Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 63

63. Section 87 of the Principal Act is amended-

         (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''an application'' and
substituting ''a written application'';

         (b)  by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) ''in his the applicant's own
handwriting'';

         (c)  by omitting from sub-section (2) ''the application'' (first
occurring) and substituting ''the written application''; and

   (d)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

''(3) Subject to sub-section (4), a person shall not visit any elector for the
purpose of witnessing the signature of the elector to an application for a
postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper.

Penalty: $1,000.

''(4) Where an elector who has received an application form for a postal vote
certificate and postal ballot-paper is, by reason of being incapacitated or
seriously ill or by reason of approaching maternity, unable to appear before a
witness, a person may, if previously requested to do so by the elector, visit
the elector for the purpose of witnessing the signature of the elector to the
application.''.