Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 1997
106Ballot-papers marked on both Part A and Part B
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106 Ballot-papers marked on both Part A and Part B
(a) a ballot‑paper is formal; and
(b) marks have been placed, by or on behalf of the voter, on both Part A and Part B of the ballot‑paper;
then:
(c) if the ballot‑paper is Part A invalid within the meaning of subsection 105(6), it is taken for the purposes of sections 101, 102, 107 and 108, not to have been marked on Part A; and
(d) if the ballot‑paper is Part B invalid within the meaning of subsection 105(6), it is taken for the purposes of sections 101, 102, 107 and 108, not to have been marked on Part B; and
(e) if the ballot‑paper is neither Part A invalid nor Part B invalid, it is taken for the purposes of sections 101, 102, 107 and 108, not to have been marked on Part B.