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ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 78

78 .         Nomination: form and content of etc.

        (1)         A nomination must be in an approved form and must —

            (a)         be signed by the candidate; and

            (b)         state the surname and each christian or given name, the place of residence and occupation of the candidate and the form in which the candidate’s name is to be printed on the ballot papers for the election; and

            (c)         in the case of a Council election, unless the nomination is a party nomination as defined in section 81A(1), be accompanied by declarations in support of the nomination, in an approved form, completed and signed by at least 250 electors entitled to vote at the election.

        (2A)         Despite subsection (1)(b), the place of residence of a candidate is not required to be stated on the nomination form if the candidate’s residence is not shown on the roll because a request under section 51B has been granted.

        (2)         The statement of the form of the candidate’s name to be printed on the ballot papers shall include the candidate’s surname and may include each, or one or more, of the candidate’s given names.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (2) a given name may be stated by specifying —

            (a)         the name; or

            (b)         an initial standing for the name; or

            (c)         a commonly accepted variation of the name (including an abbreviation or truncation of the name or an alternative form of the name).

        (4)         If the nomination forms for 2 or more candidates are accompanied by a declaration completed and signed by the same elector, the elector cannot be relied on by any of those candidates for the purposes of subsection (1)(c).

        [Section 78 amended: No. 44 of 1911 s. 43; No. 51 of 1962 s. 5; No. 79 of 1987 s. 25; No. 36 of 2000 s. 34; No. 35 of 2012 s. 7 and 12; No. 20 of 2021 s. 47.]



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