ELECTIONS (REGISTRATION, ETC. OF VOTERS) ACT

Section 11: Completion of preliminary list.

1991Section 11 of 22Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The registration officer shall amend the preliminary list
(a) to give effect to a decision on any claim or objection; or
(b) to delete any duplicate entry; or
(c) to delete the names of persons who are dead or disqualified; or
(d) to delete the names of persons who do not comply with the provisions of section 2 of this Act.
(2) Where a preliminary list is amended to give effect to a decision to include the name of a voter, the registration officer shall at the same time issue to the person whose name is included in that list a registration card in Form EC.1G in the Schedule to this Act.
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(3) If the registration officer or the Commission has reasonable cause to believe that a person is registered in more than one place either in the same constituency or in different constituencies, the registration officer or the Commission, as the case may be, shall make such alterations or corrections in the preliminary list as are necessary.
(4) No correction under subsection (3) of this section shall be made without notice to the person affected and the giving of reasonable time for the receipt of objections to the proposed correction and, if necessary, for any hearing in respect thereof.
(5) Every notice required to be given under this section shall be in writing and may be-
(a) served upon the person affected by delivering it at or posting it to his address as shown in the preliminary list; or
(b) exhibited at such Local Government Council offices or Local Government Electoral Offices or other public place in the vicinity of the ordinary residence of the person as shown in the preliminary list.

Cite this section

Section 11, ELECTIONS (REGISTRATION, ETC. OF VOTERS) ACT (1991).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/elections-registration-etc-of-voters-act/section/11/