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Constitutional Convention (Election) Act 1997
71Votes by overseas electors may be given to overseas Assistant Returning Officer
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71 Votes by overseas electors may be given to overseas Assistant Returning Officer
(1) An *Assistant Returning Officer who has been appointed in respect of a place outside Australia may accept a *certificate envelope from an *overseas elector up until 12 noon (in the place where the Assistant Returning Officer is) on the seventh day before the *close of the poll.
(2) The Assistant Returning Officer must forward the envelope to the appropriate DRO.