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PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT 1912 - SECT 21

Disqualifications from voting

21 Disqualifications from voting

A person shall not be entitled to have his or her name placed or retained on any roll if the person:

(a) is, because of being of unsound mind, incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and voting, or
(b) has been convicted of a crime or an offence, whether in New South Wales or elsewhere, and has been sentenced in respect of that crime or offence to imprisonment for 12 months or more and is in prison serving that sentence, or
(c) is the holder of a temporary entry permit or is a prohibited immigrant under the Migration Act 1958 of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, as amended and in force for the time being.



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