(1) This section applies to the inclusion of a person’s name in a Roll under a provision of this Part. (2) The Electoral Commissioner may refuse to include a person’s name in a Roll if the Electoral Commissioner considers that the name: (a) is fictitious, frivolous, offensive or obscene; or (b) is not the name by which the person is usually known; or (c) is not written in the alphabet used for the English language. (3) The Electoral Commissioner may refuse to include a person’s name in a Roll if including the name in the Roll would be contrary to the public interest. (4) If the Electoral Commissioner decides under this section to refuse to include a person’s name in a Roll, the Electoral Commissioner must notify the person in writing of that decision.
StatuteCommonwealth Electoral Act 1918 — Part VII — Qualifications and disqualifications for enrolment and for voting🇦🇺au
§ CEA s. 93APower to refuse to include in the Roll inappropriate names
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