(1) Writs for the election of Senators for States, Senators for Territories or Members of the House of Representatives may be in the Form A, Form AA or Form B respectively in Schedule 1, shall be signed by the Governor of a State, the Governor - General or the Speaker, as the case requires, and shall fix the date for:
(2) For the purposes of this Act a writ shall be deemed to have
been issued at the hour of 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the day on which
the writ was issued.