123.—(1.) At any time before the declaration of the result of an election the Returning Officer or the Assistant Returning Officer may, if he thinks fit, on the request of any candidate setting forth the reasons
for the request, or of his own motion, and shall, if so directed by the Chief Electoral Officer, recount the ballot-papers contained in any parcel.
(2.) The Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer when conducting a recount shall have the same powers as if the recount were the scrutiny, and may reverse any decision in relation to the scrutiny as to the allowance and admission or disallowance and rejection of any ballot-paper.
(3.) The officer conducting a recount may, and at the request of any scrutineer shall, reserve any ballot-paper for the decision of the Judge of the Territory.
(4.) The Judge of the Territory shall decide whether any ballot-paper, reserved for his decision in pursuance of this regulation, is to be allowed and admitted or disallowed and rejected.
Consideration of ballot-papers by Court of Disputed Returns.
In the event of the validity of an election being disputed, the Court of Disputed Returns may consider any ballot-papers which were reserved for the decision of the Judge of the Territory, but shall not order any further recount of the whole or any part of the ballot-papers in connexion with the election unless it is satisfied that the recount is justified.
Proceedings at recount.
125.—(1.) Before proceeding to recount any ballot-papers, the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, shall send to each candidate notice of the time and place fixed for the recount.
(2.) The Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, shall, at the time and place fixed for the recount, in the presence of the scrutineer or scrutineers in attendance, and of an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth or the Territory, open every sealed parcel of ballot-papers to be recounted, and shall count the votes therein.
(3.) Each parcel of ballot-papers to be recounted shall be opened separately without destroying or rendering illegible any indorsements on the parcel, and every care shall be taken to prevent the ballot-papers in the parcel from being mixed with the ballot-papers in any other parcel.
(4.) After a parcel has been opened and the votes therein counted, the ballot-papers shall be replaced in their original cover, which shall be resealed, refastened, and then placed in a new cover, which shall be sealed and fastened, and an indorsement shall be made thereon of the fact and date of the recount, and shall be signed by the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, and such persons authorized to be present at the recount as choose to add their signatures.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100.78%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="5" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Particulars appearing in claim for transfer received by me.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Address of Elector in Roll kept by you as set out in Paragraph 4 of claim for transfer received by me.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(To be filled in by Registrar to whom notification addressed.)</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:10%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Surname.</span></p></td><td style="width:10%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Christian Names (in full).</span></p></td><td style="width:12.7%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Occupation.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Sex.</span></p></td><td style="width:9.8%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Name removed (date).</span></p></td><td style="width:14.7%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Elector’s Number on Roll (if name in print) or Date of Enrolment (if name in manuscript).</span></p></td><td style="width:15.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Remarks.</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:50.1pt"><td style="width:10%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:10%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.7%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:9.8%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:14.7%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:15.92%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="4" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Electoral Registrar for the</span></p><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">District of the Northern Territory.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-right:108pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Received (Date)—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="6" style="border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Date—</span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Acted upon and forwarded to Divisional Returning Officer, or Returning Officer for the Territory, as the case requires (Date)—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="6" style="border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="5" style="border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Signature of Registrar—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="width:45.9pt"></td><td style="width:45.9pt"></td><td style="width:58.25pt"></td><td style="width:8.55pt"></td><td style="width:46.15pt"></td><td style="width:53.8pt"></td><td style="width:13.75pt"></td><td style="width:44.95pt"></td><td style="width:67.45pt"></td><td style="width:73.05pt"></td><td style="width:1.1pt"></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Persons Objected to.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:20.1%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Place of living as appearing on Roll.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:13.6%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Occupation.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:20.04%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Place of Abode for time being, if known to Registrar.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:9.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Registrar’s Initials.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:9.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">No. on Roll.</span></p></td><td style="width:11.38%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Surname.</span></p></td><td style="width:15.68%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Christian Names at full length.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:54.6pt"><td style="width:9.48%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:11.38%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:15.68%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:20.1%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:13.6%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:20.04%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:9.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:58.65pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:3.66%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">No. on roll.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:10.42%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Name and Description of Elector—</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:10.98%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Notification to Elector. Sub-section (4.),</span></p><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Section 128</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">,</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">of the Commonwealth. Electoral Act.</span></p><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Elector’s Reply.</span></p></td><td colspan="3" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Further action under Regulation 100.</span></p></td><td rowspan="3" style="width:8.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Subsequent proceedings (if any).</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:10.34%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Date to be in hands of Assistant Returning Officer.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:10.28%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Whether received by Assistant Returning Officer.(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:11.54%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Whether reason stated in reply is, in the opinion of the Assistant Returning Officer, a valid and sufficient reason for failure to vote.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:11.52%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Notification to Elector that reply is not considered a valid and sufficient reason for failure to vote. Date sent.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Consent of Elector to matter being dealt with by the Returning Officer.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:3.66%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:10.42%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:10.98%; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Date sent.</span></p></td><td style="width:11.58%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Date to be in hands of the Assistant Returning Officer.</span></p></td><td style="width:11.54%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Whether received by Assistant Returning Officer. (</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:40.65pt"><td style="width:3.66%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(1)</span></p></td><td style="width:10.42%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(2)</span></p></td><td style="width:10.98%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(3)</span></p></td><td style="width:10.34%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(4)</span></p></td><td style="width:10.28%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(5)</span></p></td><td style="width:11.54%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(6)</span></p></td><td style="width:11.52%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(7)</span></p></td><td style="width:11.58%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(8)</span></p></td><td style="width:11.54%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(9)</span></p></td><td style="width:8.14%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(10)</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:712.05pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:21.6pt"><td style="width:349.45pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-indent:21.6pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Section 128</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold; font-variant:small-caps">a </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(11.) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act provides:—The list prepared and indorsed by the Assistant Returning Officer, indicating—</span></p></td><td rowspan="3" style="width:341pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:57.6pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-indent:-21.6pt; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">c</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) the names of the electors who failed to reply within that time;</span></p><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">and any extract therefrom, certified by the Assistant Returning Officer under his hand, shall in all proceedings be prima facie evidence of the contents of such list or extract, and of the fact that the electors whose names appear therein did not vote at the election, and that the notice specified in sub-section (4.) of this section was received by those electors, and that those electors did or did not (as the case may be), comply with the requisitions contained in the notice within the time allowed under sub-section (5.) of this section.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:14.4pt"><td style="width:349.45pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:57.6pt; text-indent:-21.6pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">a</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">) the names of the electors who did not vote at the election;</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:21.1pt"><td style="width:349.45pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-left:57.6pt; text-indent:-21.6pt; text-align:justify; widows:2; orphans:2; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">(</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-style:italic">b</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">)</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">the names of the electors from whom or on whose behalf the Assistant Returning Officer received, within the time allowed under sub-section (5.) of this section, forms properly filled up and signed; and</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Division Div 6 - Northern Territory Electoral Regulations - Recount of Ballot-papers. | Zoe
(5.) When any ballot-papers are, at a recount, reserved for the decision of the Judge of the Territory, the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, shall, in the presence of the scrutineer or scrutineers in attendance, place the ballot-papers in a properly fastened and sealed parcel bearing his signature and the signature or signatures of the scrutineer or scrutineers, together with
an indorsement setting forth the number of ballot-papers contained therein, the election to which the ballot-papers relate and the date; and shall place the parcel in a fastened and sealed outer cover fully addressed to the Judge of the Territory, and forthwith personally deliver the parcel to him or transmit it to him by registered post.
