Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 25 Addition of names to Rolls

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 25

25. Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by adding at the end of sub-section (1) ''or claims for provisional
        enrolment''; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(2) A claim shall-

   (a)  be in the approved form;

   (b)  subject to sub-section (3), be signed by the claimant; and

   (c)  be attested by a prescribed person, who shall sign his name as witness
        in his own handwriting.

''(3) Where a person wishes to make a claim for enrolment, for transfer of
enrolment or for provisional enrolment and a registered medical practitioner
has certified, in writing, that the person is so physically incapacitated that
the person cannot sign the claim, another person may, on behalf of the person,
fill out and sign the claim in accordance with the directions of the
first-mentioned person.

''(4) A claim shall be completed in accordance with the directions contained
in the form approved for the purposes of sub-section (2).

''(5) A certificate referred to in sub-section (3) shall be lodged with the
claim to which it relates.''.