South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts9—No inquiry of a voter except as to his identity whether he has voted
before on the same election, and as to qualification
(1) No inquiry shall
be permitted at any election as to the right of any person to vote, except
only as follows, that is to say—the returning officer or deputy
returning officer may, or if required by any two electors entitled to vote in
the same electoral district, shall put to any voter at the time of his
tendering his vote, and not afterwards, the following questions, or any of
them, or any prescribed questions, and no other:
First—Are you the person whose name appears as A.B. in the register of
voters now in force for this district (or town or ward, or as the case may be)
[being registered therein for property described to be situated in (here
specify the street or place described in the electoral roll)]?
Second—Have you already voted at the present election for this district
(or town or ward, or as the case may be)?
Third—Had you, at the time of being registered, the qualification for
which your name now stands in the register of voters for the (town, district,
or ward of, as the case may be, specifying in each case the particulars of the
qualification, as described in the register of voters), and are you still
possessed of the same qualification? Are you of the age of eighteen years?
(2) No person required
to answer any of the said questions shall be permitted or qualified to vote
until he shall have answered the same, nor if he shall have answered the same
in such a manner as to show that he is not qualified to vote; and if any
person shall wilfully make a false answer to any of the questions aforesaid,
he shall be deemed guilty of an offence, and may be indicted and punished
accordingly.