(6.) On receipt of the parcel, the Judge of the Territory shall, in the presence of an officer of the Public Service of the Commonwealth or the Territory, and, if any, candidate so desires, in the presence of a person appointed by that candidate, open the parcel and scrutinize the ballot-papers and shall mark each ballot-paper “Admitted” or “Rejected” according to his decision to admit or reject the ballot-paper.
(7.) When the Judge of the Territory has given his decision on the ballot-papers, he shall restore them to their original cover, refasten, and reseal the cover, and indorse thereon:—
(a) the number of ballot-papers contained therein;
(b) a statement that such ballot-papers have been the subject of decision by him;
(c) his signature and the date;
and shall request the persons in whose presence he scrutinized the ballot-papers to add their signatures, and shall then place the parcel in a new cover, which he shall fasten, seal, and forthwith return by registered post to the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires.
(8.) The Judge of the Territory shall advise the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, in writing, as to the number of ballot-papers admitted or rejected by him, and the Judge’s decision shall be accepted by the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, in completing his recount of the ballot-papers.
(9.) The receipt of every parcel of ballot-papers shall be acknowledged in writing by the Judge of the Territory and the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer respectively.
Part XI.—Return of the Writ.
Declaration of result of election and return of Writ.
126.—(1.) The Returning Officer shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the result of the election has been ascertained—
(a) at the place of nomination publicly declare the result of the election and the name of the candidate, or names of the candidates, elected;
(b) by indorsement under his hand certify on the Writ the name of the candidate, or names of the candidates, elected, and return the Writ.
(2.) Where the Returning Officer is satisfied—
(a) that certain postal ballot-papers cannot reach him or the Assistant Returning Officer for the District for which the elector is enrolled for the purpose of the scrutiny without unduly delaying the declaration of the poll; and
(b) that the votes recorded on those ballot-papers could not possibly affect the result of the election,
he may subject to the concurrence of the Chief Electoral Officer declare the result of the election and return the Writ without awaiting the receipt of the postal ballot-papers.
Part XII.—Miscellaneous.
Undertaking by officers and scrutineers.
127.—(1.) The Returning Officer and every Assistant Returning Officer, presiding officer, assistant presiding officer, substitute presiding officer, poll clerk, and scrutineer shall make and subscribe an undertaking in accordance with Form 37.
(2.) An omission by any officer or scrutineer to sign or subscribe the undertaking required by this regulation shall not be a ground for setting aside any election.
Official mark.
The official mark for the authentication of ballot-papers shall be a watermark in the paper thereof consisting of a representation of a shield having therein the letters “C.A.” intertwined.
Withdrawal of consent to nomination.
The notice of withdrawal by a candidate of his consent to nomination may be in accordance with Form 38, and shall be signed by the candidate in the presence of the officer with whom the nomination was lodged or of a Justice of the Peace.
Sealed parcels to be preserved.
The Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officers shall preserve all the sealed parcels of ballot-papers until the authority of the Chief Electoral Officer has been obtained for their destruction.
Sealed parcels not to be opened except by authority.
131.—(1.) The sealed parcels of ballot-papers may only be opened—
(a) for the purpose of an authorized recount; or
(b) by direction of the Court of Disputed Returns.
(2.) The sealed parcel of postal vote certificates and declarations may only be opened—
(a) by direction of the Court of Disputed Returns; or
(b) by the Returning Officer (or an Assistant Returning Officer) subject to such directions as he may receive from the Chief Electoral Officer, for the purpose of instituting any authorized official inquiry.
Forms.
Strict compliance with the forms in the Schedule shall not be required, and substantial compliance shall suffice for the purposes of these Regulations.
133.—(1.) In the application of the Commonwealth Electoral Act in the Northern Territory the following sections are excepted, namely, sections 33-35, sections 65, 66, 67 and 136a, and sub-section (2.) of section 142.
(2.) The Commonwealth Electoral Act in its application in the Northern Territory—
(a) is, to the extent to which it is inconsistent with these Regulations, modified and adapted accordingly; and
(b) is further modified and adapted in the manner indicated in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
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Form 1. Regulation 14.
Commonwealth of Australia,
ELECTORAL ROLL.
Roll of Electors for the District of [here insert the name of District]. No., Name in Full, Place of Living, Occupation, and Sex of each Elector.
M signifies Male, F signifies Female.
[Here follow Names, &c.]
Form 2. Regulation 23.
Commonwealth of Australia,
Before filling in or witnessing this claim, carefully read instructions on other side.
Image unavailable in extracted textELECTORAL CLAIM.
Particulars for Enrolment.
Surname—Christian Names—(In full)Place of Living—(Give full address)Occupation— Sex
The following particulars relating to claimant will not appear on the Roll, but must be stated on this card.
(*See Instruction (d) on other side.)
Date and year Place of Former of birth birth Surname*
To the Electoral Registrar for the District of the Northern Territory.
1. I am an inhabitant of Australia and have lived therein for six months continuously.
2. I am a natural-born or naturalized subject of the King, am not under the age of 21 years, and am qualified to be enrolled as an elector.
3. I claim to have my name and particulars for enrolment placed on the Electoral Roll for the abovenamed District, in which I now live and have lived for a period of not less than one month immediately preceding the date of this Claim.
4. My name is at present enrolled for the Subdivision (or District) in respect of the following address in that Subdivision (or District) namely:—
I declare that the whole of the statements made in this Claim are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Image unavailable in extracted textPersonal Signature
of Claimant Date / /19
I, the undersigned, am an elector or a person qualified to be an elector of the Northern Territory, and I certify that I have seen the above-named claimant sign the above claim, and that I either know the statements contained in the claim to be true or have satisfied myself by inquiry of the claimant or otherwise that the said statements are true. (Penalty on witness for failure to fully comply with this requirement—£50.)
Personal signature of witness (in own handwriting)
Occupation Place of living
Form 2—continued.
This form may be used only by a qualified person not under the age of 21 years, (a) when claiming enrolment or transfer of enrolment, or (b) when notifying a change of address within the same District or applying for the correction of any particulars of an existing enrolment.
Instructions to be Observed when Filling in Particulars on the other Side of this Claim.
(a) Place of living.—Full address, including name and street number (if any) of habitation must be inserted.
(b) Paragraph 4 should be struck out if claimant is NOT already enrolled.
