Parliamentary Elections (War Time) Act 1944 (NSW)

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS (WAR TIME)

ACT.

Act Ko. 10, 1944.

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An Act to enable members of the Defence Force

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Commonwealth of Australia and certain other persons to vote at elections of Members of the Legislative Assembly; to amend the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act, 1012-1941, in certain respects; and for purposes connected there with. [Assented to, ISth April, 1944.]

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"T3E it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,	^.^944.
_I3 by and Avitli tbe advice and consent of tbc Legis lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Kew Soutli "Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

PART I.

P relim in a ry .

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the “ Parliamentary simrt title. Elections ("War Time) Act, 1944,” and shall be read and construed with the Parliamentary Electorates and Elec- Utoi’aits. tions Act, 1912-1941.

(2) Tlie Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Act, 1912-1941, is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) This Act is divided into Parts as follows:—

PART	I.—P relim inary .

PART II.—"Voting by M embers of t h e F orces out

side N ew S ou th AV’ales.

PART III.—"Voting by IMembers of t h e F orces

w it h in

N ew

S o u th

"Wales.

PART IV.—"Voting by M embers of t h e

C iv il C o n

structional

C orps.

PART V.— V oting by D ischarged M embers of t h e

F orces in	N ew	S o u th	W ales	w h o	are	U n e n -
ROI.LED.

PART VI.— M iscellaneous.

SCHEDULES.

2 . (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise interpreta-

requires—

tioll.

“ Commanding officer” means the officer commanding

any unit.

“ Discharged member of the Forces” includes an officer whoso appointment has been terminated or who has been placed on reserve and any mem ber who has been transferred or released from service.

“ Election” means a general election of members of the Legislative Assembly.

‘ ‘ Member

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‘‘Member of the Forces” means a person who is or has been a member of the Defence Force of the Commonwealth and who is or has been on active service daring the present war.

In this definition “ active service” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Commonwealth Defence Act 1903 as amended by subsequent Acts.

“ Prescribed” means prescribed by this Act or by the regulations made thereunder.

,	̂	“ The present war” means the war in which His Majesty is engaged and which commenced on the third day of September one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
“ Unit” includes any detachment, formation, estab lishment, or ship of the Defence Force of the Commonwealth.

(2) The Electoral Commissioner, through the Minister, may make sucli arrangements with any Minister of State for the Commonwealth as are necessary and practicable for the purpose of obtaining the assistance and co-operation of officers of the Public Service of the Commonwealth, and commanding officers and commis sioned officers of the Defence Force of the Common wealth, in carrying the provisions of this Act into effect.

Members of	3 .	(1) Subject to the provisions of section twenty-one
the Forces

entitled to	of the Principal Act a qualified member of the Forces
vote.	shall be entitled to vote at any election as an elector of tbe electoral district in New South Wales in which his place of living as existing immediately prior to his appoint ment or enlistment as a member of the Forces is situated, or, in the case of a member of the Forces appointed or enlisted prior to the third day of September, one thou sand nine hundred and thirty-nine, of the electoral district in which his place of living as existing immediately prior to that date is situated.
(2) For the purposes of subsection one of this section a qualified member of the Forces means—

(a)	a member of the Forces who is not under the age of twenty-one years and who is serving with any unit within Australia or outside Australia but

within

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within that portion of the South-western Pacific Zone as may be proclaimed from time to time under the provisions of section four of the Coni- inonwealtli Defence (Citizen Military Forces)

Act 1943;

(b)	a member of the Forces who is under the age of twenty-one years and who has served outside Australia and is serving with any unit witiiin Australia or tlie area referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection;
(c)	a discharged member of the Forces who is witlun New South "Wales, and

(i) who is not enrolled as an elector and is not under the age of twenty-one years; or

(ii) who is under the age of twenty-one years and has served outside Australia.

P A R T

IT.

V oting by M embers of t h e F orces outside N ew S o u th

W ales.

4 . This Part of this Act shall apph* to and in respect Appiie.itiom

of voting by members of the Forces outside New South

Wales.

5 . (1) Foi- the purposes of tliis Act, the Electoral Anpoint-

Commissioner may appoint such returning officers as he

thinks necessary, and any returning officer so appointed oricers.

may appoint such deputy returning officers to assist him

in carrying out his functions under this Act as he thinks

necessary.

