Electoral Act, 1992
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Supplement to the register of electors. |
15.—(1) A person who, on the qualifying date in respect of a register of electors, was entitled to be registered as an elector, but was not so registered in that register, may apply to the registration authority to have his name entered in a supplement to the register which the registration authority is hereby empowered to prepare and publish. | |
(2) The provisions of Part II of the Second Schedule shall apply to— | ||
(a) consideration of applications under subsection (1) by the registration authority and the ruling on such applications by the registration authority, | ||
(b) the ruling on an appeal against the decision of the registration authority, and | ||
(c) the preparation and publication by the registration authority of a supplement to the register of electors. | ||
(3) The registration authority shall, within the period after the publication of the register of electors specified for that purpose in the Second Schedule , ascertain if any corrections in the register are necessary because of errors of a clerical or typographical nature or because of misnomers or inaccurate descriptions and, if any such corrections are ascertained to be necessary, the registration authority shall publish a list of them and such list shall be deemed to form part of the register of electors and may form part of any supplement prepared pursuant to subsection (1). | ||
(4) A supplement to the register of electors published by the registration authority under subsection (1) shall be deemed to form part of the register of electors. | ||
(5) An application by a person to have his name entered in the supplement to the register, received by the registration authority on or after the twelfth day (disregarding any excluded day) before polling day at an election or referendum shall not have effect in relation to that election or referendum. |