Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 193

  (1)   An elector whose name appears on a Roll is an authorised witness.

  (2)   Outside Australia, the following persons are authorised witnesses:

  (a)   an officer of the Defence Force or of the naval, military or air forces of a Commonwealth country;

  (b)   a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 ;

  (c)   a member of the civil or public service of a State or Territory or of a Commonwealth country;

  (d)   a Justice of the Peace for a State or Territory or a Commonwealth country;

  (e)   a minister of religion or medical practitioner resident in a State or Territory or a Commonwealth country;

  (f)   an Australian citizen.

  (3)   A person who is a candidate at an election is not an authorised witness in relation to the casting of a postal vote in that election.

  (4)   In this section:

"Commonwealth country" means a body politic, or part of a body politic, that is a member of the international organisation known as the Commonwealth of Nations.