Section 15: Owner of the Resident Electoral Commissioner to entertain late registration.

(1) Any person eligible to register as a voter in any constituency, but who was at the time of the registration or revision exercise unable to have his name included in the register of voters by reason of being out of Nigeria during the exercise or for any other cause as the Commission may deem reasonable in the circumstances, may apply to the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the State in which he is resident for his name to be included in the register of voters in the constituency in which he is resident.
(2) An application under the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall be made not less than thirty days before nomination day in the constituency where the applicant is resident.
(3) 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 appropriate register of voters if he is satisfied that the applicant is resident in the registration unit in his constituency.
(4) Every person whose name is entered in the register of voters for a constituency shall be entitled to vote at any election in the polling station or a voting area in which he is registered.