Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

REFERENDUMS ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Definitions
   3.      Delegation
   4.      Matters that can be subject of referendum

   PART 2 - WRIT FOR REFERENDUM

   5.      Resolution of Legislative Assembly
   6.      Issue of writ for referendum
   7.      Form and content of writ for referendum
   8.      Referendum to be conducted
   9.      Chief electoral officer to publish writ and prepare for referendum
   10.     Distribution to electors of arguments for and against question

   PART 3 - CONDUCT OF REFERENDUM

           Division 1 - Rolls for Referendum

   11.     Printing of rolls
   12.     Alteration of rolls

           Division 2 - Polling Places, Mobile Polling Teams, Officers and Scrutineers

   13.     Polling places
   14.     Mobile polling teams
   15.     Public notice of polling places and mobile polling teams
   16.     Presiding officers and mobile team leaders
   17.     Scrutineers
   18.     Certified list of voters

           Division 3 - Polling Booths, Ballot-boxes and Ballot-papers

   19.     Separate voting booths
   20.     Ballot-boxes
   21.     Ballot-papers

           Division 4 - Mobile Polling

   22.     Mobile polling
   23.     Voting at certain polling places may be restricted to class of voters
   24.     Places and hours of use of mobile polling team

           Division 5 - Pre-poll Voting and Postal Voting

   25.     Pre-poll voting
   26.     Postal voting

           Division 6 - Voting on Polling Day

   27.     Polling
   28.     Persons entitled to vote
   29.     Ballot-boxes to be exhibited empty before polling
   30.     Name to be on roll
   31.     Persons claiming to vote to give names and other particulars
   32.     Record of objections
   33.     Ballot-papers to be initialled
   34.     Vote to be marked in private
   35.     Assistance of certain persons
   36.     Vote of unlisted persons
   37.     Method of voting
   38.     Spoilt or discarded ballot-papers
   39.     Adjournment of polling
   40.     direction to leave polling place
   41.     Marking of ballot-papers
   42.     Employee wishing to vote
   43.     Ballot-boxes to be secured at close of polling

           Division 7 - Offences Relating to Polling

   44.     Persons present at polling
   45.     Electors must vote
   46.     Person may vote only once
   47.     Offences in relation to ballot-papers and at polling places

   PART 4 - DETERMINATION OF RESULTS OF POLLING

   48.     Definition
   49.     Determination
   50.     Informal ballot-papers
   51.     Proceedings at determination
   52.     Conduct of determination
   53.     Objections by scrutineers
   54.     Determination of votes
   55.     Action after determination of referendum
   56.     Disregarding certain votes
   57.     Re-count
   58.     Applicable provisions for re-count
   59.     Referral of questions
   60.     Return of writ for referendum

   PART 5 - DISPUTED REFERENDUM

   61.     Referendum Tribunal
   62.     Method of disputing validity of referendum
   63.     Persons to be served
   64.     No proceedings unless requisites complied with
   65.     Hearings of Tribunal
   66.     Powers of Tribunal
   67.     Inquiries by Tribunal
   68.     Exercise of powers
   69.     Reporting of offences
   70.     Tribunal may have regard to certain rejected ballot-papers
   71.     Immaterial errors not to vitiate referendum
   72.     No appeal
   73.     Clerk of Legislative Assembly to receive copy of petition and decision
   74.     Representation at hearing
   75.     Costs
   76.     Rules of Tribunal

   PART 6 - OFFENCES

   77.     Exemption of public policy statements
   78.     Printing of advertisements
   79.     Heading of advertisements
   80.     Articles to be signed
   81.     Broadcasting of advertisements
   82.     Untrue statements
   83.     Signature to papers
   84.     Witnesses to papers
   85.     Canvassing near polling places prohibited
   86.     Making unauthorised marks
   87.     Forged documents
   88.     Influencing officer

   PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS

   89.     Referendum at same time as election
   90.     Extension of time
   91.     Averments
   92.     Regulatory offences
   93.     Prosecutions not to be brought after 12 months
   94.     Disclosure of information
   95.     Protection of officers
   96.     Destruction of ballot-papers
   97.     Regulations
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