After a candidate is elected in accordance with subsection 274(7) in a House of Representatives election, the Electoral Commission may, for the purpose of obtaining information, give the Divisional Returning Officer who conducted the scrutiny directions for the examination of the second and later preferences of candidates and for the distribution of those preferences in a manner specified in the directions, and the Divisional Returning Officer shall comply with those directions.
§ CEA s. 277Scrutiny for information
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