Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

20.   Revision of register

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    (1)   The Chief Elections Officer shall at intervals of not more than 6 months commencing from the latter half of the year 1979, publish for each electoral district—

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      (a)     the names of all persons who have been registered as electors in each electoral district under this Act, since the publication of the last register of electors;

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      (b)     the names of all electors who because of a change of address have applied in the prescribed form for an alteration in registration either from one electoral district to another or within an electoral district.

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    (Amended by Act 13 of 2016)

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    (2)   Not later than 31 January in each year subsequent to the year 1979, the Chief Elections Officer shall cause to be revised the register of electors for each electoral district by—

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      (a)     adding therein the names of all persons who have been registered as electors during the preceding year;

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      (b)     deleting therefrom the names of all persons who have ceased to be entitled to registration as electors under this Act;

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      (c)     making such other alterations in the Register as are provided under this Act.

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    (3)   Not later than 31 March in each subsequent year, the Chief Elections Officer shall publish the register of electors for each electoral district as revised under this section.

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    (4)   The register of electors for each electoral district as revised under this section shall remain in force until the next revision of the register as herein provided.

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    (5)   An elector whose name has been published under this section shall in case of an election in the electoral district in which he or she is registered be entitled to vote thereat although his or her name does not appear on the register of electors for that electoral district.