ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 6 Victorian Electoral Commission

ELECTORAL ACT 2002 - SECT 6

    (1)     There is established by this Act the Victorian Electoral Commission.

    (2)     The Commission—

        (a)     is a body corporate with perpetual succession;

        (b)     represents the Crown in right of the State of Victoria;

        (c)     has a common seal;

        (d)     may sue and be sued in its corporate name;

        (e)     is, subject to this Act, capable of taking, purchasing, leasing, holding, selling and disposing of real and personal property for the purpose of performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Act;

        (f)     is capable of doing and suffering all acts and things that bodies corporate may by law do and suffer and which are necessary or expedient for the purpose of performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Act.

    (3)     The common seal of the Commission—

        (a)     must be kept as the Commission directs;

        (b)     must not be used except as authorised by the Commission.