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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 268 Immaterial delays and errors

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 268

Immaterial delays and errors

    (1)     The Court of Disputed Elections shall not make a declaration under section 265 (a), (b) or (c) on the ground that there was a delay in—

        (a)     declaring the nominations for the election; or

        (b)     providing preliminary certified extracts of electors to candidates for the election; or

        (c)     polling for the election; or

        (d)     declaring the result of the election.

    (2)     The Court of Disputed Elections shall not make a declaration under section 265 (a), (b) or (c) on the ground of any absence of, or any error or omission by, an officer unless the absence, error or omission affected, or was likely to have affected, the result of the election.

    (3)     In determining whether an absence, error or omission that prevented an elector from voting affected the result of an election or not, the Court of Disputed Elections shall not have regard to any evidence of the way in which the elector intended to vote.