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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 390

Production of claims for enrolment etc.

  (1)   A person who is, or has been, an officer shall not, except for the purposes of this Act, be required:

  (a)   to produce in court a claim for enrolment (including a provisional claim for enrolment) or transfer of enrolment under this Act, a copy of a notice given under section   103A or 103B or anything received in response to a notice given under subsection   103A(2) or 103B(2); or

  (b)   to disclose or communicate to a court any matter or thing that has come under the person's notice in the performance of duties or functions under this Act in relation to:

  (i)   a claim for enrolment (including a provisional claim for enrolment) or transfer of enrolment under this Act; or

  (ii)   anything done under subsection   103A(2), (3), (4) or (6), or subsection   103B(2), (3), (4) or (6).

Note:   Section   103A deals with updating or transferring a person's enrolment, and section   103B deals with enrolling an unenrolled person, without a claim or notice from the person.

  (2)   In this section, officer includes any person performing duties, or exercising powers or functions, under or in relation to this Act.


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