ELECTIONS (REGISTRATION, ETC. OF VOTERS) ACT
Section 14: Correction of register of voters.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where the Commission is satisfied that there is mistake in the register of voters, it shall not later than seven days before the date appointed for an election, give notice in such manner as it thinks fit of its intention to correct the mistake; and the correction may be made accordingly.
(2) Nothing in this section as to limitation of time or the giving of notice shall apply where the Commission is satisfied that it is in the public interest to make the correction without waiting for any time or giving any notice.
(3) A registered voter who at any time before the election is resident in a constituency, other than that in which he is registered, may apply to the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the State where he is resident for his name to be entered on the transferred voter's list for the constituency.
(4) An application under the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall be accompanied by the applicant's registration card as in form EC.1G in the Schedule to this Act and be made-
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(a) not less than thirty days before nomination day in the constituency where the applicant is resident; and
(b) not less than thirty days before nomination day in the constituency where the applicant is registered.
(5)
The Resident Electoral Commissioner to whom an application is made under the provisions of this section shall cause the applicant's name to be entered in the transferred voter's list if he is satisfied that the applicant is resident in a polling area in his constituency and is registered in some other constituency.
(6) Whenever an electoral officer on the direction of the Resident Electoral Commissioner enters the name of any person on the transferred voter's list for his constituency, he shall -
(a) assign that person to a polling station or a voting area in his constituency and indicate in the list the voting station or polling area to which that person is assigned;
(b)
send a copy of the entry to the electoral officer of the constituency where the person whose name has been so entered was originally registered and upon receipt of the entry, the electoral officer shall delete the voter's name from the voter's list.
(7) Every person whose name is entered on the transferred voters list for a constituency shall be entitled to vote at any election in the polling station or polling area to which he is assigned.
Cite this section
Section 14, ELECTIONS (REGISTRATION, ETC. OF VOTERS) ACT (1991).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/elections-registration-etc-of-voters-act/section/14/