Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT - SECT 73

    (1)     This section applies if:

        (a)     a person attends before an authorised officer at a pre-election voting centre during the hours of polling on a day decided under section 69(1)(b); and

        (b)     the person states the person's full name and address; and

        (c)     the officer is satisfied the officer's certified list of voters does not state the person's name and address; and

        (d)     the person answers the voter's question in the affirmative; and

        (e)     the person completes and signs a declaration in the approved form in the presence of the officer; and

        (f)     the officer signs the declaration as witness.

    (2)     The officer must issue a ballot paper (a declaration ballot paper ) to the person.

    (3)     The officer must:

        (a)     immediately before issuing the ballot paper to the person, initial the back of the ballot paper; and

        (b)     immediately after issuing the ballot paper to the person, make a record of its issue.

    (4)     The declaration by the person must state the following:

        (a)     the person has complied with Part VIII of the Commonwealth Act before the close of the roll;

        (b)     to the best of the person's knowledge no objection has been upheld in relation to the inclusion of the person's name on the roll;

        (c)     the person is not qualified for enrolment in a division other than the division for which the person claims to vote;

        (d)     the person has not already voted at the election.