(2) A retuniing officer may delegate to a deputy returning officer appointed by him the whole or any of his powers, duties and functions under this Act, except this power of delegation.

6 . (1) The Electoral Commissioner shall arrange for Action by

each returning officer to have in his possession all neces

sary material for the use of members of the Forces in siomr.

the area under his control pending the happening of any

election.

( 2)

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No. 10, 1944.	(2) Immediately after the close of nominations for an election, the Electoral Commissioner shall notify each returning officer of the names and party designations (if any) of all the candidates nominated for each electoral district.
Action by
returning	7 . As soon as possible after he receives from the Electoral Commissioner notification of the names and party designations (if any) of the candidates, the return ing officer shall, so far as the exigencies of defence opera tions permit, supply to the commanding officer of each unit in the area under his control a sufficient supply of envelopes bearing the declaration in or to the effect of the form set out in the First Schedule to this Act and of ballot-papers to enable the members of the Forces in that unit to record thfeir votes, together -with a list of tlie names and party designations (if any) of all candidates nominated for each electoral district.
officer.
Action by

coiiini:i T i l l

8 . Immediately upon receipt of the material specified

ing officer.

in section seven of this Act the commanding officer of

each unit shall—

(a)	designate one or more commissioned officers of the unit before whom the members of the Forces serving with that unit may record their votes;
(b)	hand over to the officer or officers so designated the envelopes, ballot-papers, and lists received from the returning officer; and
(c)	notify in orders where and before whom and on what days not being later than the date fixed by the writ for the polling and during what hours members of the Forces serving with the unit may record their votes.

List of	D. At each place where the votes of members of the
*name of**

crimlidatei	Forces are to be taken, the officer in charge of the voting
to be	shall post in a conspicuous position a copy of the list
posted.	showing the names of the candidates and their parly designations (if any), and each officer before whom votes are being recorded shall, when handing the requisite ballot-paper to a voter, direct the attention of the voter to that list, and to the fact that the parties represented by the respective candidates may bo ascertained tlicre- from.

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1 0 . ( 1) The manner of voting shall be as follows;— No. lo , 1944.

(a)

A member of the Forces serving with the unit Manner three of tliis Act shall altoiul before an officer of that unit designated in pursuance of section eight of tills Act, and shall, in the presence oC

■	that officer, fill in the form of declaration re ' ferred to in section seven of this Act which the
,	officer shall then complete and attest:
Provided that, if the voter is unable to state the name of the electoral district in which his place of living as existing immediately prior to appointment or enlistment as a member of the Forces, or immediately prior to the third
'	day of Septenilior, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, as the case may be, is situated the officer shall, by reference to the alphabetical
'	list of polling places supplied to him, determine the electoral district and insert the name thereof in the declaration.
(b)	The officer shall initial and issue to the voter a small envelope and a ballot-paper for the voter’.' electoral district on which the officer has written, in alphabetical order, the names of all the can didates for that district as appearing in the list supplied to the officer.
(c)	The voter shall, then and there, in private, mark his vote on the ballot-paper and place the ballot paper in the small envelope and fasten and seal that envelope.
(d)	The officer shall, then and there, ]dace the small envelope in the envelope bearing the declaration of the voter, fasten and seal the last-mentioned envelope and, at the earliest practicable time, deliver it, or cause it to be delivered to the com manding officer.

(2) Where only one commissioned officer of a unit is designated in pursuance of section eight of this Act, the commanding officer shall, for the purpose of enabling that officer to vote, perform the functions of the officer set forth in subsection one of this section.

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No. 10, 1944.	1 1 . The commaiidiiig officer shall forthwith transmit,
siou of

Traiisuiis-	or cause to be transmitted, by the most expeditious
ballot-	means available, to the returning officer controlling the
papers by	area in wliicli his unit is located all envelopes bearing
commanding
officer.	declarations and containing ballot-papers which are delivered to him in accordance with section ten of this Act. All such envelopes received by the returning officer prior to eight o’clock on the afternoon of the third day after the date fixed by the writ for polling (reckoned according to the standard or legal time of the place in which he is) shall be placed in a sealed parcel or other similar receptacle.
Action by

returning

1 2 . As soon as practicable after the period of time

officer	specified in section eleven of this Act the returning officer
upon receipt
of ballot-	shall transmit or cause to be transmitted the sealed
papers.	parcel or receptacle aforesaid to the Electoral Commis sioner.
Scrutiny.	1 3 . Upon receipt by the Electoral Commissioner of any sealed parcel or receptacle referred to in section twelve of this Act the Electoral Commissioner or the person appointed by him for the purpose—

(a)	if he is satisfied that the declaration is in order and was made on or before the date fixed for the polling, and that the person by whom it has been made is a member of the Forces entitled to vote under this Act, shall accept the envelope for further scrutiny;
(b)	if he is not so satisfied, shall endorse the en velope with the word “ Rejected” and preserve it in safe custody separately from those accepted for further scrutiny.

