Petition to recall members of the House of Representatives

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a member of the House of Representatives may be recalled before the expiry of his normal term of office. a member of the (2) The recall of a divisional representative shall be initiated by a petition presented to the Governor-General signed by at least thirty per cent (30%) of the registered electors in that division whose names appear on the approved voters’ list existing at the time of presentation of the petition, calling for a referendum on the recall of the divisional representative of that division. 6 (3) Every petition presented to the Governor-General pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall be in the form prescribed by regulations made under this Act. (4) It shall not be necessary for the petitioners to set forth any reasons for the recall of a member. (5) No petition for the recall of a member under this section shall be presented, (a) before the expiry of at least eighteen months of that member’s term of office; or (b) within the last one year of that member’s term of office; or (c) more than once in the same division in the same parliamentary term. Governor General to refer