Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
SITTING AS THE COURT OF DISPUTED RETURNS PURSUANT TO SECTION 354(1) OF THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 (CTH). Garbett v Liu [2019] FCAFC 241 File numbers: VID 1018 of 2019 VID 1019 of 2019
Judges: ALLSOP CJ, GREENWOOD AND BESANKO JJ
Date of judgment: 24 December 2019
Catchwords: COURT OF DISPUTED RETURNS – electoral petitions filed – s 329(1) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) – whether corflutes used likely to mislead or deceive an elector in relation to the casting of a vote – s 362(3) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) – whether Court satisfied that the result of the election was likely to be affected STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – meaning of "likely to mislead or deceive" – "an elector" – "in relation to the casting of a vote" – "cause, permit or authorize" – "the result of the election was likely to be affected"
Legislation: Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902 (Cth), ss 173, 197, 200 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1905 (Cth), ss 197, 198A, 200 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1911 (Cth), ss 180, 182, 197, 198A, 200 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) as made, ss 161, 170, 189, 191, 194 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth) as in force, ss 329, 353, 354, 357, 358, 360, 362, 363, 363A, 364, 365 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1922 (Cth), ss 161, 170, 189, 191, 194 Commonwealth Electoral Legislation Amendment Act 1983 (Cth) Electoral and Referendum Amendment Act 1984 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)
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