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Addition

of new regulation SA.

(d) by the addition at the end thereof of the following new

paragraphs-

4.

(7) On application by an elector or by a person applying to be registered as an elector whose name does not appear on his identity card in Chinese, the registration officer may add to the entry in respect of such elector his name in Chinese.

(8) The omission from any entry in the register of any of the particulars specified in paragraph (4) shall not disqualify or debar the elector from voting at an election.

(9) On the application of any elector or on notice to any elector, the registration officer may correct any incorrect entry in the register.

The principal regulations are amended by the addition after regulation 3 of the following new regulation-

"Removal

of names

Form 2A.

SA. (1) If it appears to the registration officer that any person whose name appears on a register is dead or has left the Colony or whose name appears elsewhere in the register or who is no longer or has never been qualified as an elector, the registration officer may post by ordinary post to such elector a notice in accordance with Form 2A calling on such elector to complete and return within fourteen days of the date of such notice the part of such notice which is addressed to the registration officer.

(2) A notice in accordance with this regulation may be posted by the registration officer at any time between the 1st day of July and the 1st day of October in any year in which a provisional register is pre- pared in accordance with regulation 5 and shall be addressed to the elector at the address appearing in the register.

(3) If a notice in accordance with this regulation is sent to an elector and the portion addressed to the registration officer is not received by the registration officer within fourteen days of the date of the notice, the registration officer may delete the name of the elector from the provisional register.

(4) On or before the 1st day of December in each year in which a provisional register is compiled. the registration officer shall prepare a list of persons whose names have been removed from the register in accordance with the provisions of this regulation."

ment of

tion 6.

5. Regulation 6 of the principal regulations is amended- Amend- (u) by the deletion in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) of regula

the word 'is" and the substitution therefor of the following-

"and the list of names which have been removed from the provisional register in accordance with regulation 5A are"; and

(b) by the addition at the end thereof of the following new

paragraph-

*(3) A notice of change of polling station may be lodged with the registration officer at any time between the 1st day of July and the 14th day of October in any year in which a provisional register is prepared in accordance with regulation 5.".

6. Regulation 7 of the principal regulations is amended by Amend the deletion of paragraph (1) and the substitution therefor of the ment of following-

*(0) Notices of application may be forwarded to or lodged with the registration officer at any time between the 1st day of July and the 14th day of October in any year in which a provisional register is published in accordance with regulation 5.

(A) If the registration officer receives a notice of application for registration as an elector he shall forthwith either-

(a) rule that the applicant is entitled to be registered as

an elector;

(b) rule that the applicant is not entitled to be registered

as an elector; or

(c) refer the application back to the applicant for further

particulars or further proofs.".

regula- tion T.