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Local Electoral Act 2001

Offences - General provisions

137: Property may be stated as being in electoral officer

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"Voting documents can be treated as belonging to the electoral officer in court."

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You are involved in a court case about voting documents. The court treats these documents as belonging to the electoral officer. This is for elections or polls where the documents were used.

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Part 7Offences
General provisions

137Property may be stated as being in electoral officer

  1. In any proceedings for an offence in relation to any voting documents or other official documents, files, records, instruments, or devices used officially for an election or poll, the property in those documents, files, records, and instruments is to be treated as that of the electoral officer at that election or poll.

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  • 1976 No 144 s 61