Maurangi v High Commissioner of the Cook Islands and Another - [1975] 1 NZLR 557

Constitutional law — Powers of Parliament of the Cook Islands — Validity of Cook Islands Electoral Act 1966 limiting voting to electors physically present within a constituency in the Cook Islands — Decision confined to legality thereof and not concerned with policy or fairness thereof — Cook Islands Electoral Act 1966, ss 37, 88.

Statutes — Interpretation — Construction with reference to other sections — Discretion given to Chief Electoral Officer not empowering him to over-ride restrictions imposed by another section — Cook Islands Electoral Act 1966, ss 37, 88.