STATUTORY
RULES.
1904. No. 10.
Commonwealth
of Australia.
Department
of Home Affairs,
Melbourne,
22nd March, 1904.
NOTIFICATION OF A PROVISIONAL
REGULATION UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1902.
PURSUANT
to the Rules Publication Act 1903,
notice is hereby given that His Excellency the Governor-General, by and with
the advice of the Federal Executive Council, has been pleased to make the
following Regulation, and to direct that it come into operation forthwith as a
Provisional Regulation. Copies of the Regulation can be purchased at the
Government Printing Office, Melbourne.
JOHN
FORREST,
Minister
of State for Home Affairs.
REGULATION.
Ballot Box for Postal Votes.
8. The Returning Officer for each Division shall
keep a Ballot Box marked with the name of the Division, and the words “Postal
Ballot Box,” and shall place and keep therein until the scrutiny, all envelopes
containing Postal Votes received up to the close of the Poll, and at the
scrutiny the Ballot Box shall be opened and the envelopes containing Postal
Votes, and the Postal Votes therein, shall be dealt with as directed by Section
119 of the Act.
By
Authority: J. Kemp, Acting
Government Printer, Melbourne.
C.2816.