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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 175J

Application of certain sections

175J Application of certain sections

The provisions of sections 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161, 166, 167, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 175A and 175AA apply to and in respect of an election to which this Division applies in the same way as they apply to and in respect of an election to which Division 1 applies but subject to the following modifications:

(a) section 157 (c) shall be deemed to be amended by inserting after the word “thereat” the words “or by any person whose name is on a roll”,
(b) section 161 (1) (vi) and (vii) shall be deemed to be omitted,
(c) section 167 shall be deemed to be omitted and the following section inserted in its stead:
167 No election shall be voided on account of any failure to comply with any provision of any Act relating to the conduct of the election if the failure did not affect the result of the election.
(d) section 175 shall be deemed to be omitted and the following section inserted in its stead:
175 If any person returned is declared not to be duly elected, he or she shall cease to be a member of the Legislative Council.



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