo alongside his name 
and, in the interval between the two general elections, he was an active member of the CIP Opposition}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 \'93I was, I believe, the most effective CIP MP during our opposition years\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 
His parliamentary colleagues during that period would doubt}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 less}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 
 have been }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13969269\charrsid10048230 taken aback}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230  had }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 it}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230  been suggested his participation in CIP Caucus matters and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 P}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 arliamentary debates might have been on }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 CIP's }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097\charrsid10048230 behalf}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230  but were conducted by someone who did not regard himself as a member of the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 p}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 arty.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16258097 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [23]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 Then, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 Mr George\rquote s stance was that, throughout the period from 2006 down to at least 7 March 2011 he was a \'93registered member\'94 of the CIP, but not a \'93member\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [24]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 
Although the CIP Constitution makes provision for classes of membership other than membership}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 \endash  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 H}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 onorary members and }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 L}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 ife members}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar
\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 
\chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  Rule 5(3)(4)}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230  \endash  it does not subdivide membership itself.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230 Accordingly, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 
although}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794\charrsid10048230  the CIP Constitution }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230 occasionally uses the phrases \'93
registered member\'94 or \'93registered financial member\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3099024\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar
\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 
\chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  Rule 6(1)(a)}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8349364\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 contains no categor}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3099024\charrsid10048230 ies}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3099024\charrsid10048230 of membership called \'93financial members\'94 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 o}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3099024\charrsid10048230 r}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230  \'93registered members\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 Mr George\rquote s argument in that respect must fail.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3099024 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [25]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 
Mr George next argued that, in refusing to accept his letter of resignation, the CIP was acting in breach of his rights to freedom of association under Article 64(1)(f).}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11875794 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [26]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 This argument is unsustainable for sev
eral reasons.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [27]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 The first i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 
 that Article 64(2) makes clear that persons and entities have mutual duties and the exercise of their rights and freedoms are limited \'93by any enactment or rule of law for the time being }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 force\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124 

\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [28]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 Section 6(1)(d) of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 t}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15745124\charrsid10048230 he Incorporated Societies Act }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11367613\charrsid10048230 1908 requires rules of such societies to include}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230  the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11367613\charrsid10048230  \'93mode in which persons cease to be members of the society\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11367613\charrsid10048230 The CIP Constitution includes rules relating to cessation of membership}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 A}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11367613\charrsid10048230 
ccordingly it cannot be argued that Mr George\rquote s right and freedom of association}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16198772\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar
\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 
\chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  which includes the right to disassociate; }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid16198772 Rishworth et al: The NZ Bill of Rights}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319 
 (2003) p356}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11367613\charrsid10048230  is not circumscribed by the rules of the incorporated society to which he belongs.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 
It is well-settled that the rules of an incorporated society constitute the terms of the contract between the society and its members and, 
in this case, the terms of that contract expressly define the means by which the members of the society may resign their membership.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 The CIP Constitution coupled with the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 are accordingly an \'93enactment or rule of law for the time being in force\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230  an}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10699319\charrsid10048230 d}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230  Article 64(2) therefore applies to make Mr George\rquote s argument based on Article 64(1)(f) unsustainable}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [29]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 
Additionally, though an opinion voiced in the context of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 17, formal registration as a
n incorporated society is likely to be regarded as a reasonable limitation on freedom of association pursuant to s 5 of the New Zealand Act}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 \chftn 
{\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 \chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid548569 Butler & Butler}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319 :}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid548569  The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid4667332 ;}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid4667332 commentary}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  (2005) para 15.9.3 p461}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 Section 5 is a statutory expression }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14492494\charrsid10048230 codifying}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230  the criteria}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4420556\charrsid10048230  widely}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230  applied in deciding the validity of Bills of Ri
ghts and fundamental freedoms against the limitations of relevant statute law.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11367613 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [30]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 
That leads onto a consideration as to whether Mr George\rquote s correspondence, particularly his letter of 7 March 2011, amounted to a valid resignation from the CIP.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [31]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 The answer must be that it was not.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [32]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569\charrsid10048230 
Rule 6(1)(a) clearly sets out that resignations of members of the CIP }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 must be}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230  \'93by letter to the Secretary of the Electorate Committee of the constituency\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 Mr George did not comply with that straightforward requirement for valid re}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 s}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 i}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 gn}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 ation even though he must have known who the Electorate Secretary of his constituency}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2326358\charrsid10048230  was}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 He wrote to the President of the CIP.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 Although, in his response to the CIP defence, he said the President declined his resignation \'93instead of redirecting the resignation to the Electorate Secretary in Teenui}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14492494\charrsid10048230 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 Mapumai}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 \'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 , his letter of 7 March 2011 makes no request for his notification to be redirected.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 He did not even adopt the simple device of copying (and sending) his }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 7 March 2011 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 letter}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 to his Electorate Secretary.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [33]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 Even when his non}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 compliance with Rule 6(1)(a) was pointed out in the CIP defence }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4667332\charrsid10048230 dated}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 
 6 May 2013, Mr George did not follow the simple procedure of writing a letter of resignation to his Electorate Secretary and then amending his pleadings, as was his right, to allege that, at the very least, such a letter would have been }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14492494\charrsid10048230 a }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 valid}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14492494\charrsid10048230  resignation}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 It is difficult to see that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14492494\charrsid10048230  the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230  CIP would have had a defence to such an amended pleading.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid548569 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [34]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 
The conclusion just reached does not represent rigid adherence to legal formalism}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14287872\charrsid10048230  or, as the Court of Appeal has put it, the \'93
