Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION (ELECTION) ACT 1997 No. 128 of 1997 - SECT 53

(1) A ballot-paper to be used in an election must be in the

*approved form.

(2) The ballot-paper must have the words "Ballot-paper" as a heading.

(3) Before issuing a ballot-paper for an election, an officer must, if the
particulars are not already printed on the ballot-paper, write on the
ballot-paper:

   (a)  the name of the State or Territory in which the election is to be
        held; and

   (b)  the number of candidates to be elected; and

   (c)  on Part A, the full names of candidates arranged in the same way as
        would be required if the names were being printed on the ballot-
        paper; and

   (d)  on Part B, the number of squares and an indication of the preference
        that the squares represent that would be required if the squares were
        being printed on the ballot-paper; and

   (e)  the material that would be required by subsection 56(1) and paragraphs
        56(2)(b) and (g) to be printed on the ballot-paper if the ballot-paper
        were being printed.