(1) The deposit made by or on behalf of a candidate at a Senate election or at a House of Representatives election shall be retained pending the election, and after the election shall be returned in accordance with subsection (2), if the candidate is elected, or: (a) in the case of a Senate election: (i) if the total number of votes polled in the candidate’s favour as first preferences is at least 4% of the total number of votes polled in favour of the candidates in the election as first preferences; or (ii) in a case where the name of the candidate is included, in ballot papers used in the election, in a group in pursuance of section 168—if the sum of the votes polled in favour of each of the candidates included in the group as first preferences is at least 4% of the total number of votes polled in favour of the candidates in the election as first preferences; or (b) in the case of a House of Representatives election, if the total number of votes polled in the candidate’s favour as first preferences is at least 4% of the total number of votes polled in favour of the candidates in the election as first preferences; otherwise it shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth. (2) The deposit must be returned to the person who paid it, or to a person authorised in writing by the person who paid it.
§ CEA s. 173Deposit to be forfeited in certain cases
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