Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1919. No. 285.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL (WAR-TIME) ACT 1917-1919.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1917-1919, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this sixth day of December, 1919.

R. M. FERGUSON,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

W. A. WATT,

for Minister of State for Home and Territories.

 

Amendment of the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1917, No. 74, as amended by Statutory Rules 1917, No. 86, by Statutory Rules 1919, No. 259.)

1. The Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Regulations are amended by inserting therein after regulation 9, the following regulation:—

Saving of certain proceedings.

“9a. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, if—

(a) a returned member of the Forces who is eligible to be enrolled as an elector of the Commonwealth, but is not so enrolled, applies or has before the commencement of this regulation applied to any other District Commandant for the certificate specified in regulation 3 of these Regulations; and

(b) the District Commandant being satisfied that the particulars set forth in the application are correct issues or has issued a certificate in accordance with Form 2; and

(c) a Commonwealth Electoral Officer indorses or has indorsed on the certificate the name of the Division and State for which the applicant is entitled to vote, then—

(d) the application shall not be disallowed by reason only that the application was not made to the District Commandant of the District in which the place of residence of the applicant as shown in the Nominal Roll kept by the Department of Defence or Department of the Navy, as the case may be, is situate;

 

(e) the certificate shall not be disallowed by reason only that it is not issued by the District Commandant of the District in which the place of residence of the applicant as shown in the Nominal Roll kept by the Department of Defence or Department of the Navy, as the case may be, is situate; and

(f) the indorsement shall not be disallowed by reason only that it is not indorsed by the Commonwealth Electoral Officer for the State in respect of which the applicant is entitled to vote.

“(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations—

(a) an application for a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper; and

(b) a postal vote certificate

made or issued in pursuance of these Regulations which is witnessed by a person who is or has been an officer of the Commonwealth Naval or Military Forces, shall not be disallowed by reason only that it is not witnessed by an authorized witness in accordance with Form 1.”

  

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.