Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

19.   Claims and objections to registration

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    (1)   A person who is qualified to be registered as an elector for an electoral district but whose name does not appear on the register or supplementary list shall be entitled to be registered upon    making application in the prescribed form and during the prescribed period, at a registration office or centre designated for the registration of electors for that particular electoral district.

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    (2)   Any person whose name appears on any register or supplementary list may object in the prescribed form and during the prescribed period to the inclusion of any other name on such list.

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    (3)   All claims for registration made by persons whose names do not appear on the register or supplementary list and all objections to the registration of any persons whose names appear on any supplementary list duly made in the prescribed form and during the prescribed period shall be determined in accordance with this Act by the Registration Officer for the electoral district to which the register or supplementary list in question relates.

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    (4)   Where under this section any claim or objection has been disallowed a Registration Officer or claimant or objector may refer the matter in the prescribed form to the Commission whose decision shall be final.

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    (5)   Where a successful objection has been made to the registration of an elector, his or her name shall be deleted from the list of electors and he or she shall not use the identification card issued to him or her for any electoral purposes.