Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 152

             (1)  Writs for the election of Senators for States, Senators for Territories or Members of the House of Representatives may be in the Form A, Form AA or Form B respectively in Schedule 1, shall be signed by the Governor of a State, the Governor‑General or the Speaker, as the case requires, and shall fix the date for:

                     (a)  the close of the Rolls;

                     (b)  the nomination;

                     (c)  the polling; and

                     (d)  the return of the writ.

             (2)  For the purposes of this Act a writ shall be deemed to have been issued at the hour of 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the day on which the writ was issued.