(c) Personal Signature of Claimant.—The signature of the Claimant must be his personal signature. If unable to sign his name in his own handwriting, he may make his mark as his signature, but such signature must be made in the presence of the person who signs as witness.
(d) Former surname is to be filled in only in the case of a married woman who has changed her name by marriage since her last enrolment.
Note.—The claimant should see that he receives an a acknowledgment of this claim in due course.
Instructions to Person Witnessing Electoral Claim.
(i) The person witnessing an electoral claim must be an elector, or a person qualified to be an elector, of the Territory.
(ii) A person shall not sign his name as witness—
(a) on any blank electoral claim; or
(b) on any electoral claim which has been wholly or partly filled up unless it has been signed by the person intended to sign it; or
(c) on any electoral claim unless he has seen the person, whose signature he purports to witness, sign it. Penalty—Fifty pounds.
(iii) A person shall not write on any electoral claim as his own name (a) the name of another person; or (b) any name not being his own name. Penalty—Fifty pounds.
This space to be filled in by Electoral Registrar—Rec’d (date) Reg’d (date)Ack’d (date) Initials
N.B.—An elector may only have his name placed upon the Roll for the District in which he lives. Electoral Forms for public use may be obtained from any Post Office in the Territory.
Form 3. Regulation 34.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF ELECTORAL CLAIM.
To the Elector whose name appears on the back hereof.
Your electoral claim/communication dated has been received and, pursuant
thereto, your enrolment for the District of the Northern
Territory has been effected or adjusted as required.
Form 3—continued.
Points for Elector to Remember—
1. You should bear in mind the name of the District for which you are enrolled and retain this acknowledgment as evidence of your enrolment.
2. Voting at Commonwealth Elections is compulsory.
3. Correct enrolment is compulsory, therefore—
(a) If you change your place of living from the address in the District for which you are enrolled to another address in the same District you should, within 21 days after making such change, notify the Electoral Registrar for the District of your new address, in the prescribed form.*
(b) If you change your place of living to any other District of the Territory or to any Subdivision of an Electoral Division of a State you should, after you have lived in that District or Subdivision for a period of one month, send or deliver to the Electoral Registrar for the District or Subdivision a claim for transfer of enrolment, in the prescribed form,* within 21 days after the expiration of that period.
Failure to comply with the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) above will render you liable to a penalty not exceeding £2 (Two pounds).
* Obtainable at any post office.
Electoral Registrar for the above-named District.
Date— Address—
Note to Elector.—An elector who is only temporarily absent from his place of living, although the period of such absence may exceed one month, is not thereby deemed to have changed his place of living for the purposes of transfer of enrolment, or change of address on the Roll.
Directions to Registrar.—The Registrar will strike out the words “Electoral claim “or the word communication” as the case requires.
O.H.M.S.
Commonwealth Electoral
Paper only. Post Free.
To—
M..............................
............................
..............................
Form 4. Regulation 35.
NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF ENROLMENT.
To the Electoral Registrar for the Subdivision or District of
You are requested to remove from the Roll for the abovementioned Subdivision or District the name of each elector in the following schedule, on the ground that the elector has now been enrolled by me, in pursuance of a claim for transfer of enrolment, for this District.
Form 4—continued.
Schedule.
Form 5. Regulation 36 (1) (b).
NOTIFICATION TO CLAIMANT OF REFERENCE OF ELECTORAL CLAIM.
To—
As I am not satisfied that you are entitled to be enrolled in pursuance of your claim, dated the , I am referring the claim to the Returning Officer for his decision.
Upon receipt of the Returning Officer’s decision you will be duly notified in accordance therewith.
Dated the day of 19
Form 6. Regulation 36 (4.)
NOTIFICATION TO CLAIMANT OF REJECTION OF ELECTORAL CLAIM.
To—
You are hereby notified that your claim to be enrolled on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory has been rejected by the Returning Officer on the ground that [here specify reason for rejection].
You are entitled, at any time within one calendar month after the receipt of this notification, to appeal to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction for an order directing that your name may be added to the Roll.
Dated the day of 19
Form 7. Regulation 37.
NOTIFICATION TO CLAIMANT OF FORMAL DEFECT IN ELECTORAL CLAIM.
To—
Your claim to be enrolled on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory is defective by reason of [here set out nature of defect].
*The claim is forwarded herewith for completion or correction and return to me without delay.
*Please complete the accompanying fresh form of Claim and return it to me without delay.
* The Registrar will strike out whichever of these paragraphs is not applicable to the case.
Form 8. Regulation 26.
NOTIFICATION TO A PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION 25 [here insert number of sub-regulation] OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS.
To—
You are hereby notified that from information laid before me, it would appear that on the day of 19 , at in the Northern Territory [here insert nature of contravention alleged] and I do therefore allege that you have contravened the provisions of regulation 25 [here insert number of sub-regulation] of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations.
A contravention of the regulation mentioned is punishable by a penalty not exceeding Ten shillings for the first offence and not exceeding Two pounds for any subsequent offence.
You have the option of having the alleged contravention dealt with by the Returning Officer for the Territory (thus avoiding costs of Court,) or by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
If you desire to have the matter dealt with by the Returning Officer, you must fill in and sign, in the presence of a witness, who must be an elector, or a person qualified to be an elector, of the Commonwealth or of the Northern Territory, the form of consent at the foot of this form, and send it or deliver it to me so as to reach me not later than the day of 19 .
If you desire to answer the allegation you may send or deliver to me, so as to reach me not later than the last-mentioned date, a declaration in the form printed on the back of the form of consent setting out any facts relevant to the matter.
If your answer be accepted as a satisfactory reply to the allegation, no further action will be taken, and no further notice will be sent to you.
Form 8—continued.
If it be decided to proceed with the case and you have forwarded within the specified time your consent to the matter being dealt with by the Returning Officer, your declaration will be considered by him. If you have not consented within the specified time to the matter being dealt with by the Returning Officer, your declaration will be forwarded to the Court by which your case is to be dealt with.
Electoral Registrar
(Address).
Form 9. Regulation 26.
DECLARATION OF PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION 25 OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS.
(a) Here insert matter declared to. Where the matter is long it should be set out in numbered paragraphs.
I, of do hereby declare(a)
(Personal signature)
(Date)
I, the undersigned, being an elector, or a person qualified to be an elector, of the Commonwealth or of the Northern Territory, certify that I have seen the above-named person sign the above declaration.
(Signature of witness)
Note.—Any person who makes an untrue statement in an electoral paper is guilty of an offence, and is liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty pounds.
Form 10. Regulation 27.
CONSENT OF PERSON ALLEGED TO HAVE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION 25 OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS TO THE MATTER BEING DEALT WITH BY THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE TERRITORY.
To the Electoral Registrar
I, of
having received from you a notification alleging that I have contravened the provisions of regulation 25 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations hereby consent to have the matter dealt with by the Returning Officer for the Territory and 1 undertake to abide by his decision thereon, and to pay the amount of the penalty (if any) that he may impose.
