Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 139

    (1)     An officer who receives completed voting papers in relation to a vote cast under section 136A shall—

        (a)     endorse the time and date of receipt on the envelope; and

        (b)     if the officer is not the commissioner—give the papers to the commissioner or an authorised officer.

Note     For restrictions on sending completed ballot and voting papers by fax, see s 329.

    (2)     The commissioner shall keep the papers in safe custody for the purposes of scrutiny under part 12.