Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152:section:193
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00152
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 193
Character Range: 404627–405610

193  Authorised witnesses
 (1) An elector whose name appears on a Roll is an authorised witness.
 (2) Outside Australia, the following persons are authorised witnesses:
 (a) an officer of the Defence Force or of the naval, military or air forces of a Commonwealth country;
 (b) a person appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999;
 (c) a member of the civil or public service of a State or Territory or of a Commonwealth country;
 (d) a Justice of the Peace for a State or Territory or a Commonwealth country;
 (e) a minister of religion or medical practitioner resident in a State or Territory or a Commonwealth country;
 (f) an Australian citizen.
 (3) A person who is a candidate at an election is not an authorised witness in relation to the casting of a postal vote in that election.
 (4) In this section:
Commonwealth country means a body politic, or part of a body politic, that is a member of the international organisation known as the Commonwealth of Nations.