(1) For the purpose of the discharge of their functions under the Act an enumerator, a registration officer or the Chief Registration Officer may, in relation to a person claiming to be registered or against whose inclusion in any preliminary or revised list an objection has been made, if he or she thinks necessary—
(a) require that person either to produce a birth certificate or to make a statutory declaration as to the date of his or her birth;
(b) require that person either to produce a certificate of naturalisation or a document showing that he or she has become a Commonwealth citizen by nature of registration, or to make a statutory declaration that he or she was a Commonwealth citizen on the qualifying date.
(2) Where a declaration is so required no stamp duty as provided by any enactment making provision for the payment of stamp duty shall be payable therein.