Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 15A

15A .         Officers to make declaration before acting etc.

        (1)         A person appointed as an officer under this Act shall make a declaration in the prescribed form before acting in the office and on such other occasions as the Electoral Commissioner may require.

        (2)         Subject to subsection (3) a declaration under this section shall be made before an officer authorised by section 207 to witness signatures.

        (3)         A declaration by the Electoral Commissioner, the Deputy Electoral Commissioner, an Acting Electoral Commissioner or a returning officer shall be made before a justice of the peace.

        (4)         A declaration under this section (other than one made by the Electoral Commissioner) shall be lodged with the Electoral Commissioner or a returning officer.

        (5)         If a declaration is lodged with a returning officer the returning officer shall forward it to the Electoral Commissioner.

        (6)         All declarations under this section are to be filed at the office of the Electoral Commissioner.

        [Section 15A inserted: No. 43 of 1996 s. 6.]