the Legislative Assembly or to be a candidate at any such election, if, and only if—
- (a) He is a British subject; and
- (b) He has been ordinarily resident in the Cook Islands throughout the period of three months immediately preceding his application for enrolment as an elector or, as the case may be, his nomination as a candidate, and has at some period resided continuously in the Cook Islands for not less than twelve months.
- (c) [Repealed]
(2) For the purposes of this Article a person shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in the Cook Islands if, and only if,—
- (a) He is actually residing in the Cook Islands; or
- (b) Having been actually resident in the Cook Islands with the intention of residing therein indefinitely, he is outside the Cook Islands but has, and has had ever since he left the Cook Islands, an intention to return and reside therein indefinitely:
- Provided that any person who has been outside the Cook Islands continuously for any period of more than three years, otherwise than for the purpose of undergoing a course of education or of technical training or instruction during the whole or substantially the whole of that period, shall be deemed not to have been actually resident in the Cook Islands during that period with the intention of residing therein indefinitely.
Schedule Article 28(1)(b): substituted, on 4 August 1965, by section 2(1) of the Cook Islands Constitution Amendment Act 1965 (1965 No 2).
Schedule Article 28(1)(c): repealed, on 4 August 1965, by section 2(1) of the Cook Islands Constitution Amendment Act 1965 (1965 No 2).
29 Meetings of Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly shall meet at such places and at such times as the High Commissioner from time to time appoints in that behalf:
Provided that the Assembly shall meet not later than ninety days after the holding of a general election and at least once in every year thereafter, so that a period of twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Assembly in one session and the first sitting thereof in the next session.
Schedule Article 29: amended, on 4 August 1965, by section 2(1) of the Cook Islands Constitution Amendment Act 1965 (1965 No 2).
30 Members to take Oath of Allegiance
Except for the purpose of enabling this Article to be complied with and for the election of a Speaker, no member of the Legislative Assembly shall be permitted to sit or vote therein until he has taken and subscribed the following oath before the Speaker of the Assembly, namely:
