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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1983
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
1. Short title.
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4.
5. Divisional Returning Officers
6. Assistant Returning Officers
7.
8.
9.
10.
11. Polling places
12. Change of electors from one Roll to another
13. Electoral Rolls
14. Subdivision Rolls, Division Rolls and State and Territory Rolls
15.
16. New Rolls to be prepared upon Proclamation
17.
18. Additions, &c., to new Rolls
19. Objections and notices to have effect in relation to new Rolls
20. Printing of Rolls
21.
22. Habitation reviews
23. Persons entitled to enrolment and to vote
24.
25. Addition of names to Rolls
26. Claims for enrolment or transfer of enrolment
27.
28. Compulsory enrolment and transfer
29.
30.
31. Alteration of Rolls
32. Lists of deaths to be forwarded
33. Lists of convictions to be forwarded
34. Officers to act on receipt of information
35.
36. Names on roll may be objected to
37. Objection
38. Duty to object
39. Notice of objection
40. Determination of objection
41.
42.
43.
44. Forms of writs
45.
46. Date of nomination
47. Date of polling
48.
49. Qualifications of Members of House of Representatives
50.
51.
52. Mode of nominations
53. To whom nominations made
54. Grouping of candidates
55. Requisites for nomination
56. Form of consent to act
57.
58. Deposit to be forfeited in certain cases
59. Place of nomination
60.
61. Application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper
62.
63. Duty of witness
64. Penalty for inducing elector to apply for postal vote
65. Issue of certificate and ballot-papers
66. Inspections of applications
67. Number of applications and certificates
68. Returning Officer to notify issue of postal vote certificate and postal ballot-papers
69. Person claiming to vote, whose name is noted under section 91
70. Authorized witnesses
71. Directions for postal voting
72. Duty of persons present when an elector votes by post
73. Preliminary scrutiny of postal ballot-papers
74.
75. Arrangements for polling
76. Ballot-boxes
77. Certified lists of voters
78.
79. Printing of Senate ballot-papers
80.
81. Ballot-papers to be initialled
82.
83. Scrutineers at the polling
84. Provisions relating to scrutineers
85. Persons present at polling
86. The polling
87. Elections at which electors entitled to vote
88. Where electors may vote
89.
90. Errors not to forfeit vote
91. Right of elector to receive ballot-paper
92. Vote to be marked in private
93. Assistance to certain voters
94. Vote of person whose name is not on Roll, &c.
95. Voter claiming to vote whose name on Roll has been marked
96.
97. Spoilt ballot-papers
98. Marking of votes in a Senate election
99. Compulsory voting
100.
101. Scrutineers at scrutiny
102. Informal ballot-papers
103.
104.
105. Scrutiny of votes in Senate elections
106. Scrutiny of votes in House of Representatives elections
107.
108. Re-count at Senate elections
109.
110. Return of writ for election of Senators
111. Declaration of Poll and return of writs for House of Representatives
112. Extension of time
113.
114.
115. Heading to electoral advertisements
116. Authors of reports, &c., to be identified
117. Matter broadcast or televised
118. Depiction, &c., of certain electoral matter
119. Repeal of sections 164BA and 164BB
120. Cards in polling booth
121. Unlawfully marking ballot-papers
122.
123. Prohibition of canvassing near polling booths
124. Duty of witness to claim
125. Failure to transmit claim
126. Protection of the official mark
127. Disorderly behaviour at meeting
128.
129. Method of disputing elections
130. The Court of Disputed Returns
131. Requisites of petition
132.
133. Right of Electoral Commissioner to be represented
134. Powers of Court
135. Inquiries by Court
136. Voiding election for illegal practices
137.
138.
139. Disqualification for bribery and undue influence
140. Electoral matters to be sent free by post
141. Electoral matter may be sent by telegraph
142. Preservation of ballot-papers
143. No State referendum or vote to be held on polling day
144. Regulations
145. Schedule
146. Amendments of Principal Act relating to offences, penalties, &c.
147. Amendments of Principal Act consequential on abolition of certain offices
148. Formal amendments
149. Amendments of Conciliation and Arbitration Act
150. Repeal of Australian Electoral Office Act
151. Repeal of certain Acts
152. Transitional provision-determination of State entitlement
153. Transitional provision-commencement of redistribution of States
154. Transitional provision-commencement of redistribution of Australian Capital Territory
155. Amendments of Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act
156. Transitional provision-conduct of union elections
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SCHEDULE 6
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