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Local Government (General) Regulation 2021
344EReceipt of postal ballot-papers
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#### 344E Receipt of postal ballot-papers
344E Receipt of postal ballot-papers
> > (1) If the returning officer receives an envelope containing or purporting to contain a postal ballot-paper before 6pm on the 13th day, or for a rural and remote council on the 20th day, following election day, the officer is to make an appropriate record of the receipt of the envelope.
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> > (2) The returning officer is to place the envelope unopened in a ballot-box.
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> Note.
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> Section 347 provides for the preliminary scrutiny of postal voting envelopes.
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> **s 344E:** Am 2025 (228), Sch 1\[2\].