The Electoral Commissioner or the person appointed by him for the purpose shall sort the envelopes accepted for further scrutiny into separate parcels, according to the electoral districts respectively indicated thereon and, in the prescribed manner, extract the ballot-papers there from and proceed with the scrutiny and count of the votes marked thereon.

Inclusion

of result of

1 4 . The Electoral Commissioner shall cause the

scrutiny in	returning officer for each electoral district to be notified
determining
result of	forthwith of the result of the scrutiny in so far as it
polling.	affects that electoral district, and the returning officer

shall

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result of the polling at the election in that electoral

district.

PAET III.

V oting by M em bees of

t h e

F okces

w it h in

N ew

S o u th

W ales.

1 5 . This Part of this Act shall apply to and in respect Application

of voting by members of the Forces Avithin New South

Wales.

1 6 . (1) The provisions of Part II of this Act shall Voting by

apply in relation to A'oting by members of the Forces

within N cav South Wales:

within New

Provided that in the application of those provisions

South Wales.

in relation to A'oting by members of the Forces Avithin New South Wales generally, or in relation to voting by members of the Forces A\dio are serving in any particular unit Avithin New South Wales, those provisions may be subject to the modifications set out in subsection tAvo of

this section.

(2) The functions of a commanding officer in respect of any unit as set out in that Part may be per formed by the returning officer within whose area of control the unit is situated, or by an assistant returning officer appointed by the returning officer; and in any such case—

(a)	the functions of a commissioned officer in respect of any unit as set out in that Part may be performed by a deputy returning officer thereto appointed by the retniming officer or assistant returning officer concerned;
(b)	the Electoral Commissioner may appoint such special polling places as are necessary;
(c)	the claÂ and hours during which members of the Forces may record their votes thereat before the duly appointed officers shall be the date fixed by the writ for the polling, between eight o’clock in the morning and eight o’clock in the evening; and
(d)	the euA'elopes bearing the declarations and con taining the ballot-papers of members of the Forces voting under this Part of this Act shall,

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upon receipt, bo dealt with by tbe returning officer and the Electoral Commissioner or tbe person appointed by him for tbc purpose, in accordance with tlie provisions of sections twelve and thirteen of this Act, as if those envelopes had been received prior to eight o’clock on the afternoon of the third day after the date fixed by the writ for the polling.

PAET IV.

V oting by IMem bees of t h e

C ivil C o nstruction v̂l C orps.

Toting by	1 7 .	(1) Notwithstanding' anything contained in this
members of

tlic Civil	or any other Act, a resident engineer, personnel officer,
tional
Construc	supervisor, foreman member of the Civil Constructional
Corps.	Corps, or other person employed under the authority of the Allied Works Council on anj ̂project, undertaking or work outside Australia shall, if qualified in accordance with subsection tAvo of this section, be entitled to vote at any election as an elector of the electoral district in XeAv South Wales in Avhich his ])lace of li\’ing as existing immediately before the commencement of his employ ment under the authority or direction of the Allied Works Council is situated.

A person r e f e r r e d to in su b sec tio n one of this

(a) he is a British subject;

(b) he is not under the age of twenty-one years;

(2)

sec tio n

sh a ll

qualified

Avithin

th e

m e a n in g

th a t

subsection

i f—

(c)	he is not subject to any of the disqualifications set out in section tAventy-one of the Principal Act; and
(d)	he has not become enrolled as an elector for any other electoral district in New South Wales or for any electoral district in any other State of the CommonAA’ealth.

A person Avho is qualified in accordance Avith tliis sub section is in this Act referred to as a qualified person.

(3) (a) The provisions of Part II of this Act shall, so far as they are applicable and subject to tbe modifications set out in this subsection, apply in relation to voting at any election bv qualitied persons.

