Form of main roll and supplementary rolls

1 The main roll and supplementary rolls printed for a district must show the names and residences of the persons included on the roll, arranged alphabetically in order of surnames. 2 The names on each page of the main roll and of every supplementary roll printed for any district shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with the number 1 in the case of the first name on each page. 3 The pages of every main roll or supplementary roll printed for any district shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with the number 1 in the case of the first page of the main roll and, in the case of a supplementary roll, with the number immediately following the number of the last page of the last printed roll of the district, whether main or supplementary. 4 The number appearing on the main roll or, as the case may be, on any supplementary roll printed for any district against the name of any elector, preceded by the number of the page on which his or her name appears, shall be deemed to be his or her number on the roll. 5 With the consent of the Government Statistician, the Electoral Commission may divide the main electoral roll and every supplementary roll into such statistical subdivisions, as the Government Statistician approves. 1956 No 107 s 63(1)–(5); 1960 No 4 s 2(1); 1975 No 28 s 28; 1980 No 29 s 5(7) Section 106(1) : replaced , on 20 December 2025 , by section 16 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 82). Section 106(5) : amended , on 21 March 2017 , by section 51 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 9).