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Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983
127Immaterial errors not to invalidate election
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#### 127 Immaterial errors not to invalidate election
127 Immaterial errors not to invalidate election
> > (1) An election of councillors of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, or any return or statement showing the voting in an election, is not invalid because of—
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> > > (a) any delay in taking the votes of the electors or in making any statement or return, or
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> > > (b) the absence of any officer, or
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> > > (c) the error or omission of any officer,
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> > that could not have affected the result of the election.
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> > (2) If a person was prevented from voting in an election because of the absence of any officer, or the error or omission of any officer, the Court must not admit any evidence of the way the person intended to vote in order to determine whether or not the absence, error or omission could have affected the result of the election.
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> **ss 126–128:** Ins 2001 No 118, Sch 1 \[17\]. Subst 2006 No 111, Sch 1 \[47\].