STATUTORY RULES.

1911. No. 96.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1902-1909.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that, on account of urgency, the following Regulations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902-1909, should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this twenty-first day of June, One thousand nine hundred and eleven.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

KING O’MALLEY,

Minister of State for Home Affairs.

Duty of Householders to Answer Questions.

7b. (i.) Every occupier of a habitation shall to the best of his knowledge and belief answer all questions asked him by an officer or by a collector, engaged in a canvass made for the purposes of the preparation of new Rolls, as to the number of adult persons residing in the habitation, and their names, occupations, and electoral qualifications, so as to enable the officer or collector to perform his duties under these Regulations.

(ii.) Any person who commits any contravention of this Regulation or who wilfully or by carelessness gives incorrect information to or misleads any officer or collector shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to a penalty not exceeding Two pounds.

Duty of Householder to Distribute Forms to Inmates of his House.

7c. (i.) Where, for the purposes of the preparation of new Rolls, forms of claim for enrolment or official notifications relating thereto have been left or received at any habitation, the occupier of the habitation shall forthwith deliver one of such forms to each adult person living therein who is entitled to be enrolled on the Roll for the Sub-division in which the habitation is situated.

(ii.) Any person who commits any contravention of this Regulation shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding Two pounds.

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