Electoral Act 1904 (WA)

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Me Electoral Act.

(No. 20 of 1904).

ARRANGEMENT.

PART I.-PRELIMINARY.

PART VI.-REVISION COURTS.

Sec.

Sec.

1. Short title, commencement, and

43. Revision Courts.

division.

44. Jurisdiction.

2. Repeal.

45. Constitution of Court.

3. Interpretation.

46. No member or candidate to be member

4. Division of Provinces.

of Court

47. Clerk.

PART IT-ADMINISTRATION.

48, Adjournment.

49. 0./ Adjournment when Court not duly

5. Chief Electoral Officer.

constituted.

6. Ins ector of Parliamentary Rolls.

(2.) Notice of adjournment.

7. Electoral Registrars,

50. N (tun on roll may be objected to.

8. Returning Officers.

51. Notice of objection.

9. Deputy Returning Officers.

52. Summons.

10. Appointments to be gazetted.

Form.

11. Candidates not to be officers.

53. Duty to object.

12 Registrars to keep forms.

54. List to be published.

13. Existing officers.

55. Rolls to be produced.

56. Mode of revision.

PART ILL-ELECTOILS.

57. Certificate of revision.

14. Amendment of 63 Viet., 19, ss. 15 and

58. Proof of service.

26.  59. Appearance.

15. One vote only for Assembly.

60. Costs.

16. No person to be registered more than

61. Execution.

once for any one Province.

PART VII.-WRITS FOR ELECTIONS.

PART IV.-ELECTORAL ROLLS.

62. Form of writs

17. Preparation thereof.

63. Date of nomination.

18. Separate rolls for each Province and

64. Date of polling.

District.

65. Date of return of writ.

19. Form of rolls.

66. Address of writs.

20. Arrangement.

67. Duty of Returning Officer on receipt

21. Divisions.

of writ,

22. Registration of electors for Provinces.

23. Printing of rolls.

24. Supplemental rolls.

PART VIII.-'Fire NOMINATIONS.

25. Inspection.

26. Rolls not to be questioned.

68. Candidates must be nominated.

27. New rolls.

69. Mode of nomination.

28. How made up.

70. Nominations may be telegraphed.

29. Names to be inserted and omitted.

71. Requisites for nomination.

30. Council electors to be registered on

72. Formal defects.

one division only.

73. Deposit to he forfeited in certain cases.

74. Place of nomination.

75. Hour of nomination.

PART V.-ADDITIONS TO ROLLS, TRANS-

76. Proceedings on nomination day.

FERS, AND ALTERATION OF ROLLS.

77. Death of candidate after nomination.

31. Additions of new names.

78. Failure of election.

32. Forms of claims.

33. Registration of claims.

34 List of municipal or road board

PART IX.-Vonfro IST POST.

electors.

79. Voting by post.

35. Right to transfer.

80. Procedure.

36. Form of transfer.

81. Questions may be put to decto•.

Method of transfer.

82. Mode of voting,

37. Registration of transfer.

83. Ballot-paper to be sent to Returning

38. Alteration of rolls.

Officer.

39. Adjustment of rolls on change in

84. Voter whose sight is impaired.

boundaries.

85. Duty of Returning Officer with regard

40. Time for altering rolls.

to such ballot-papers.

41. Alterations to be initialled.

86. Applicaa not to vote otherwise at

42. Lists of deaths to be forwarded.

election.

Electoral.

See.

PART XIII.-LINITATION OF ELECTORAL

87. Officer to decide.

EXPENSES.

88, Mistakes.

Sec.

89. Forms.

135. Rates of expenditure.

136. Expenses allowed.

137. Electoral expenses.

PART X.-THE POLLING.

138. Returns.

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