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In forceInquiries by Court
Part 5Disputed elections
Division 2Disputed elections
123 Inquiries by Court
(1) For deciding the application, the Court of Disputed Returns may inquire into any of the following:
(a)
the identity of voters;
(b)
whether votes were improperly admitted or rejected;
(c)
whether the result of polling was correctly ascertained.
(2)
However, the Court must:
(a)
not inquire into the correctness of the roll; and
(b) take the roll to be conclusive evidence that the persons enrolled were, at the close of roll, entitled to be enrolled.
(3) In addition, the qualification of a person enrolled cannot be questioned.
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