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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  

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