(Personal signature)
(Date) / /
This form must be signed in the presence of, and attested by, an elector, or a person qualified to be an elector, of the Commonwealth or of the Northern Territory.
Form 11 Regulation 30.
the Northern territory.
NOTIFICATION OF PENALTY IMPOSED BY RETURNING OFFICER FOR CONTRAVENTION OF REGULATION 25 OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS.
To—
You are informed that pursuant to your notification of consent dated the day of 19 , the Returning Officer for the Territory has dealt with the matter of your contravention of Regulation 25 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations, and that he has imposed upon you a penalty of
You are hereby required to pay the amount to me not later than the day of 19 .
The amount may be paid at my office in cash or may be remitted to me by Postal Note or Money Order, made payable to the Electoral Registrar for the District. Upon payment of the penalty an official receipt will be handed to you or forthwith sent to you by post.
Unless you comply with the requirements of this notification within the time allowed herein your consent to have the matter of your contravention dealt with by the Returning Officer shall be deemed to have been of no effect and the order of the Returning Officer shall be revoked and in lieu thereof proceedings may be instituted against you in a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
Electoral Registrar
(Date)
Form 12. Regulation 46 (1).
[Form to be used by an Elector of the Northern Territory or by an Officer (not being a Registrar) when lodging an objection.]
NOTICE OF OBJECTION.
I object to the name of—
No. on Roll.
Surname.
Christian Names at full length.
Place of Living as appearing on Roll.
Occupation.
Place of Abode for time being, if known to the objector.
being retained on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory, on the ground that [here insert ground of objection].
(Signature)
(Address.)
Form 13. Regulation 46 (2).
[Form to be used by a Registrar when lodging objections to the retention of names on the District Roll kept by him.]
District of the Northern Territory.
NOTICE OF OBJECTION.
To the Returning Officer.
I object to each undermentioned name being retained on the Electoral Roll for the above-named District on the ground [here insert ground of objection].
Registrar for the District.
Note.—This form must be prepared in triplicate, one form retained by the Registrar and the other two furnished to the Returning Officer.
Indorsement by Returning Officer.
Image unavailable in extracted text(1) Notices of Objection posted by Returning Officer to persons objected to
Image unavailable in extracted text(2) Date of expiration of period allowed for answers to objections. (See Sec. 57 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act and Regulation 49)
(b) You are hereby directed to forthwith remove from the Roll for the District all the names appearing on the within list of objections, with the exception of those mentioned in the foregoing paragraph (a), in which cases the objections have not been sustained.
Returning Officer for the Northern Territory All necessary action taken in accordance with the above direction.
Registrar for the District.
Form 14. Regulation 47.
NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO PERSON OBJECTED TO ON THE GROUND OF NON-RESIDENCE.
To the person objected to, whose name and address appear on the back hereof.
[Insert in address full Christian names and surname, occupation, and place of abode for the time being, if known to the Returning Officer, or, if not so known, place of living as appearing on Roll.]
Notice is hereby given that an objection has been lodged with me by [here insert the name and description of the objector] objecting to your name being retained on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory on the ground that you do not live in the District and have not so lived for at least one month last past.
You are entitled at any time within days from the posting of this notice to answer the objection either orally or in writing.
If you intend to answer the objection orally you should attend at my office at [here insert address of office] between the hours of [here insert hours and days office will be officially open], before the expiration of days from the posting of this notice.
If you claim that your place of living is still in the District, and you do not desire to attend at my office for the purpose of answering this objection orally, you should with the least delay, but before the expiration of days from the posting of this notice—
(a) complete, personally sign, and date the reply at the foot hereof in the presence of a witness; and
(b) fold the notice so that the address “Returning Officer for the Northern Territory” shall be visible, and send or deliver the notice to me with reply attached.
If you have ceased to live in the District as alleged you need not reply to this objection.
If you answer the objection, notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.
If you fail to answer the objection within days from the posting of this notice, the objection will be determined, and your name may be struck off the Roll, but no notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.
(To be completed only if the elector claims that his place of living is still in the District.)
1. I am the elector whose enrolment is objected to in this notice.
My place of living is still in the District of [here insert the name of District] for which I retain my qualification for enrolment.
[To be made in presence of witness.]
(Address in District)
(Being an elector or person qualified to be an elector.)
(Place of living)
Form 15. Regulation 48.
NOTICE OF OBJECTION TO PERSON OBJECTED TO ON A GROUND OTHER THAN THAT OF NON-RESIDENCE.
To the person objected to, whose name and address appear on the back hereof.
[Insert in address full Christian names and surname, occupation, and place of abode for the time being, if known to the Returning Officer, or, if not so known, place of living as appearing on Roll.]
Notice is hereby given that an objection has been lodged with me by [here insert the name and description of the objector] objecting to your name being retained on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory on the following grounds, namely:—[Here insert grounds of objection.]
You are entitled at any time within days from the posting of this notice to answer the objection either orally or in writing.
If you intend to answer the objection orally you should attend at my office at [here insert address of office] between the hours of [here insert hours and days office will be officially open], before the expiration of days from the posting of this notice.
If you claim that you are qualified for the enrolment objected to, and do not desire to attend at my office for the purpose of answering this objection orally, you should with the least delay, but before the expiration of days from the posting of this notice—
(a) complete, personally sign, and date the reply at the foot hereof in the presence of a witness; and
(b) fold the notice so that the address “Returning Officer for the Northern Territory” shall be visible, and send or deliver the notice to me with reply attached.
If you are not qualified for the enrolment objected to, you need not reply to this objection.
If you answer the objection, notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.
If you fail to answer the objection within days from the posting of this notice, the objection will be determined, and your name may be struck off the Roll, but no notice of the decision on the objection will be sent to you.
(To be completed, only if the elector claims that he is qualified for the enrolment objected to.)
I am the elector whose enrolment is objected to in this notice, and I claim that I am qualified for such enrolment.
My reasons for so claiming are as follow:—
[Here set forth reasons relied upon as an answer to the objection.]
[To be made in presence of witness.]
(Address in District)
(Being an elector or person qualified to be an elector.)
(Place of living)
Form 16. Regulation 51.
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF OBJECTION.
To—
Notice is hereby given that I have considered the objection lodged by [here set out the name of objector] to the retention of the name of [here set out name of person objected to] on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory and have decided—
(a) to remove the said name from the said Electoral Roll;
(b) to dismiss the objection and to retain the said name on the said Electoral Roll.
(Note.—Strike out sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b) as the case requires.)
If aggrieved by this decision you may at any time within one calendar month after the receipt of this notice, appeal against the decision to a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
Form 17. Regulation 55.
The Northern Territory Representation Act 1922-1936.
NOMINATION OF A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
We, the undersigned electors on the Electoral Roll for the Northern Territory, and entitled to vote at the Election of a Member of the House of Representatives for the said Territory, do hereby nominate [here insert the christian name or names in full, surname, place of residence, and occupation of person nominated] as a Member of the House of Representatives for the above-mentioned Territory.
