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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 103

Penalty on officer neglecting to enrol claimants

  (1)   Any officer who receives a claim for enrolment or transfer of enrolment and who fails to do everything necessary on his or her part to be done to secure the enrolment of the claimant in pursuance of the claim commits an offence.

Penalty:   10 penalty units.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the officer has a just excuse for the failure.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection   (2) (see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).


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