Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:170a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 170A (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 366177–367554

illegal practice (within the meaning of Part XXII), but a petition disputing the election or the return relating to the election must not be made except if it is signed by the person; and
 (b) except as provided by paragraph (a), the decision:
 (i) is final and conclusive; and
 (ii) must not on any ground be challenged, appealed against, reviewed, quashed, set aside or called in question in any court or tribunal, including in the Court of Disputed Returns under Division 1 of Part XXII; and
 (iii) is not subject on any ground to mandamus, prohibition, certiorari or injunction, or the making of a declaratory or other order, in any court, including in the Court of Disputed Returns under that Division.
This subsection does not affect the decision to reject the nomination to the extent that the nomination is rejected for any other reason despite being valid.
 (6) Subsection (5) applies despite:
 (a) section 355 (except as provided by paragraph (5)(a)); and
 (b) section 383; and
 (c) anything in any other law, except the Constitution, and section 39B and Part VII of the Judiciary Act 1903.
Note: For paragraph (a), a petition disputing an election or return may be made under section 355 because a person whose nomination is accepted is incapable of being chosen or sitting as a Senator or member of the House of Representatives under section 44 of the Constitution.