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“No. 7 0f 1954. = Virgin Islands Constitution 3

and Elections,

“ polling day ’ means the day fixed for hold-
ing the poll at an election;

“polling division” means any polling division

constituted in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 37;

“polling station” means any room secured by
the returning officer for the taking of the
votes on polling day;

“proclamation” means a written or printed
notice under the hand of the Governor or
the Commissioner, as the case may be,
published by his order in the Presidency ;

“ public office”? means, subject to the provi-
sions of subsection (4) of this section,
any office of emolument in the public
service or any office of emolument under
a municipal corporation within the Presi-
dency;

“public officer’? means the holder of any
public office and includes any person
appointed to act in any such office;

“public service” means the service of the
Crown in respect of the Government of
the Presidency or of the Colony;

“rejected ballot paper’ means a ballot paper
which has been handed by the presiding
officer to a voter to cast his vote but
which at the close of the poll has been
found in the ballot box unmarked or so
improperly marked that in the opinion of
the returning officer it cannot be counted ;

“returning officer? means, in relation to an
electoral district, the officer appointed by
the Commissioner in that behalf under
section 39;

“revising officer” means the person appointed
under section’ 47 for the purpose of
revising and settling the list of voters
mentioned in section 43;

VIRGIN
ISLANDS,