Commonwealth Electoral Act 1925 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL.

No. 20 of 1925.

An Act to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1924.

[Assented to 26th September, 1925.]

BE it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation. 1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1925. (2.) The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1924 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act. (3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918-1925.

Persons entitled to enrolment and to vote. 2. Section thirty-nine of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (5.) thereof the words "unless so entitled under section forty-one of the Constitution" and inserting in their stead the words "unless— (a) he is so entitled under section forty-one of the Constitution; (b) he is a native of British India; or (c) he is a person to whom a certificate of naturalization has been issued under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State and that certificate is still in force, or is a person who obtained British nationality by virtue of the issue of any such certificate".

Amendment of s. 41. 3. Section forty-one of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by inserting in sub-section (4.) thereof, after the word "Act", the letter "(a)"; and (b) by adding at the end of that sub-section the following paragraph:— "and (b) any Senator who lives in the Territory for the Seat of Government may, if he so desires, have his name placed upon and retained upon the roll for any Subdivision of any Division in the State which he represents and any Member of the House of Representatives who lives in the Territory for the Seat of Government may, if he so desires, have his name placed upon and retained upon the roll for any Subdivision of the Division which he represents."