COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1983
Table of Provisions
- 1 Short title.
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Interpretation
- 4
- 5 Divisional Returning Officers
- 6 Assistant Returning Officers
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11 Polling places
- 12 Change of electors from one Roll to another
- 13 Electoral Rolls
- 14 Subdivision Rolls, Division Rolls and State and Territory Rolls
- 15
- 16 New Rolls to be prepared upon Proclamation
- 17
- 18 Additions, &c., to new Rolls
- 19 Objections and notices to have effect in relation to new Rolls
- 20 Printing of Rolls
- 21
- 22 Habitation reviews
- 23 Persons entitled to enrolment and to vote
- 24
- 25 Addition of names to Rolls
- 26 Claims for enrolment or transfer of enrolment
- 27
- 28 Compulsory enrolment and transfer
- 29
- 30
- 31 Alteration of Rolls
- 32 Lists of deaths to be forwarded
- 33 Lists of convictions to be forwarded
- 34 Officers to act on receipt of information
- 35
- 36 Names on roll may be objected to
- 37 Objection
- 38 Duty to object
- 39 Notice of objection
- 40 Determination of objection
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44 Forms of writs
- 45
- 46 Date of nomination
- 47 Date of polling
- 48
- 49 Qualifications of Members of House of Representatives
- 50
- 51
- 52 Mode of nominations
- 53 To whom nominations made
- 54 Grouping of candidates
- 55 Requisites for nomination
- 56 Form of consent to act
- 57
- 58 Deposit to be forfeited in certain cases
- 59 Place of nomination
- 60
- 61 Application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper
- 62
- 63 Duty of witness
- 64 Penalty for inducing elector to apply for postal vote
- 65 Issue of certificate and ballot-papers
- 66 Inspections of applications
- 67 Number of applications and certificates
- 68 Returning Officer to notify issue of postal vote certificate and postal ballot-papers
- 69 Person claiming to vote, whose name is noted under section 91
- 70 Authorized witnesses
- 71 Directions for postal voting
- 72 Duty of persons present when an elector votes by post
- 73 Preliminary scrutiny of postal ballot-papers
- 74
- 75 Arrangements for polling
- 76 Ballot-boxes
- 77 Certified lists of voters
- 78
- 79 Printing of Senate ballot-papers
- 80
- 81 Ballot-papers to be initialled
- 82
- 83 Scrutineers at the polling
- 84 Provisions relating to scrutineers
- 85 Persons present at polling
- 86 The polling
- 87 Elections at which electors entitled to vote
- 88 Where electors may vote
- 89
- 90 Errors not to forfeit vote
- 91 Right of elector to receive ballot-paper
- 92 Vote to be marked in private
- 93 Assistance to certain voters
- 94 Vote of person whose name is not on Roll, &c.
- 95 Voter claiming to vote whose name on Roll has been marked
- 96
- 97 Spoilt ballot-papers
- 98 Marking of votes in a Senate election
- 99 Compulsory voting
- 100
- 101 Scrutineers at scrutiny
- 102 Informal ballot-papers
- 103
- 104
- 105 Scrutiny of votes in Senate elections
- 106 Scrutiny of votes in House of Representatives elections
- 107
- 108 Re-count at Senate elections
- 109
- 110 Return of writ for election of Senators
- 111 Declaration of Poll and return of writs for House of Representatives
- 112 Extension of time
- 113
- 114
- 115 Heading to electoral advertisements
- 116 Authors of reports, &c., to be identified
- 117 Matter broadcast or televised
- 118 Depiction, &c., of certain electoral matter
- 119 Repeal of sections 164BA and 164BB
- 120 Cards in polling booth
- 121 Unlawfully marking ballot-papers
- 122
- 123 Prohibition of canvassing near polling booths
- 124 Duty of witness to claim
- 125 Failure to transmit claim
- 126 Protection of the official mark
- 127 Disorderly behaviour at meeting
- 128
- 129 Method of disputing elections
- 130 The Court of Disputed Returns
- 131 Requisites of petition
- 132
- 133 Right of Electoral Commissioner to be represented
- 134 Powers of Court
- 135 Inquiries by Court
- 136 Voiding election for illegal practices
- 137
- 138
- 139 Disqualification for bribery and undue influence
- 140 Electoral matters to be sent free by post
- 141 Electoral matter may be sent by telegraph
- 142 Preservation of ballot-papers
- 143 No State referendum or vote to be held on polling day
- 144 Regulations
- 145 Schedule
- 146 Amendments of Principal Act relating to offences, penalties, &c.
- 147 Amendments of Principal Act consequential on abolition of certain offices
- 148 Formal amendments
- 149 Amendments of Conciliation and Arbitration Act
- 150 Repeal of Australian Electoral Office Act
- 151 Repeal of certain Acts
- 152 Transitional provision-determination of State entitlement
- 153 Transitional provision-commencement of redistribution of States
- 154 Transitional provision-commencement of redistribution of Australian Capital Territory
- 155 Amendments of Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act
- 156 Transitional provision-conduct of union elections