COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1983
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 SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 6