South Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 104

104—Requisites of petition

        (1)         A petition disputing an election or return must—

            (a)         set out the facts relied on to invalidate the election or return;

            (b)         set out the relief to which the petitioner claims to be entitled;

            (c)         be signed by a candidate at the election in dispute or by a person who was qualified to vote at the election;

            (d)         be attested by 2 witnesses whose occupations and addresses are stated;

            (e)         be filed in the Court within 40 days after the return of the writ.

        (2)         At the time of filing the petition, the petitioner must deposit with the Registrar of the Supreme Court $200 as security for costs.