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ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 138

138 .         Scrutineers, submissions by etc.

        (1)         A scrutineer may make submissions in relation to any ballot paper that the ballot paper is informal or not informal, and the officer conducting the count shall endorse the paper as “rejected” or “admitted” according to his decision to admit or reject the ballot paper.

        (2)         Where an officer makes an endorsement referred to in subsection (1) the officer shall initial the endorsement.

        (3)         Subject to sections 144(2b) and 146 a decision of an officer on a submission under subsection (1) is final unless reversed under Part V.

        (4)         Nothing in this section prevents the officer conducting the count from rejecting any ballot paper as being informal or from admitting a ballot paper to the count in the absence of a submission by a scrutineer.

        [Section 138 inserted: No. 79 of 1987 s. 58.]



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