Signature of Nominator.
Place of Living.
District for which enrolled.
I, of consent to the above nomination and to act if elected, and declare that I am qualified under the Constitution and the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Territory.
(Signature of candidate).
Address—
N.B.—The candidate’s consent to the nomination and his declaration of qualification may be on a separate paper and in any form, but if given on the nomination paper in the above form their sufficiency is not to be questioned.
A nomination must be signed by not less than six persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated.
Form 18. Regulation 55.
The Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1947.
NOMINATION OF A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
We, the undersigned electors on the Electoral Roll for the Electoral District of the Northern Territory, and entitled to vote at the Election of a Member (or Members) of the Legislative Council for the said District, do hereby nominate [here insert the christian name or names in full, surname, place of residence, and occupation of person nominated] as a Member of the Legislative Council for the above-named District.
Signature of Nominator.
Place of living for which enrolled in above-named District.
I, of consent to the above nomination and to act if elected and declare that I am qualified under the laws of the Commonwealth to be elected as a member of the Legislative Council for the Northern Territory.
(Signature of Candidate)
Address—
N.B.—The Candidate’s consent to the nomination and his declaration of qualification may be on a separate paper and in any form, but if given on the nomination paper in the above form their sufficiency is not to be questioned.
A nomination must be signed by not less than six persons entitled to vote at the election for which the candidate is nominated.
Form 19. Regulation 62.
Ballot-paper.
ELECTION OF ONE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Directions.—Mark your vote on this ballot-paper by placing the numbers [here insert “1 and 2” where there are two candidates, “1, 2 and 3” where there are three candidates, “1, 2, 3 and 4” where there are four candidates, and so on, as the case requires] in the squares respectively opposite the names of the candidates so as to indicate the order of your preference for them.
Form 20. Regulation 62.
Ballot-paper.
Electoral District of .
ELECTION OF ONE MEMBER [or TWO MEMBERS, as the case requires] OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Directions.—Mark your vote on this ballot-paper by placing the numbers [here insert “1 and 2” where there are two candidates, “1, 2 and 3” where there are three candidates, “1, 2, 3 and 4” where there are four candidates and so on as the case requires] in the squares respectively opposite the names of the candidates so as to indicate the order of your preference for them.
Form 21. Regulations 79 and 91 (3.).
FORM OF DECLARATION TO BE USED AT THE POLLING BY A PERSON CLAIMING TO VOTE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATIONS 79 OR 91 (3.) OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS.
(a) Name in full (as appearing on Roll).
(b) Address in full (as appearing on Roll).
(c) Occupation (as appearing on Roll).
I, (a) of (b)
(c) declare that—
One of these paragraphs —as the case requires—should be struck out.
Image unavailable in extracted text(1) My name appears on the certified list of voters used at the undernamed polling place opposite the number on the said list.
(2) I claim to vote under the provisions of Regulation 79 of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations. I have not voted in connexion with the election for the Northern Territory being held this day, notwithstanding that a mark has been placed opposite my name on the said list to indicate that a ballot-paper has been issued to me at the polling;
or,
(2) I claim to vote under the provisions of Regulation 91 (3.) of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations. I have not received a postal vote certificate or a postal ballot-paper in connexion with the election for the Northern Territory being held this day, notwithstanding that my name has been noted on the said list as that of an elector to whom a postal vote certificate and postal ballot-paper have been issued.
(Personal signature of voter)
Signed before me the day of 19 , at polling place.
Presiding Officer.
Note.—A person making any untrue statement in this Declaration is liable to a Penalty of Twenty Pounds.
Form 21—continued.
Directions.
(1) This form of declaration must, after being filled up, be signed by the voter with his personal signature in the presence of the Presiding Officer, and then be completed and attested by the Presiding Officer.
(2) The Presiding Officer shall then (subject to the provisions of Regulation 72) initial and hand to the voter one ballot-paper headed “Regulation 79”, or “Regulation 91 (3.)”, as the case requires, for the election (or each election) held on the date upon which this declaration is made.
(3) The voter will then forthwith (i) retire alone to an unoccupied compartment of the polling booth and there, in private, mark his vote on the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) handed to him, in the manner directed thereon; (ii) fold the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) in such a manner as to conceal the vote marked thereon, and at once return it (or them) so folded to the Presiding Officer before whom he made his declaration.
(4) The Presiding Officer will see that he receives from the voter the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) duly folded, and, if necessary for purposes of identification, will request the voter to again state his name, and then, without unfolding the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers), will forthwith, in the presence of the voter and of such scrutineer or scrutineers (if any) as are present, enclose the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) received from that voter in the envelope bearing the declaration of the voter and addressed to the Returning Officer, securely fasten the envelope, and deposit it in the ballot-box.
Form 22. Regulation 78.
FORM OF DECLARATION TO BE USED AT THE POLLING BY A PERSON CLAIMING TO VOTE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 78 OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTORAL REGULATIONS WHO DECLARES THAT HIS NAME HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM, OR STRUCK OUT OF, THE CERTIFIED LIST OF VOTERS FOR THE POLLING PLACE AT WHICH HE CLAIMS TO BE ENTITLED TO VOTE, OWING TO AN ERROR OF AN OFFICER, OR A MISTAKE OF FACT.
(a) Name in full.
(b) Address in full.
(c) Occupation.
(d) Date of Issue of Writ.
I, (a) of (b)
(c) declare:—
That I am entitled to be enrolled on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory.
That after becoming qualified for enrolment for such District I sent or delivered to the Registrar for the District a duly completed claim for enrolment (or transfer of enrolment), and that my claim was received by the Registrar before 6 o’clock in the afternoon of the (d) that is, before the issue of the writ for the election being held this day.
That from the time of sending or delivering my claim to the Registrar and up to the issue of the writ as aforesaid, I continuously retained my right to be enrolled for the District and did not become qualified for enrolment for any other District or Subdivision.
That to the best of my knowledge and belief my name has been struck out of, or omitted from, the Certified List of Voters for this polling place owing to an error of an officer or a mistake of fact, and not as a result of an objection on the ground of non-residence or other disqualification, or in consequence of the transfer or duplication of my enrolment. (Personal signature of voter)
Signed before me the day of 19 ,
at polling place. Presiding Officer.
NOTE.—A person making any untrue statement in this declaration is liable to a penalty of Twenty pounds.
Form 22—continued.
Directions.
1. This form of declaration must after being filled up, be signed by the voter with his personal signature in the presence of the Presiding Officer and then be completed and attested by the Presiding Officer.
2. The Presiding Officer shall then (subject to the provisions of Regulation 72) initial and hand to the voter one ballot-paper (headed “Regulation 78”) for the election (or each election) held on the date upon which this declaration is made.
