Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 74

74. After section 96 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Correction of errors

''96A. Where an officer who receives-

   (a)  an application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper;
        or

   (b)  a postal vote certificate,
is satisfied that the application or certificate has a formal defect or
contains a formal error, he may amend the application or certificate, as the
case may be, to the extent necessary to remove that defect or correct that
error.''.