Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 98

             (1)  Names may be added to Rolls pursuant to claims for enrolment or transfer of enrolment or claims for age 16 enrolment.

             (2)  A claim:

                     (a)  must be in the approved form; and

                     (b)  subject to subsection (3), must be signed by the claimant; and

                     (c)  must comply with section 98AA (evidence of identity requirements), if that section applies to the claim.

             (3)  Where a person wishes to make a claim for enrolment, for transfer of enrolment or for age 16 enrolment and a registered medical practitioner has certified, in writing, that the person is so physically incapacitated that the person cannot sign the claim, another person may, on behalf of the person, fill out and sign the claim in accordance with the directions of the first-mentioned person.

             (4)  A claim shall be completed in accordance with the directions contained in the form approved for the purposes of subsection (2).

             (5)  A certificate referred to in subsection (3) shall be lodged with the claim to which it relates.