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( b )

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(b) In tbe application of the provisions of

1^944.

Part II of this Act in relation to voting at any election by qualified persons, who are employed on any project, undertaking or work outside New South Wales—•

(i) a reference in that Part to a member of the Forces shall be construed as a reference to a qualified person;

(ii) a reference in that Part to a unit shall be con strued as a reference to the project, undertaking or work in which the qualified person is employed;

(iii) a reference in that Part, either directly or indirectly, to the declaration set out in the First Schedule to this Act shall be construed as a ref erence to the declaration set out in the Second Schedule to this Act;

(iv) the functions of a commanding officer and a com missioned officer in respect of any unit as set out in that Part shall bo performed respectively by the engineer or otlicr person in charge of the project, undertaking or work, and by any person designated by him.

(c) In the application of the provisions of Part II of this Act in relation to voting at any election b}̂ qualified persons who are em|)loycd on any project, undertaking or work within New South AVales—

(i) a reference in that Part to a member of the Forces shall be construed as a reference to a qualified person;

(ii) a reference in that Part to a unit shall be construed as a reference to the ]iroject, under taking or work in which the qualified person is employed;

(iii) a reference in that Part, either directly or indirectly, to the declaration set out in the First Schedule to this Act shall be construed as a reference to the declaration set out in the Second Schedule to this Act:

Provided always that in the application of the pro visions of Part II of this Act in relation to voting by qualified persons within New South Wales generally, or in relation to voting by qualified persons who are em ployed on any particular project, undertaking or work

within

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No. 10, 1944. within Xew South AVales, those provisions may be sub

ject to the following further modifications, that is to

say—

The functions of a commanding officer in respect of any unit as set out in that Part may be performed by the returning officer within whose area of control the project, undertaking or work is situated or by

I	an assistant returning officer appointed by the re
:	turning officer; and in any such case—•

(i) the functions of a commisaioned officer may be performed by a deputy returning officer thereto appointed by the returning officer

'	or assistant returning officer concerned;
(ii)	the Electoral Commissioner may appoint such special polling places as are necessary;
(iii)	tbe day and hours during which qualified persons may record iheir votes thereat before the duly appointed officers shall be the date fixed by the writ for the polling between eight o’clock in the morning and eight o’clock in the evening; and
(iv)	the envelopes bearing the declarations and containing the ballot-papers of qualified persons voting under this Part of this Act shall, upon receipt, be dealt with by the returning officer and the Electoral Com missioner or the person appointed by him for the purpose in accordance with the pro visions of sections twelve and thirteen of this Act as if those envelopes had been received prior to eight o’clock on the after noon of the third day after the date fixed by the writ for the polling.

PART

V oting by D ischabged M embers of t h e F orces in X ew

S o u th AÂales w ho are

E n enrolled .

Voting by	1 8 .	(1) A discharged member of the Forces in Xew
nnenrolled

discharged	South AA'ales who is entitled to vote at an election by
soldiers in	reason of section three of this Act and who is not en
J êw South
Wales.	rolled on the rolls for any electoral district in Xew South AVales

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Wales or in any other State of the Commonwealth may No. lo, 1944. ing officer or a deputy returning officer.

attend at any polling place and fill in and sign a declara

tion which shall be printed on an envelope and shall be

in or to the effect of the form set ont in the Third

(2) If the returning officer or deputy returning officer is satisfied that the declarant is a discharged member of the Forces and entitled to vote at the election by reason of section three of this Act—

(a)

ho shall epdorse on the declaration the name of tlie electoral district in respect of which the ap])licant is entitled to vote;

(b)

he shall issue to the declarant a ballot-paper in respect of that electoral district;

(c)

when the declarant has marked his vote on the ballot-paper and handed the ballot-iiaper to him, he shall place the ballot-paper in the envelope bearing the declaration made by the declarant; and

(d)

he shall forthwith transmit the envelope to the

Electoral Commissioner.

1 9 . (1) The ballot-papers issued under this Part of Baiiot-

this Act shall be in or to the effect of the form prescribed.

( 2 ) Regulations made under this Act may make scrutiny,

provision for and in relation to the recording and

scrutiny of votes recorded under this Part.

PAET VI.

M isc ella n eo its .

2 0 . (1) A member of the Forces or a qualified person One rote

shall not, in respect of the same election, vote more than

once under this Act nor shall he in respect of the same

’

election vote under this Act and also under the Principal

Act.

