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ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 18

18 .         People disqualified from voting and being enrolled

        (1)         Every person, nevertheless, shall be disqualified from voting at any election, who —

            (a)         is of unsound mind; or

            (b)         has been attainted of treason; or

            (c)         is serving or is yet to serve a sentence of detention (imposed under the Young Offenders Act 1994 ), or imprisonment, of one year or longer; or

            (ca)         is serving or is yet to serve indefinite imprisonment imposed under Part 14 of the Sentencing Act 1995 ; or

            (cb)         is subject to an order under section 279(5)(b) of The Criminal Code ; or

            (cc)         is subject to an order under repealed section 19(6a)(a), 282(c)(iii) or (d)(ii), 653, 661, 662 or 693(4) of The Criminal Code ; or

            (cd)         is, or is taken to be, a mentally impaired accused as defined in the Criminal Law (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996 ; or

            (d)         is the holder of a temporary entry permit for the purposes of the Migration Act 1958 , of the Parliament of the Commonwealth as amended from time to time, or is a prohibited immigrant under that Act.

        (2)         A person mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (d) is disqualified from being enrolled as an elector.

        [Section 18 amended: No. 39 of 1934 s. 2; No. 58 of 1951 s. 3; No. 51 of 1962 s. 3; No. 68 of 1964 s. 6; No. 39 of 1979 s. 7; No. 78 of 1995 s. 35; No. 69 of 1996 s. 23; No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 8; No. 84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 64 of 2006 s. 18; No. 29 of 2008 s. 32; No. 7 of 2009 s. 7.]

        [Heading amended: No. 14 of 2016 s. 28(6).]



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