REPUBLIC OF NAURU 

ELECTORAL (AMENDMENT) NO. 2 ACT 2016 
No. 30 of 2016
An Act to amend the Electoral Act 2016 
Certified: 9th June 2016
Table of Contents 
1 SHORT TITLE 
2 COMMENCEMENT 
3 AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 2016 
4 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 57(3)(D) 
5 AMENDMENT OF SECTION 63 

Enacted by the Parliament of Nauru as follows: 
1 Short title 
This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Amendment) No. 2 Act 2016. 
2 Commencement 
This Act commences upon certification by the Speaker.
3 Amendment of Electoral Act 2016 
The Electoral Act 2016 is amended by the provisions of this Act. 
4 Amendment of section 57(3)(d) 
Section 57(3)(d) is amended as follows: 
Omit
	'$2000' 
Substitute  
	'$500' 
5 Amendment of section 63 
Section 63 (3) is amended by: 
	(a) omitting the phrase 'of subsection (1)' in line 3; and 
	(b) substituting with the words 'of affording an opportunity to vote to every voter who are for the time being resident in their own homes or other places and not in any of the institutions specified in subsection (3)(a) of section 79, and who, are of sound mind and have expressed a willingness to vote, but by reason of illness or infirmity, or, in the case of a woman by reason of approaching maternity, is unable to attend to a polling station to record their vote'. 
The clause will now read: 
	… 
	(3) Despite subsection (2), in exceptional circumstances, and on good cause being shown, additional polling stations may be designated by the Electoral Commissioner for the purposes 'of affording an opportunity to vote to every voter who are for the time being resident in their own homes or other places and not in any of the institutions specified in subsection (3)(a) of section 79, and who, are of sound mind and have expressed a willingness to vote, but by reason of illness or infirmity, or, in the case of a woman by reason of approaching maternity, is unable to attend to a polling station to record their vote'