3. The voter will then forthwith—(i) retire alone to an unoccupied compartment of the polling booth, and there, in private, mark his vote on the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) handed to him, in the manner directed thereon; (ii) fold the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) in such a manner as to conceal the vote marked thereon, and at once return it (or them) so folded, to the Presiding Officer before whom he made his declaration.
4. The Presiding Officer will see that he receives from the voter the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) duly folded, and, if necessary for purposes of identification, will request the voter to again state his name, and then, without unfolding the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers), will forthwith, in the presence of the voter and of such scrutineer or scrutineers (if any) as are present, enclose the ballot-paper (or ballot-papers) received from that voter, in the envelope bearing the declaration of the voter and addressed to the Returning Officer, securely fasten the envelope, and deposit it in the ballot-box.
FORM 23. Regulation 88 (1).
This application should be made and sent, after the tenth day prior to the issue of the writ for the election to which it relates and before polling day, to the Returning Officer for the Territory, or to the Assistant Returning Officer for the District for which the applicant is enrolled, as the case requires, or if the elector is outside the Territory to a Commonwealth Electoral Officer of a State. Unless the application reaches the officer to whom it is addressed before six o’clock in the afternoon of the day immediately preceding the polling day a postal vote certificate or postal ballot-paper shall not be issued in respect of it.
In order that a Postal Ballot-paper issued pursuant to this application may be admitted to the scrutiny, the envelope in which it is contained must be received within forty days after polling day by the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires.
Image unavailable in extracted textCommonwealth of Australia.
APPLICATION FOR A POSTAL VOTE CERTIFICATE AND POSTAL BALLOT-PAPER BY AN ELECTOR ENROLLED FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Note—An elector enrolled for the District of Batchelor or Stuart who will not be absent from the District for which he is enrolled between the nominations and polling day, is not required to send an application for a Postal Ballot-paper. It is the duty of the Returning Officer (or Assistant Returning Officer) to post the necessary documents to him to enable him to vote by post.
To the Returning Officer for the Northern Territory.—*
(1) Here insert christian names, surname, place of living, and occupation as appearing on the Roll.
I, (1) hereby apply for a Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper to enable me to vote by post at the next forthcoming Election.
Note—Election in this application means an election of a member of the House of Representatives for the Territory or an election of a member (or members) of the Legislative Council for the Territory, or both of them as the case requires.
I declare—
(1) That I am an elector enrolled on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory.
(2) That my real place of living is in the Northern Territory.
Form 23—continued.
(3) That the ground on which I apply to vote by post is—
(a) that I will not throughout the hours of polling on polling day be within the District for which I am enrolled or if I will be within that District I will not be within five miles by the nearest practicable route of any polling booth open in that District;
(b) that I am seriously ill or infirm, and by reason of such illness or infirmity will be precluded from attending at any polling booth to vote;
(c) that I will, by approaching maternity, be precluded from attending at any polling booth to vote;
(d) that I will not, between the date of the nominations and polling day, be within the District for which I am enrolled, under conditions that will permit of my voting in that District.
Note—The elector will strike out any of the above grounds which do not apply to his or her particular case.
(4) That my place of living at the time when the Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper would be delivered in the ordinary course of post will be as follows:—
An elector shall not make, and a person shall not induce an elector to make, any false statement in an application for a Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper, or in the declaration contained in such application.
Image unavailable in extracted textPenalty: Fifty pounds, or imprisonment for one month.
Signed by the elector with his personal signature in my presence—(Signature of witness)—
[in own handwriting.](A person whose name appears on the roll of electors for the Northern Territory, or a State, or the Australian Capital Territory.)
(Personal signature of elector.)
(Address of witness)—
Dated at the day of 19 .
* If the application is made to the Assistant Returning Officer for the District for which the applicant is enrolled or to the Commonwealth Electoral Officer of a State, the application should be altered accordingly.
Obligations of Elector Witnessing an Application for a Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper.
An elector shall not witness the signature of any elector to an application for a Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper unless—
(a) he has satisfied himself as to the identity of the applicant;
(b) he has seen the applicant sign the application with his personal signature; and
(c) he knows that the statements contained in the application are true, or has satisfied himself by inquiry from the applicant or otherwise that the statements contained in the application are true.
The elector witnessing the application shall sign his name in his own handwriting on the application in the space provided for the purpose, and shall add the date.
Any such elector shall not persuade or induce, or associate himself with any person in persuading or inducing, any person to make application for a Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper.
Penalty: Fifty pounds, or imprisonment for one month.
Penalty for Failure to Post or Deliver Application for Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper.
Any person to whom an application for a Postal Vote Certificate and Postal Ballot-paper is entrusted by a voter for the purpose of posting or delivery to a Returning Officer, Assistant Returning Officer or Commonwealth Electoral Officer and who fails to forthwith post or deliver the application shall be guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Fifty pounds, or imprisonment for one month.
Form 24. Regulation 92.
POSTAL VOTE CERTIFICATE.
I hereby certify that of is entitled (subject to the provisions of the Northern Territory Electoral Regulations ) to vote by post in respect of the Electoral District of at the House of Representatives election, or Legislative Council election, or both of them, as the case requires, to be held on Saturday 19 .
Returning Officer for the Northern Territory, or
Assistant Returning Officer for the above-named District, or
Commonwealth Electoral Officer for the State of
Date 19 .
Declaration to be made by an Elector of the Northern Territory Voting by Post.
I declare that I am the person enrolled as—
Surname.
Christian Names (in full).
Place of Living (as appearing on roll).
Occupation.
on the Electoral Roll for the above-named District of the Northern Territory.
That my real place of living is in the Northern Territory; that I have not already voted in connexion with the election to which the above Certificate relates; and I promise and declare that if I am permitted to vote I will not again vote in connexion with the said election.
Image unavailable in extracted textI am aware that if I falsely personate or attempt to personate any other person for the purpose of securing a ballot-paper to which I am not entitled, or for the purpose of voting at the election, or wilfully make any false statement in this declaration, I will be prosecuted and am liable to imprisonment for two years.
(Personal signature of elector.)
Signed before me at the day of 19 .
(Signature of authorized witness*)
(Title under which witness acts as authorized witness (in full))
(Address of witness)
* No person, other than a person indicated in the list of authorized witnesses printed on the “Directions to Elector and Authorized Witness” issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, is authorized to act as an authorized witness for the purposes of postal voting by an elector of the Northern Territory.
Notes.—(1) This envelope, containing the postal ballot-paper marked by the voter, should be forthwith posted or delivered to the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer to whom it is addressed.
(2) Any person to whom this envelope containing the ballot-paper is entrusted by the voter for the purpose of posting or delivery to the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, who fails to forthwith post or deliver the envelope, shall be guilty of an offence. Penalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for one month.
(3) No person other than the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer to whom this envelope is addressed, or an officer acting under his directions, shall open the envelope after the elector’s vote has been placed therein and the envelope has been fastened by an authorized witness.
Form 25. Regulation 93 (1).
The elector must not mark his vote hereon until after he has first exhibited the ballot-paper (unmarked) to the Authorized Witness.
