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REFERENDUMS ACT - SECT 68

Exercise of powers

    (1)     The Tribunal must not exercise the power referred to in section 66(1)(j) or (k):

        (a)     on the ground of an action that occurred; or

        (b)     on the ground of the commission of an offence against this Act,

unless it is satisfied:

        (c)     that the result of the referendum was likely to have been affected by that action or the commission of the offence; and

        (d)     that it is just that the Tribunal exercise that power.

    (2)     The Tribunal must not:

        (a)     in determining whether the actions of an officer affected the results of a referendum, admit evidence of the manner in which a person, who was wrongly prevented from voting at a referendum by an officer, would have voted; or

        (b)     admit evidence from a person referred to in paragraph (a) unless the person satisfies the Tribunal that he or she was wrongly prevented from voting.



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