Section 39: Ordinary residence.

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident only in that place where he normally lives, sleeps and has his usual abode, whether or not the said place is in his State of origin.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, a person who is ordinarily resident outside his indigenous Local Government Area or outside his State of origin shall only be eligible to vote in that place if he is ordinarily resident there as prescribed in subsection (1) of this section.