REPRESENTATION.
No 9 of 1938.
An Act to amend the Representation Act 1905.
[Assented to 30th June, 1938.]
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 Representation
Act 1938.
(2.) The Representation
Act 1905 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act,
may be cited as the Representation Act 1905–1938.
Commencement.
2. This
Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Appointment
of Enumeration Day.
3. Section
three of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (2.).
Ascertainment
of number of people of the Commonwealth and the States.
4. Section
four of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting paragraph
(b) of sub-section (1.); and
(b) by omitting sub-sections
(2.) and (3.).
Power
to make regulations.
5. Section
thirteen of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3.) the
words and letters “Schedules A and B, or either of them” and inserting in their
stead the word and letter “Schedule B”.
Schedule
A.
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