austerity of tabulated legalism\'94}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14287872\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar
\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 
\chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid3811856 Clarke v Karika}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319 
 [1983] CKCA 5 p11 of 17 in PacLII version.  The phrase appears in quotation marks in the Judgment but, if a quotation, is unsourced.}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023\charrsid10048230 It is not a case where form trumps substance}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 It}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023\charrsid10048230  is much more practical than that.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [35]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 
Resignations by electorate MPs usually result in by-elections.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 Nominations }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 as}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230  cand
idates are required by the CIP Constitution to be made to the Secretary of the relevant constituency}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 \chftn {\footnote \ltrpar \pard\plain \ltrpar\s48\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 
\fs20\lang5129\langfe5129\cgrid\langnp5129\langfenp5129 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 \chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  Rule 6(6)(a)}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 T}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 
he Secretary of the party\rquote s constituency branch can be expected to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 lead the}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230  canvas}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 s}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230  for suitable candidates to replace the retiring member.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023\charrsid10048230 S 31(1)(b) of the Electoral Act 2004 requires candidate nomination papers to be signed, amongst others, by \'93
at least two registered electors of the constituency for which the nomination is made\'94.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023\charrsid10048230 In a practical sense, the party\rquote s secretary for the particular party in the constituency is likely to be one of those.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [36]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230 It is therefore clear that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 the requirement in }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023\charrsid10048230 the CIP's R}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 ules for }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230 forwarding an electorate MP}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 \rquote }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230 s resignation to the Secretary of his or her local constituency branch }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 rather than }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023\charrsid10048230 to }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 any other functionary of the party }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230 is a logical and efficient requirement}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6558023\charrsid10048230 , one which should not be disregarded and, in fact, one which requires to be observed.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [37]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230 It remains to address }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 one}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768\charrsid10048230  further feature.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1142768 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [38]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252\charrsid10048230 
Mr George sought to draw support from the fact that CIP }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 and its members have al
l acted in breach of the Constitution by not paying membership fees for a number of years to suggest that}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230  in some way}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230  that validated his letter of resignation to the President.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11696252 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [39]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 That submission is likewise unsustainable.}{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 Widespread non}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 compliance }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 by that entity and all its members }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 with }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 one}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230  provision of }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 an}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230  entit}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 y\rquote }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 s constitution }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 over a lengthy period }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 does not connote a right of non}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 -}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 
compliance by one member of the entity in relation to an entirely different facet of the Constitution}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 F}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 
or the reasons just discussed, }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 that }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 
is one which should be honoured}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [40]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 
In all those circumstances, the only conclusion open is that Mr George, as a member of the CIP, has never validly resigned from the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 p}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 arty because he has failed to resign in the manner required by the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 p}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 arty\rquote s Rules.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [41]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 
His application for a declaratory judgment in OA 2/13 must therefore wholly fail and it is }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 dismissed}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 COSTS}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [42]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 
If costs are an issue and the parties are unable to agree on them, memoranda (maximum 5 pages) may be filed with that from the }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 R}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 espondent being due 28 days after delivery of this Judgment and that from the Applicant being }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 
due within }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 
35 days of that date and with the parties certifying, if they consider it appropriate, that all matters of costs can be determined without further hearing.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11015140\charrsid10048230 POSTSCRIPT}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505 
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [43]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 
Though the matter does not impact on the decision in this case, it must be observed that the case has an }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 air}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230  of futility about it.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14772561 
\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3809505\charrsid10048230 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [44]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
\s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid10048230 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 Mr George could easily have complied with the }
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 clear }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 resignation requirements of Rule 6(1)(a).}{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 It remains a puzzle why he did not do so }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 before 6 May 2013}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 ,}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230  the date of CIP}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 's}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 defence}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 
It is even more of a puzzle why he did not do so }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16218952\charrsid10048230 after that date when }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13051735\charrsid10048230 CIP\rquote s }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11625644\charrsid10048230 defence }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 alerted him to the necessity of forwarding his resignation to the appropriate functionary.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 
\ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11878947\charrsid10048230 If any of that had occurred previously, there would have been no necessity for this litigation.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{
\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6180231\charrsid10048230 If he continues to want to resign from the CIP after receipt of this Judgment, it }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
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\par {\listtext\pard\plain\ltrpar \s15 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\langfenp5129\insrsid16218952\charrsid10048230 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 [45]\tab}}\pard \ltrpar
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owever, be entered against the remarks made in the last paragraph}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5924454\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 
\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5924454\charrsid10048230 E}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16218952\charrsid10048230 ven if Mr George succeeds in}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
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validly resigning his membership of the CIP, that may not result in his achieving his aim of being recognised in Parliament as an independent MP}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5924454\charrsid10048230 \chftn 
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\ltrch\fcs0 \cs50\super\insrsid10699319 \chftn }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid10699319  The NZ procedure in such circumstances appears in McGee:  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid5924454 Parliamentary Practice in NZ (3}
{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\super\insrsid10699319\charrsid5924454 rd}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\ul\insrsid10699319\charrsid5924454  ed 2005) p89}}}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 
\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16218952\charrsid10048230 .}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10048230  }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16218952\charrsid10048230 That is a 
matter for the Cook Islands Parliament, its Speaker, and its Standing Orders, none of which were involved in this case.
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\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3809505 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8158092\charrsid10048230 __________________________
\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3162305\charrsid10048230 Hugh Williams J
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