(1) Where a person is lawfully in possession of an identification card and his or her name does not appear on the register for the electoral district in which he or she resides, such person may not later than 7 days after the publication of the register, apply in the prescribed form and at the appropriate registration office for the inclusion of his or her name in such register.
(2) The Chief Elections Officer shall promptly cause to be published the name, address, occupation and identification number of such applicant and all objections to the inclusion of the name of the applicant in the register shall be made in the prescribed form not later than 7 days after such publication.
(3) On a date fixed and published by the Chief Elections Officer, (being a date not less than 3 days after the expiration of the period of publication of objections) the Chief Elections Officer shall determine such objections as may have been made and if he or she decides in favour of the applicant, shall add the name of the applicant to the register, shall sign and seal the same, and shall cause the same to be published.