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COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 367A

Disposal of petition where election cannot be decided

             (1)  The Court shall give its decision on a petition filed by the Electoral Commission under subsection 357(1A), and shall make an order on the petition, within 3 months after the day on which the petition was filed.

             (2)  In the case of a petition under subsection 357(1A), subsection 360(1) applies as if for subparagraphs (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii) the following subparagraphs were substituted:

                   "(v)  to declare a candidate elected;

                    (vi)  to declare the election absolutely void;".



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