Reference to Supreme Court
33 Reference to Supreme Court
Any question respecting the validity of a referendum, or of any return or statement showing the voting on any referendum, may be referred by resolution of the Legislative Council or of the Legislative Assembly, within 14 sitting days of the House making the reference after the publication in the Gazette of the copy of the statement signed by the Electoral Commissioner under section 30(1), to the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the question.
For the purposes of subsection (1), sitting days shall be counted, whether or not they occur during the same session or during the same Parliament.
[Section 33 amended: No. 40 of 1987 s. 103.]
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