Postal Ballot-paper.
ELECTION OF ONE MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Directions.—Mark your vote on this ballot-paper by placing the numbers [here insert “1 and 2” where there are two candidates, “1, 2 and 3” where there are three candidates, “1, 2, 3 and 4” where there ar four candidates, and so on as the case requires] in the squares respectively opposite the names of the candidates so as to indicate the order of your preference for them; fold the ballot-paper so that the vote cannot be seen and hand it so folded to the Authorized Witness.
Note.—Unless the elector’s vote is marked on the ballot-paper on or before polling day, namely the [here insert date of polling day] and is received by the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, within forty days after that day, it will not be admitted to the scrutiny.
Form 26. Regulation 93 (1).
The elector must not mark his vote hereon until after he has first exhibited the ballot-paper (unmarked) to the Authorized Witness.
Postal Ballot-paper.
Electoral District of
ELECTION OF ONE MEMBER (or TWO MEMBERS, as the case requires) OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
Directions.—Mark your vote on this ballot-paper by placing the numbers [here insert “1 and 2” where there are two candidates, “1, 2 and 3” where there are three candidates, “1, 2, 3 and 4” where there are four candidates, and so on as the case requires] in the squares respectively opposite the names of the candidates so as to indicate the order of your preference for them; fold the ballot-paper so that the vote cannot be seen and hand it so folded to the Authorized Witness.
Form 26—continued.
Note.—Unless the elector’s vote is marked on the ballot-paper on or before polling day, namely the [here insert date of polling day] and, is received by the Returning Officer or Assistant Returning Officer, as the case requires, within forty days after that day, it will not be admitted to the scrutiny.
Form 27. Regulation 98.
District of
LIST OF THE NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ELECTORS ENROLLED FOR THE ABOVE-NAMED DISTRICT WHO DID NOT VOTE AT THE ELECTION HELD ON THE DAY OF , 19 .
I, , of , Assistant Returning Officer for the District of , do solemnly and sincerely declare that the names on the within print of the roll for the above-mentioned District against which a mark indicating the electors who voted at the election has not been placed, constitute the list of the names and descriptions of the electors enrolled for the said District who did not vote at the election, held on the , and that the said list was prepared by me pursuant to sub-section (2.) of section 128a of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946.
And I make this solemn declaration by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act 1911-1944 conscientiously believing the statements contained therein to be true in every particular.
Declared at the day of , 19 .
Assistant Returning Officer for the District of
Before me—
, J.P.
Form 28. Regulation 99 (2).
(Section 128a (4).)
NOTIFICATION TO ELECTOR WHO APPEARS TO HAVE FAILED TO VOTE.
To the elector whose name and address appear on the back hereof.
You are notified that you appear to have failed to vote at the election held under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946 on , the , and you are hereby called upon, in pursuance of section 128a of the said Act, to give a valid, truthful, and sufficient reason why you failed so to vote.
Form 28—continued.
You are required to—
(a) state, in the form at the foot of this notice, the true reason why you failed so to vote;
(b) complete and personally sign the form, and have it witnessed by an elector or a person qualified to be an elector;
(c) fold the form so that the address “Assistant Returning Officer for the District of ,” shall be visible, and post it so as to reach me on or before the*
Assistant Returning Officer for the above-named District.
Note.—If the elector to whom this notice is addressed is unable, by reason of absence from his place of living or physical incapacity, to fill up, sign, and post the form at the foot hereof within the time specified in the form, any other elector who has personal knowledge of the facts may fill up, sign, and post the form, duly witnessed, within that time, and the filling up, signing, and posting of the form will be treated as compliance by the first-mentioned elector with the requirements of this notice.
* Not being less than twenty-one days after the posting of this notice.
Form 29. Regulation 99 (3).
FORM OF DECLARATION TO BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED TO THE ASSISTANT RETURNING OFFICER.
I, , do hereby declare that the following is the true reason why I* failed to vote at the election held under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946, on , the day of , 19 .
†
(Personal signature of elector).
I, the undersigned, being an elector or a person qualified to be an elector of the Commonwealth or of the Northern Territory, certify that I have seen the above-named elector sign the above declaration.
(Signature of witness (in own handwriting))
* Where this form is filled up on behalf of an absent or physically incapacitated elector, the word
“I” must be struck out, and the name of such elector inserted.
Image unavailable in extracted text† Here set out the precise and true reason for having failed to vote.
[Back of Form.] Post Free.
Commonwealth Electoral Papers only.
M ............................
.......................
Every elector who—
(a) fails to vote at an election without a valid and sufficient reason for such failure; or
(b) on receipt of a notice in accordance with sub-section (4.) of section 128a of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946, fails to fill up, sign, and post, within the time specified in the notice, the form (duly witnessed) attached thereto; or
(c) states in such form a false reason for not having voted or, in the case of an elector filling up or purporting to fill up a form on behalf of any other elector, states in such form a false reason why that other elector did not vote,
is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty of not less than Ten shillings and not more than Two pounds.
Commonwealth Electoral Papers only. Post Free.
The Assistant Returning Officer for the District of
Form 30. Regulation 100 (1).
NOTIFICATION TO ELECTOR WHOSE REASON FOR FAILING TO VOTE IS HELD NOT TO BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT.
To—
You are hereby notified—
(1) that the reason given by you in your declaration dated the 19 , is not, in my opinion, a valid and sufficient reason for your failure to vote at the election held under the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946, on , the ; and
(2) that you have the option of having the matter dealt with by the Returning Officer for the Northern Territory (thus avoiding costs of Court), or by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
If you desire to have the matter dealt with by the Returning Officer, you must fill in and sign, in the presence of a witness, the form of consent at the foot hereof, and send or deliver it to me, so as to reach me not later than the , together with the sum of * to be appropriated in payment or part payment of the penalty, if any, which the Returning Officer may impose upon you.
In the event of the form and deposit not reaching me on or before the date set out in the preceding paragraph, it will be taken that you desire to have the matter dealt with by a Court of Summary Jurisdiction.
Assistant Returning Officer for the above-named District.
* This amount may be paid to the Assistant Returning Officer in cash, or be remitted to him by postal note or money order made payable to “The Assistant Returning Officer for the District of...........”
Form 31. Regulation 100 (2).
FORM OF CONSENT TO BE USED BY AN ELECTOR WHO DESIRES TO HAVE HIS CASE DEALT WITH BY THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
To the Assistant Returning Officer for the above-named District.
I, , of , enrolled as an elector on the roll for the above-named District, having failed to vote at the election held under the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946, on the day of , 19 , and having been notified by you that the reason given by me for such failure to vote is not, in your opinion, a valid and sufficient reason for such failure, do hereby notify you that I consent to have the matter dealt with by the Returning Officer for the Northern Territory, and to abide by his decision.
I enclose herewith the sum of , and I agree that the said sum may be appropriated in payment or part payment of any penalty (not exceeding Two pounds, without costs) which the Returning Officer may impose upon me.
