South Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1985 - SECT 32

32—Making of claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment

        (1)         Subject to this Division, a person who is entitled to be enrolled for any subdivision, whether by way of enrolment or transfer of enrolment, and whose name is not on the Roll for that subdivision must, within 21 days from the date on which the person became so entitled, make a claim in accordance with this Act for enrolment or for transfer of enrolment (as the case may require).

        (1a)         A claim for enrolment or the transfer of enrolment—

            (a)         must be made in a manner and form approved by the Electoral Commissioner; and

            (b)         must be made to an electoral registrar.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who is entitled to be enrolled in accordance with section 29(2) or 31A.

        (3)         A person who fails, without proper excuse, to make a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment in accordance with this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: $75.

        (4)         Proceedings for an offence against subsection (3) may not be commenced after a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment (as the case may require) has been made.