COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 98A Refusal to include in the Roll inappropriate names
COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 98A
Refusal to include in the Roll inappropriate names(1) This section applies to the inclusion in a Roll, or transfer to a Roll, of a person's name under a provision of this Part.
(2) The Electoral Commissioner may refuse to include in a Roll, or transfer to a Roll, a person's name if the Electoral Commissioner considers that the name:
(a) is fictitious, frivolous, offensive or obscene; or
(b) is not the name by which the person is usually known; or
(c) is not written in the alphabet used for the English language.
(3) The Electoral Commissioner may refuse to include in a Roll, or transfer to a Roll, a person's name if including the name in the Roll, or transferring it to the Roll, would be contrary to the public interest.
(4) If the Electoral Commissioner decides under this section to
refuse to include a person's name in a Roll, the Electoral Commissioner
must notify the person in writing of that decision.