Section 20Part 2 — Electoral Districts and Registration of Electors
Electors registration cards
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Every person whose name appears on the Register of Electors and who follows the procedures set out in Schedule 4 shall be issued by the Supervisor with an electors registration card in Form 11.
The procedure for the issue of electors registration cards shall be as set out in Schedule 4.
The electors registration card shall be supplied within thirty days of the transmission to the Supervisor of the lists under section 18(3).
A person who, without lawful authority, destroys, mutilates, defaces, removes or makes any alteration in an electors registration card or any duplicate of the same commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.
When the electors registration card of any person has been lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed such person shall, upon making application in Form 12 to the Supervisor, and provided that that person has complied with the procedures set out in Schedule 4, be entitled to receive a duplicate card. The Supervisor, when issuing such duplicate card, shall endorse such card with the word "Duplicate" prominently displayed thereon and shall, at the same time, transmit to the registering officer for the electoral district in respect of which the card applies, notification that such duplicate has been issued.
A person who makes an application under subsection (5) which is false in any material particular commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for three months.
Cross References
- Section 18 of Elections Act
section 18(3)