ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 18
ELECTORAL ACT 1907 - SECT 18
18 . People not entitled to vote and be enrolled
(1) A person is not
entitled to vote in an election if the person —
(a) is
the subject of a lack of capacity notice; or
(aa) is
not on the Commonwealth roll for this State under the ground specified in the
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 section 93(8)(a); or
(b) has
been convicted of treason and has not been granted a pardon for the offence;
or
(c) is
serving or is yet to serve a sentence of detention (imposed under the
Young Offenders Act 1994 ), or imprisonment, of 1 year or longer; or
(ca) is
serving or is yet to serve indefinite imprisonment imposed under the
Sentencing Act 1995 Part 14; or
(cb) is
subject to an order under section 279(5)(b) of The Criminal Code ; or
(cc) is
subject to an order under repealed section 19(6a)(a), 282(c)(iii) or (d)(ii),
653, 661, 662 or 693(4) of The Criminal Code ; or
(cd) is
a supervised person as defined in the Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act
2023 section 9(1); or
(d)
is the holder of a temporary visa for the purposes
of the Migration Act 1958 (Commonwealth) or is an unlawful non-citizen under
that Act.
(2) A person mentioned
in subsection (1)(a), (aa), (b) or (d) is not entitled to be enrolled as an
elector.
[Section 18 amended: No. 39 of 1934 s. 2; No. 58
of 1951 s. 3; No. 51 of 1962 s. 3; No. 68 of 1964 s. 6; No. 39 of 1979 s. 7;
No. 78 of 1995 s. 35; No. 69 of 1996 s. 23; No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 8; No.
84 of 2004 s. 82; No. 64 of 2006 s. 18; No. 29 of 2008 s. 32; No. 7 of 2009
s. 7; No. 30 of 2023 s. 19; No. 10 of 2023 s. 338.]
[Heading inserted: No. 30 of 2023 s. 20.]