A person shall not personate a member of the Forces or a qualified person for the purpose of voting under this Act at anv election.

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No. 10, 1944.	A person sliall not make a wilfully false declaration in respect of any matter or thing for which a declaration is required by or under this Act.
Any person who contravenes any provision of this subsection shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than three months and not exceeding twelve months.
(2) A prosecution for an offence against this section may, in the case of an offender who is absent from the State when the offence is committed, be com menced at any time within twelve months after the return of that person to the State.
(3) Subject to this section, a member of the Forces or a qualified person who is on authorised absence from his unit, or from the project, undertaking or work on which he is employed, as the case may he, may, during the hours fixed for the polling at any place where arrange ments have been made for members of the Forces or qualified persons to record their votes under the pro visions of this Act, attend and vote at that place.
Objection*

to claims

2 1 . (1) Any elector or the electoral registrar may

for

object—

enrolment.

(a) to the claim of any person to be enrolled; or

(b) to any name on the roll;

on the ground that such person is precluded by the pro visions of this Act from voting at an election as an elector for the electoral district for which he claims to bo enrolled or is enrolled.

(2) The provisions of the Principal Act relating lo objections to enrolment shall in so far as they are applicable and are not inconsistent with this Act apply to an objection made under subsection one of this sec tion.

Voting by	2 2 . An assistant returning officer or deputy return
assistant

returning	ing officer engaged in taking the votes of members of the
officers	Forces or of qualified persons under the provisions of
and others.	this Act on the date fixed by the writ for the polling may, if ho is entitled to vote under the provisions of the Principal Act, record his vote at the election in accord ance with the provisions of this Act as if he were a member of the Forces or a cpialified person, as the case may be.

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2 3 . Xotwitlistanding anything contained in any other No. lo, 1944.

Act, a person entitled to vote at an election by reason vrotiug not oidy of this Act shall not be guilty of an offence by reason compulsory, of his failing to vote at that election.

2 4 . The validity of any election shall not be ques- validity of

tioned on the gronnd that any ballot-papers coming from election not a place outside New South Wales have been lost or ci,aikngcd. destroyed during tlie course of their transmission to a

returning officer or the Electoral Commissioner or on the gronnd that, for any reason whatsoever, a member of the Forces or a qualified person was unable to record his vote:

Provided that the validity of any election may bo dis puted on the ground that any ballot-papers have been removed or destroyed fraudulently or under such cir cumstances that there is reasonable ground for the belief tliat such removal or destruction was fraudulent during the course of their transmission to a returning officer or the Electoral Commissioner.

2 5 . Each candidate may, by notice in writing or by candid.itcs telegram addressed to the Electoral Commissioner, may appoint

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scrutineers.

appoint one scrutineer to represent him at any scrutiny under this Act, and any scrutineer so appointed shall, if ho presents himself at any such scrutiny, be entitled to be present at tliat scrutiny.

2 6 . (1) The Governor may make regulations not in- Uoguiations.

consistent with this Act prescribing all matters which by this Act are reiiuired or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

(2) The regulations shall—

(a) be published in the Gazette;

(b)	take effect from the date of publication or from a later date to be specified in the regulations; and
(c)	be laid before both Houses of Parliament ■within fourteen sitting days after the publication thereof if Parliament is in session, and if not, then within fourteen sitting days after the com mencement of the next session.

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I f either House of Parliament passes a resolution of which notice has been given at any time within fifteen sitting days after such regulations have been laid before such House disallowing any regulation or part thereof, such regulation or part shall thereupon cease to have effect.

Reinstate	2 7 .	Whenever in the preparation of electoral rolls
ment on

the roll of	the name of any member of the Forces or qualified per
names of	son which was on an existing roll has been omitted on
members of
the Forces	the ground that by reason of service with the Forces or
qualified
and	employment under the authority or direction of the
persons.	Allied Works Council the place of living of such member or person did not appear to bo in the electoral district for which he was enrolled, the name of such member or person may be reinstated on the roll by the Electoral Commissioner.

Komination	2 8 . (1) A nomination paper delivered to the return
paper may

include	ing ollicer under section seventy-nine of the Principal
designation.
party	Act may contain a statement not exceeding four words indicating the party or designation of the candidate

■	nominated in sudi nomination paper.
(2) The Principal Act is amended by inserting in section one hundred and twelve after the word “ imprisonment” the words “ for a term of not less than three months and” .

