FORM R. The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902. Return of Electoral Expenses. I, A B., candidate at the election for [here insert purpose of election] on the day of my electoral expenses at the election: : make the following return respecting [The names of every clerk and scrutineer, and the sum paid to each, must be set out separately.] Paid to the following persons in respect of goods supplied or work and labour done ... ... ... ... ... [The name and description, and the nature of the goods supplied, or the work and labour done by each, must be set out separately.] l'aid hire of rooms for holding public meetings Paid hire of rooms for holding committee meetings Paid for miscellaneous matters ... ... ... ... ... [The name and description of each person to whom any sum is paid, and the reason for which it was paid to him, must be set out separately.] In addition to the above, I am aware of the following disputed and unpaid claims, viz. :— [Here set out the name and description of each person whose claim is disputed, the amount of the claim, and the goods, work, or other matter on the ground of which the claim is based] Except as appears from the above I have not, and to the best of my knowledge and belief, no person has made on my behalf any payment, or given, promised, or offered any reward, office, employment, or valuable consideration, or incurred any liability on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election. I have paid the sum of pounds altogether, and no more, for the purpose of the election, and, except as specified above, no money security, or equivalent for money, has, to my knowledge or belief, been paid, advanced, given, or deposited by any one to any other person for the purpose of defraying any expenses incurred on my behalf on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of the said election. [Signature of candidate, C.D.] Signed this day of in the presence of E.F., Justice of the Peace. Section 172. PARLIAMENTARY ALLOWANCES. Short title. Allowance to No. 20 of 1902. An Act relating to the Allowance to Members of each House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. [Assented to 10th October, 1902.] Bit d the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty the Senate Australia, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1902. 2.-(1.) The allowance to each Senator under section forty-eight of the Constitution shall be reckoned (a) in the case of a Senator chosen at the first election after a (c) in the case of a Senator chosen or appointed to fill a casual (2.) The allowance under section forty-eight of the Constitution to each Member of the House of Representatives shall be reckoned in the case of a Member elected after the passing of this Act from the day of his election. CLAIMS AGAINST THE COMMONWEALTH. No. 21 of 1902. An Act to make temporary provision for enforcing claims against the Commonwealth. [Assented to 10th October, 1902.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Claims against the Commonwealth short title. Act 1902. 2.-(1.) Any person making any claim in contract or in tort against the Commonwealth may set out the particulars of the claim in a petition to the Governor-General praying him to appoint a nominal defendant on behalf of the Commonwealth in the matter of the claim. Appointment of defendant. 39 Vict. No. 38 sec. 2. Vict. No. 1080 sec. 20. (2.) The Governor-General may if he thinks fit appoint any Q 29 Vict. person to be a nominal defendant accordingly. 3.-(1.) The petitioner may in respect of the claim bring against the nominal defendant an action or suit at law or in equity in the Supreme Court of the State in which the claim arose. (2.) The rights of parties in the action or suit shall as nearly as possible be the same, and judgment may be given and costs awarded on either side, as in an ordinary case between subject and subject. 4. The nominal defendant shall not be individually liable in the action or suit in respect of his person or property, and no execution or attachment, or process in the nature thereof, shall issue against him. 5. The Governor-General may cause to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated for the purpose, the amount of any damages and costs awarded to the plaintiff, and may perform any decree or order made by the Court in the action or suit. No. 23 sec. 2. Tas. 55 Vict. No. 24 sec. 4. Proceedings defendant. sec. 3. Nominal defendant not to liable. See N.S. W. ib. sec. 4. Vict. ib. sec. 24. Qu. ib. sec. 6. Satisfaction of See Vict. ib. sec. 25. S. A. ib. sec. 6. Supreme Court federal 6. The Supreme Court of each State is hereby invested with federal jurisdiction for the purpose of hearing and determining invested with actions and suits brought under this Act, and shall have that jurisdiction. jurisdiction as a Court invested with federal jurisdiction and not otherwise. Postponement of appeal. Duration of Act. 7. In any action or suit brought under this Act, any appeal, or application for leave to appeal, from a decision of the Supreme Court of a State, which in the opinion of the Attorney-General involves a constitutional question, or a question of importance to the Commonwealth, shall on the application of the Attorney-General be postponed until a time not later than the date of expiration of this Act. 8. This Act shall expire on the thirty-first day of December One thousand nine hundred and three. INDEX TO THE 387 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT. NOTE. In the references to sections the numbers to which the letters "cl." are electors of States, rights of new States ... ... States, continuance of State Constitutions on suffrage in States, counting of votes pending uniform franchise |