Electoral and Referendum Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1928. No. 107.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918-1928 AND THE REFERENDUM (CONSTITUTION ALTERATION) ACT 1906–1928.

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 Act 1918–1928 and the Referendum (Constitution Alteration) Act 1906–1928, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated the eight day of October One thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Home and Territories.

 

Amendment of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1928, No. 80.)

1. Regulation 61 of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is amended by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1.) thereof the following proviso:—

“Provided further that in a referendum a ballot-paper shall not be informal by reason only of the fact that the voter has indicated his vote by placing in one square the number 1 or a cross, and by leaving the other square blank, and in that case the cross shall be deemed to be equivalent to the figure 1.”.

2. Regulation 98a of the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is amended by omitting the words “notwitstanding contained” and inserting in their stead the words “Notwithstanding anything contained”.

3. The Schedule to the Electoral and Referendum Regulations is amended by omitting from Forms 26, 27, 31 and 32 the following words:—

“If he approves of the proposed law he should make a cross in the square opposite the word ‘Yes’;

If he does not approve of the proposed law he should make a cross in the square opposite the word ‘No’”;

and inserting in their stead the following words:—

“If he approves of the proposed law he should place the number 1 in the square opposite the word ‘Yes’ and the number 2 in the square opposite the word ‘No’;

If he does not approve of the proposed law he should place the number 1 in the square opposite the word ‘No’ and the number 2 in the square opposite the word ‘Yes’;”.

 

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.

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