Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 137

137. After section 194 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Errors relating to printing of party affiliations

''194AA. The Court of Disputed Returns shall not declare that a person
returned as elected was not duly elected, or declare an election void, by
reason only that-

   (a)  there was printed, on a ballot-paper, or ballot-papers, used in the
        election the name, or an abbreviation of the name, of a political
        party adjacent to the name of a candidate or group of candidates;

   (b)  the name, or abbreviation of the name, of a political party so printed
        was misspelt or the name, or abbreviation of the name, of a political
        party so printed was otherwise inaccurate or incorrect;

   (c)  there was not printed on ballot-papers used in the election, the name,
        or an abbreviation of the name, of a political party adjacent to the
        name of a candidate or group of candidates; or

   (d)  an officer failed to comply with the provisions of section 106C in
        relation to the election.''.