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Electoral Provisions (Registration of Electors) Regulations

[1984 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

(2) A register shall be arranged in accordance with the identity card numbers of the electors entitled to vote at each polling station. (3) The entry in relation to each elector in the register shall contain the following particulars--

(a) the identity card number of the elector:

(b) the name of the elector, if his application for inclusion in

the register is made-

(i) in English, in English; or

(ii) in Chinese, in Chinese;

(c) the letter M or F denoting the sex of the elector;

(d) the residential address of the elector.

(4) Except for the names in Chinese as prescribed in para- graph (3)(b), the register shall be prepared only in English.

(5) The provisional register and the final register shall be in such form, consistent with the requirements of this regulation, as the registration officer considers to be convenient.

(6) The omission from any entry in a register of any of the particulars specified in paragraph (3) shall not disqualify or debar the elector from voting at an election.

Applications

for inclusion in provisional register.

65 of 1984. s. 28.

Powers and procedure on applications for inclusion in provisional register.

65 of 1984, s. 28.

6.

PART II

APPLICATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN AND COMPILATION OF PROVISIONAL REGISTER

Applications for inclusion in the provisional register for any year may be lodged, either in person or by post, with the registration officer during the period commencing on 15 August and ending on 30 September in that year, and shall be in the specified form duly completed in either English or Chinese.

7. (1) If the registration officer receives an application under regulation 6 for inclusion in the provisional register, he shall, as soon as may be, either-

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

elector; or

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

elector:

Provided that before making a ruling under this paragraph the registration officer may refer the application back to the applicant for further particulars or for further proof of his entitlement to registration, and take no further action on the application unless such particulars or proof are supplied to his satisfaction before 15 October in the year in which the application is lodged.

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