COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL (WAR-TIME).
No.
12 of 1945.
An Act to amend
the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1940-1944.
[Assented
to 1st August, 1945.]
BE it
enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1945.
(2.) The Commonwealth
Electoral (War-time) Act 1940-1944 is in this Act referred to
as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1940-1945.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall come into operation on the day on which
it receives the Royal Assent.
Definitions.
3.Section five of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting from the definition of “election” the words “a general” (first
occurring) and inserting in their stead the word “an”.
4.After section five of the Principal Act the following
section is inserted:—
Application
of Act to by-elections.
“5a. In
the application of this Act to an election for the House of Representatives (not
being a general election for the House of Representatives), references in this
Act to each Division and to each Divisional Returning Officer shall be read as
references to the Division for which the election is being held, and to the
Divisional Returning Officer for that Division, respectively.”.
Action
by Chief Electoral Officer.
5.Section eight of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting from sub-section (2.) the words “a general” and inserting in their
stead the word “an”.
Voting
by members of the Force within a State.
6. Section eighteen a
of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d),