Commonwealth Numbered Acts

REFERENDUM (MACHINERY PROVISIONS) ACT 1984 No. 44, 1984 - SECT 33

33. (1) Subject to sections 38 and 39, the presiding officer or a poll clerk
at each polling booth shall hand to each person claiming to vote at a
referendum a ballot-paper duly initialled by the presiding officer if-

   (a)  the name under which he claims to vote is on the certified list of
        voters used at the polling booth, and his answers to the questions
        referred to in sections 30 and 31 show that he is entitled to vote; or

   (b)  he claims to vote pursuant to provisions of this Act relating to
        absent voting and he complies with those provisions.

(2) A presiding officer shall, at the request of a scrutineer appointed under
section 27, note any objection by the scrutineer to the right of any person to
vote at a referendum, and shall keep a record of all objections.