(1) Every person shall be entitled to be registered as a voter for the purpose of the election of members of the local authority having jurisdiction over the district to which the register refers, and when registered, to vote at the election of members of the local authority, who—
(a) is a British subject;
(b) has attained the age of 21 years; and
(c) is not a person of unsound mind so found under any law in force in Saint Lucia; and
(d) possesses one of the following qualifications:
(i) is the proprietor or occupier of land or of a house and land in the urban village or rural district of an assessed annual rental value of not less than $9.60, or
(ii) being resident in the urban, village or rural district is in receipt of a clear annual income of not less than $28.80, or
(iii) being resident in the urban, village or rural district has paid direct taxes for the previous year to any amount whatsoever.
(2) For the purposes of the foregoing subsection the expression “direct taxes” shall have the same meaning as in section 12 hereof.
(3) The annual rental value of property, the receipt of income, and the payment of taxes in respect of which any right to vote is claimed shall be such as is proved to the satisfaction of the clerk to the local authority.