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ELECTORAL ACT 1992 - SECT 337

Evidentiary certificates

    (1)     In a proceeding under this Act, a certificate signed by the commissioner stating any of the following matters is evidence of the matters so stated:

        (a)     that on a specified day a person was, or was not, enrolled for an electorate;

        (b)     that, in relation to an election, a person was or was not—

              (i)     an eligible overseas elector; or

              (ii)     an Antarctic elector; or

              (iii)     an elector serving a sentence of imprisonment outside the ACT;

        (c)     that a person was, or was not, declared as a candidate for an election;

        (d)     that a nomination of a person to be a candidate in an election was rejected;

        (e)     that an election was duly held;

        (f)     that a person was, or was not, given a ballot paper for an election;

        (g)     that a person voted, or failed to vote, in an election;

        (h)     that on a stated day, or during a stated period, a stated person was, or was not, registered as the reporting agent of a stated registered party, MLA or candidate;

              (i)     that on a stated day, or during a stated period, no reporting agent was registered for a stated registered party, MLA or candidate;

        (j)     that on a specified day a person was, or was not, an officer;

        (k)     that on a specified day a person was, or was not, the delegate of the electoral commission or the commissioner.

    (2)     In subsection (1), a reference to a person or thing is a reference to a person or thing specified in the certificate.



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