South Australian Current Acts

BALLOT ACT 1862

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   1.      Short title
   2.      Election by ballot to be had under this Act
   3.      Construction and explanation
   4.      Booths may be erected or hired for taking votes
   5.      Returning officer to preside and appoint deputies to preside at the voting places
   6.      Adjournment of nomination, or of voting in case of riot
   7.      Proceedings on the day of election
   8.      Who are to remain in polling booth
   9.      No inquiry of a voter except as to his identity whether he has voted before on the same election, and as to qualification
   10.     Punishment for voting twice, or personating voters
   11.     Deputies to seal box and voting papers and deliver them forthwith to returning officers
   12.     Names of persons elected to be declared by returning officer
   13.     Voting papers to be destroyed by the returning officer
   14.     What shall be deemed acts of bribery and corruption
   15.     Any of the above acts to disqualify
   16.     Principals bound by acts of their agents
   17.     Acts of bribery and corruption by persons not being the authorised agents
   18.     Penalty on persons receiving or offering reward for voting or withholding a vote
   19.     No action against candidates for costs or expenses of election
   20.     Provision in the event of impediments of a formal nature
   21.     Recovery of penalties
   22.     Act not to apply to Legislative Council or House of Assembly
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