I, the undersigned, being an elector, or a person qualified to be an elector, of the Commonwealth or of the Northern Territory, certify that I have seen the above-named elector sign the above form.
(Signature of witness (in own handwriting) )
Form 32. Regulation 102.
NOTIFICATION OF PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO VOTE.
To—
You are notified that, pursuant to your notification of consent dated the day of , the Returning Officer for the Northern Territory has dealt with the matter of your contravention of paragraph (a) of sub-section (12.) of section 128a of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946, and that he has imposed upon you a penalty of
The deposit made by you has been appropriated in payment [or part payment—as the case may be] of the said penalty.
Assistant Returning Officer for the District of (Address)
Form 33. Regulation 106 (1).
In the Police Court
at
Between Informant or Complainant.
And Defendant.
STATUTORY DECLARATION.
I, , of , Assistant Returning Officer for the Northern Territory do solemnly and sincerely declare—
(a) Informant or Complainant.
(1) That I am the Assistant Returning Officer for the District of , and am the (a) herein, and that I am duly authorized in writing by the Chief Electoral Officer to institute these proceedings.
(2) That the defendant on the day of , 19 , was enrolled as an elector on the Electoral Roll for the District of the Northern Territory.
(3) That the paper writing on the back of this declaration contains a true extract from the list prepared and endorsed by me under the provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946 and of the Regulations made thereunder.
And I make this declaration by virtue of the Statutory Declarations Act 1911-1944 conscientiously believing the statements therein to be true in every particular.
Declared at the day of , 19 .
Before me—
Note.—Any person who wilfully makes a false statement in a Statutory Declaration is guilty of an indictable offence, and is liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for four years.
A Statutory Declaration may be made before—
(i) A Police, Stipendiary, or Special Magistrate, or a Justice of the Peace; or
(ii) A Commissioner for Affidavits; or
(iii) A Commissioner for Declarations; or
(iv) A Notary Public.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. FORM 34.
Regulation 106 (1). The Northern Territory.
The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946. The Northern Territory Electoral Regulations.
District of.....................
Extract from LIST OF THE NAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ELECTORS ENROLLED FOR THE ABOVE-MENTIONED DISTRICT WHO DID NOT VOTE AT THE ELECTION HELD ON , the...............................................
(a) Insert in this column “Yes” and date of receipt if a reply has been received, or “No” if a reply has not been received.
.......................
Assistant Returning Officer
for the District of........
Form 35. Regulation 54.
WRIT FOR THE ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
The Northern Territory Representation Act 1922-1936.
Commonwealth C1947L00148-1.jpg of Australia.
His Majesty the King.
To Returning Officer for the Northern Territory.
Greeting:
We command you that you cause election to be made according to law of one Member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Territory, to serve in the Parliament of Our Commonwealth of Australia, and We appoint the following dates for the purposes of the said election:—
1. For nomination the day of 19 .
2. For taking the poll at the different polling places in the event of the election being contested the day of 19 .
3. For the return of the Writ on or before the day of 19 .
Witness [here insert the Governor-General’s title] the
day of in the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and
By His Excellency’s command,
Form 36. Regulation 54.
WRIT FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.
The Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910-1947.
Commonwealth C1947L00148-1.jpg of Australia.
His Majesty the King.
To Returning Officer of the Northern Territory.
Greeting:
We command you that you cause election to be made according to law of two Members of the Legislative Council for the Electoral District of Darwin, and one Member of the Legislative Council for each of the Electoral Districts of Batchelor, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs and Stuart respectively, to serve in the Legislative Council for the Northern Territory, and We appoint the following dates for the purposes of the said election:—
1. For nomination the day of 19 .
2. For taking the poll at the different polling places in the event of the election being contested the day of 19 .
3. For the return of the Writ on or before the day of 19 .
Witness , Administrator of the Northern Territory the day of in, the year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and .
Administrator.
Form 37. Regulation 127.
UNDERTAKING TO BE MADE BY OFFICERS AND SCRUTINEERS.
I [here insert name, address, and occupation] do hereby promise and undertake that I will faithfuly perform the duties of [here insert name of office held by the person signing undertaking] to the best of my understanding and ability, and that I will not directly or indirectly attempt to influence the vote of any elector, or, except by recording my vote as allowed by law, the result of any election, and that I will not disclose any knowledge officially acquired by me touching the vote of any elector, except in reply to a question which I am legally bound to answer.
Signature.
Form 38. Regulation 129.
the Northern Territory.
FORM OF WITHDRAWAL BY CANDIDATE OF CONSENT TO NOMINATION.
To the Returning Officer for the Northern Territory:
I [here insert christian names, surname, place of residence, and occupation] do hereby withdraw my consent to nomination as a Member of the House of Representatives for the Northern Territory [or, as a member of the Legislative Council for the Northern Territory for the Electoral District of , as the case requires], dated the day of , 19 .
(Personal signature of candidate.)
Dated at [here insert place] the day of 19 .
Note.—To be signed in the presence of the Officer with whom the nomination was lodged or of a Justice of the Peace.
Regulation 133.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE.
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Modifications and adaptations of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1946 in its application in the Northern Territory:—
Section of Act.
Manner of Modification or Adaptation.
5
For definition of “Justice of the Peace” substitute following definition:—“‘Justice of the Peace’ means a Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction as such in the Northern Territory;”Omit from definition of “Officer” the words “and any Commonwealth Electoral Officer for a State, Divisional,” and the words “and Doorkeeper”.Omit from definition of “Registrar” the word “Divisional”.Omit from definition of “Returning Officer” the word “Divisional”.
94
For “a Divisional” substitute “the”.
98
From sub-section (2.) omit “Divisional”.
128a
For “Divisional” (wherever occurring) substitute “Assistant”.For “his Division” in sub-section (2.) substitute “the District in respect of which he is appointed to perform the duties of Assistant Returning Officer”.
144
For “twenty days” substitute “forty days”.For “State or Division for which the election is to be held” substitute “Territory”.
151
For “Commonwealth Electoral Officer for the State” (wherever occurring) substitute “Returning Officer for the Territory”.
152
For “Commonwealth Electoral Officer for the State” substitute “Returning Officer for the Territory”.
In sub-section (4.), after “State”, insert “and the Northern Territory”.
153
For “Commonwealth” substitute “the Northern Territory”.For “Commonwealth Electoral Officer for the State” in which the newspaper is published substitute “Returning Officer for the Territory”.
164
For “the election of a Member of the Senate, or of the House of Representatives or for the taking of a referendum vote” (wherever occurring) substitute “an election”.
176
After “State” insert “or of the Northern Territory”.
210
For “Commonwealth Electoral Officer for a State, or Divisional Returning Officer “substitute” or the Returning Officer”.
212
For “Divisions and Subdivisions” substitute “Districts”.For “any State” substitute “the Northern Territory”.For “one State to another” substitute “the Northern Territory to a”.
By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.