/

/

United States legal-change intelligence across legislation, regulation, and case law. Separate data plane, same Zoe spine.

Platform

Legislation
Cases
Ask Zoe
Recently analysed

Company

Pricing
API
X
LinkedIn
Instagram

Jurisdictions

Federal
Supreme Court

District of Columbia

© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.

Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the official source for authoritative text.

Section 236 - Electoral Act 2017 - Inquiries by Court — Zoe

Legislation Cases Absurdities Ask Zoe Graph Pricing

Home/Legislation/Electoral Act 2017/236

NSWIn ForceAct

Electoral Act 2017

236Inquiries by Court

Start here

Get a plain-English read of 236

Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Electoral Act 2017.

View in full context

#### 236 Inquiries by Court 236 Inquiries by Court > The Court of Disputed Returns— > > > (a) is to inquire whether or not the petition has been properly filed, and > > > (b) may inquire into the identity of persons who voted, whether they were entitled to do so and whether their votes were improperly admitted or rejected, and > > > (c) must not inquire into the correctness of any authorised roll.

Previous section235Right of Electoral Commissioner to be represented Next section237Voiding election for illegal practices