Duration.

2 9 . This Act shall remain in force until the thirty-

first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and

forty-four, and no longer.

SCHEDULES.

Secs. 7, 10.

FIEST SCHEDULE.

P arliamentary E lections (W ar T im e) A ct, 1944.

Declaration by Member of the Forces voting under the above-

mentioned Act.

L.......................................................................................

(here insert name in full, rank or designation, iSTo. (if any) and

unit to which attached) declare that:—

(1) I am a member of the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth. (2) IMy place of living as existing immediately prior to my

appointment or enlistment as a member of the Forces (or if appointed or enlisted prior to the Ord September, 1939,

immediately

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'■mTaediately prior to that date) is situated at (here insert No. 10, 1944.

place of living in full) in the electoral district of (here

insert name of electoral district).

^3) I have not voted at the election to which this declaration relates and I promise that, if I am now permitted to vote, I will not again vote or attempt to vote at that election.

-■	(4) I am not under the age of twenty-one years or I am under the age of twenty-one years and I have served outside

Australia.

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I am aware that it is an offence to personate or attempt to personate

any other person for the purpose of securing a vote to which I am

not entitled or wilfully to make any false statement in this declara-	■	;
tion or to vote more than once at an election.

{Personal signature of voter.)

Declared before me a t............................the............................... day of ...................................194 .

{Signature of officer desig nated to take votes, or signature of returning officer, assistant returning officer, or deputy returning officer, as the case may be.)

{Rank and unit {or designation).)

SECOXD SCPIEDULE.

Sec. 17.

P arliamextamy E lections (W ar T l\ie) A ct, 1944.

Declaration by person employed under the authority or direction of

the Allied Worlcs Council.

I,.

^here insert name in full and name (if any) of nnit or branch of

the Allied Works Council by which employed) declare that;—

(1) I am employed under the authority or direction of the Allied

Works Council at............................................ (here insert the

name of the locality where employed).

(2) I am a British subject.

(3) I am not under the age of twenty-one years.

<(4) My place of living as existing immediately before the com

mencement of my employment under the authority or direction of the Allied Works Council is situated at (here insert place of living in full) in the electoral district of (here insert name of electoral district).

(5) I have not voted at the election to which this declaration relates and I promise that, if I am now permitted to vote, I will not again vote or attempt to vote at that election.

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I am aware that it is an offence to personate or attempt to pcr-

̂	sonate any other person for the purpose of securing a vote to which I am not entitled or wilfully to make any false statement in this declaration or to vote more than once at an election.

(Personal signature of voter.)

Declared before me at.............................. the...............................day of

............................ .194

(Signature and designation of

person designated to take votes.)

B«.M .

THIRD SCHEDULE.

P.AUUAMEXTARY Er.ECTioxs (W ar Tu ie) Act, 1944.

Declaration Ijy Discharged Member of the Forces in New South

(Yales voting under the ahovenicntioned Act.

I,	.................... ; ............................................ ....................................

(here insert name in full and add rank or designation, No. (if any) and unit to which attached immediately prior to discharge from ser vice) declare that:—■

(1) I am a discharged member of the Defence Forces of the Commonwealth and that I have been on active service during the present war.

:	(2) To the best of my knowledge and belief I am not enrolled' on the roll for any electoral district in New South Wales or in any other State.
(3) My place of living as existing immediately prior to my appointment or enlistment as a member of the Forces (or if appointed or enlisted prior to the 3rd September, 1939, immediately prior to that date) is situated at ......................

.......................................... (here insert place of living in full)

in the electoral district of ...........................................................

■	( liere insert name of electoral district).

:	(4) I have not voted at the election to which this declaration relates and I promise that if I am now permitted to vote I will not again vote or attempt to vote at that election.
'	(5) I am not under the age of twenty-one years or I am under the age of twenty-one years and I have served outside Australia.

I am aware that it is an offence to personate or attempt to personate any other person for the purpose of securing a vote to which I am not entitled or wilfully make any false statement in this declaration or to vote more than once at an election.

(Personal signature of voter.)

Declared before me at .......................... this ............................. day of

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(Signature and designation of returning

ollicer or deputy returning officer.)

SUPERANNUATION