Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 14

14 .         Death, resignation or removal of returning officer after issue of writ

        (1)         If the returning officer for any region or district dies, resigns, leaves, or is removed, after the issue of a writ for a general election or an election for such region or district, the Electoral Commissioner may appoint some other person to be the returning officer in his place; and so far as the returning officer’s functions under this Act in relation to the writ and the election have yet to be completed, those functions may be performed by the returning officer so appointed.

        [(2)         deleted]

        [Section 14 amended by No. 44 of 1911 s. 5; No. 40 of 1987 s. 24 and 84; No. 36 of 2000 s. 6.]