Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 No. 144 of 1983 - SECT 88

88. Section 113 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''(not being a person who is an
        elector by virtue of section thirty-nine A of this Act)'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) ''Subdivision'' and substituting
        ''Division'';

         (c)  by inserting in sub-section (1) ''or Territory'' after
''State''; and

   (d)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:

''(1A) Notwithstanding sub-section (1), where a hospital is a polling place,
an elector is not entitled to vote at that polling place otherwise than under
section 113B unless he-

   (a)  is attending the hospital as a patient or as a genuine visitor of a
        patient; or

   (b)  performs functions or duties in the hospital.''.