Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 106

106. Section 136 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in paragraph (1) (a) ''sent to him under
sub-section 113C (8) or 114 (10) or'' after ''ballot-boxes'';

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (1) (d) '', and certify, by indorsement on
        the copy of the writ received by him, the like particulars'';

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (1) (h) ''of this sub-section, and the copy
        of the writ indorsed in accordance with that paragraph'';

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (4) ''copies of the writs forwarded'' and
        substituting ''statements transmitted'';

   (e)  by inserting after sub-section (6) the following sub-section:

''(6A) A ballot-paper shall be set aside as exhausted where on a count it is
found that the ballot-paper expresses no preference for any unexcluded
candidate.'';

   (f)  by omitting from sub-section (8) ''In'' and substituting ''Subject to
        sub-section (8A), in''; and

   (g)  by inserting after sub-section (8) the following sub-section:

''(8A) For the purposes of sub-section (8), if at any stage of a count,
ballot-papers have been set aside under sub-section (6A), the whole number of
ballot-papers, at that stage, shall be taken to be reduced by the number of
those ballot-papers set aside.''.