ELECTORAL (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO 48 OF 2009)

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 2 Commencement
• 3 Amendment provisions

PART 2--Amendment of Electoral Act 1985

• 4 Amendment of section 4--Interpretation
• 5 Amendment of section 26--Inspection and purchase of rolls
• 6 Amendment of section 27--Power to require information
• 7 Amendment of section 27A--Provision of certain information
• 8 Substitution of Part 5 Division 3

Division 2A--Itinerant persons

Division 3--Compulsory enrolment and transfer

• 9 Amendment of section 36--Definitions and related provisions
• 10 Amendment of section 39--Application for registration
• 11 Amendment of section 40--Order in which applications are to be determined
• 12 Amendment of section 42--Registration
• 13 Insertion of section 43A
• 14 Amendment of section 45--De-registration of political party
• 15 Insertion of sections 46A and 46B
• 16 Amendment of section 48--Contents of writ
• 17 Amendment of section 52--Qualifications of candidate
• 18 Amendment of section 58--Grouping of candidates in Legislative Council election
• 19 Amendment of section 59--Printing of Legislative Council ballot papers
• 20 Amendment of section 62--Printing of descriptive information on ballot papers
• 21 Amendment of section 63--Voting tickets
• 22 Amendment of section 65--Properly staffed polling booths to be provided
• 23 Substitution of section 66
• 24 Amendment of section 67--Appointment of scrutineers
• 25 Amendment of section 71--Manner of voting
• 26 Amendment of section 74--Issue of declaration voting papers by post or other means
• 27 Amendment of section 80--Voter may be accompanied by an assistant in certain circumstances
• 28 Amendment of section 82--Declaration vote, how made
• 29 Amendment of section 84--Security of facilities
• 30 Amendment of section 85--Compulsory voting
• 31 Amendment of section 87--Ballot boxes or other facilities to be kept secure
• 32 Amendment of section 89--Scrutiny
• 33 Amendment of section 91--Preliminary scrutiny
• 34 Amendment of section 94--Informal ballot papers
• 35 Amendment of section 95--Scrutiny of votes in Legislative Council election
• 36 Amendment of section 96D--Use of approved computer program in election
• 37 Amendment of section 105--Respondents to petitions
• 38 Amendment of section 107--Orders that the Court is empowered to make
• 39 Amendment of section 112--Publication of electoral advertisements, notices etc
• 40 Insertion of sections 112A and 112B
• 41 Amendment of section 113--Misleading advertising
• 42 Substitution of section 114
• 43 Amendment of section 115--Limitations on display of electoral advertisements
• 44 Amendment of section 116--Published material to identify person responsible for political content
• 45 Amendment of section 119--Offender may be removed from polling booth
• SCHEDULE 1--Related amendments and transitional provisions