Electoral Commissioner may require information for particular purposes
195 Electoral Commissioner may require information for particular purposes
For the purposes of updating the register of electors, preparing any roll or ensuring the enrolment of any elector, the Electoral Commissioner, any enrolment officer, or any person authorised in this behalf by the Electoral Commissioner, may require any person to answer any questions or furnish any return or fill in and sign any claim.
A person who is required to answer a question under subsection (1) must answer the question truthfully and completely to the best of their knowledge, information and belief.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
A person who is required to furnish a return or fill in and sign a claim under subsection (1) must comply, to the best of their ability, with the requirement.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
[Section 195 inserted: No. 59 of 1919 s. 4; amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8; No. 40 of 1987 s. 84; No. 36 of 2000 s. 28(2); No. 64 of 2006 s. 50; No. 30 of 2023 s. 167.]
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