No person to be candidate for more than 1 district or on more than 1 list

1 No person shall at any general election be— a a candidate for more than 1 electoral district; or b a candidate whose name is included on more than 1 party list submitted pursuant to section 127 . 2 If 2 or more by-elections are held on the same polling day, no person shall be a candidate at more than 1 of those by-elections. 3 At any general election, any person may be both— a a candidate for any one electoral district; and b a candidate whose name is included on any one party list submitted pursuant to section 127 . 4 If any person breaches subsection (1) or subsection (2), all nominations of that person as a candidate for those districts, party lists, or by-elections, as the case may be, shall be void, and any deposits made by him or her or on his or her behalf shall be forfeited and be paid into a Crown Bank Account. Section 59 : substituted , on 6 December 1995 , by section 12 of the Electoral Amendment Act (No 2) 1995 (1995 No 61). Section 59(4) : amended , on 25 January 2005 , pursuant to section 65R(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989 (1989 No 44). Section 59(4) : amended , on 28 February 2002 , by section 12 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 1).