Electoral Act, 1997
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Consideration of applications. |
67.—(1) Where the registration authority is satisfied that an applicant— | |
(a) is an elector to whom section 63 applies, | ||
(b) has duly completed the application form, and | ||
(c) has furnished the certificate or, as the case may be, statutory declaration required under section 64 , | ||
the registration authority shall— | ||
(i) rule that the application is granted and mark the application form accordingly, and | ||
(ii) notify the applicant of the decision. | ||
(2) Where the registration authority is not satisfied that an applicant— | ||
(a) is an elector to whom section 63 applies, or | ||
(b) has duly completed the application form, or | ||
(c) has furnished the certificate or, as the case may be, statutory declaration required under section 64 , | ||
the registration authority shall— | ||
(i) rule that the application is refused and mark the application form accordingly, and | ||
(ii) notify the applicant of the decision and of the reason therefor. | ||
(3) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), whenever an application is received by a registration authority after the date specified in section 63 , the application shall be disregarded and the applicant shall be notified accordingly. | ||
(b) As respects the year in which this Part comes into operation the Minister may, by order, appoint a date to be the latest date for receiving applications in lieu of the date specified for this purpose in sections 63 and 64 and a period for giving public notice in lieu of the period specified in section 66 and paragraph (a) shall be construed accordingly as respects that year. |