{"id":"C1920A00044","name":"Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Repeal Act 1920","slug":"commonwealth-electoral-war-time-repeal-act-1920","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"44 of 1920","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2915,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1920A00044-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Repeal Act 1920","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\nCOMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL (WAR-TIME) REPEAL.\n\n \n\nNo. 44 of 1920.\n\nAn Act to repeal the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1917–1919.\n\n[Assented to 30th November, 1920.]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Repeal Act 1920.\n\n\nRepeal of Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act.\n\n2.       The Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1917–1919 is hereby repealed.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1133},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow purpose of repealing the Commonwealth Electoral (War-time) Act 1917–1919 and has not expanded beyond this single objective of removing wartime electoral provisions."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 sections total (Short title and Repeal)","No defined terms or interpretation section","Single operative provision performing one simple action","No conditional language, cross-references to other Acts (except the target of repeal), or exceptions","Extremely short length (under 150 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This Act removes (repeals) special wartime voting laws that were in place during World War I.\n\n**Who it affects:** Australian voters and electoral officials. During the war, the repealed Act likely contained special rules for voting by soldiers serving overseas or other emergency electoral provisions. This legislation cancels those special rules and returns Australia to its normal peacetime electoral laws.\n\n**Why it matters:** It marks the official end of emergency wartime measures for federal elections, restoring standard democratic processes now that World War I has finished. It represents the demobilisation of legal infrastructure, not just military forces."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-war-time-repeal-act-1920","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-war-time-repeal-act-1920/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-war-time-repeal-act-1920/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-war-time-repeal-act-1920/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-war-time-repeal-act-1920/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-electoral-war-time-repeal-act-1920/documents"}}