Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:286:p1
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Provision Reference: s 286 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 598679–601520

286  Extension of time
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, before or after the day appointed for any election the person causing the writ to be issued may, by notice published in the Gazette, provide for extending the time for holding the election, or for holding the election in a specified Division, or for returning the writ, or meeting any difficulty which might otherwise interfere with the due course of the election; and any provisions so made shall be valid and sufficient and any date provided for in lieu of a date fixed by the writ shall be deemed to be the date so fixed:
Provided that:
 (a) public notice shall be immediately given in the State, Territory or Division for which the election is to be held of any extension of the time for holding the election.

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

No. 27, 1918

Compilation No. 79

Compilation date: 21 February 2025

                Includes amendments: Act No. 16, 2025

This compilation is in 2 volumes

Volume 1: sections 1–286
Volume 2: sections 286A–396
 Schedules
 Endnotes

Each volume has its own contents

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 21 February 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Contents
Part XX—Election funding and financial disclosure
Division