PRIME Minister Hubert Ingraham tabled a number of amendments to the Parliamentary Elections Act in the House of Assembly yesterday. The updated law takes into account advice given by Supreme Court judges after the recent election court cases. "The objects and reasons of the Bill are fairly explicit, designed to deal with the question of 'ordinary resident' - which has been the subject of most of the election petitions in the Bahamas," Mr Ingraham said as he tabled the legislation. Clause two amends section eight of the Act so that a person's place of residence is determined by the facts of the individual case and the choice that a person makes regarding his home, despite any ot ...

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