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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 314AKA

Simplified outline of this Division

This Division is about compliance and enforcement.

Subdivision B deals with the appointment and powers of authorised officers. Authorised officers may:

  (a)   require a person to give information or produce documents, or appear and answer questions, relevant to the enforcement of this Part or the Criminal Code to the extent that it relates to this Part; and

  (b)   enter and search premises, and seize documents or other things, under a warrant; and

  (c)   make and retain copies of documents produced to the authorised officer; and

  (d)   retain documents produced to, or seized by, the authorised officer; and

  (e)   retain other things seized by the authorised officer.

An authorised officer's decision to require a person to give information or produce documents, or to appear and answer questions, is subject to internal review.



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