[2018] CCJ 13 (AJ)
The Representation of the People Act
6. (1) Subject to this Act, a person is entitled to vote as an elector at an
election in a constituency if on polling day he is qualified to be an elector
for that constituency and is on that day registered in the register of electors
to be used at that election in that constituency.
(2) A person is not entitled to vote as an elector at an election in a
constituency unless he is registered in the register of electors to be used at
that election in that constituency.
7. (1) Subject to this Act and any enactment imposing any disqualification
for registration as an elector, a person is qualified to be registered as an
elector for a constituency if, on the qualifying date, he
(a) is a citizen of Barbados; or
(b) is a Commonwealth citizen (other than a citizen of Barbados) who has
resided in Barbados for a period of at least three years immediately
before the qualifying date and
(c) is 18 years of age or over;
(d) and has resided in that constituency for a period of at least 3 months
before that qualifying date,
11. Notwithstanding section 7, a person shall not be qualified to be
registered as an elector until he has complied with the provisions of this Act
and the regulations relating to the registration of electors.
16. (1) All claims for registration made by a person whose name does not
appear in the register, the revised register of electors or the register for
elections and all objections to the registration of persons whose names
appear in the registers of electors and the register of foreign service electors,
as the case may be, shall be determined in accordance with the regulations
by the appropriate registering officer acting with respect to the constituency
to which the register in question relates.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (l), when a claim thereunder has been
disallowed, the registering officer may in accordance with the regulations
refer the matter to the Commission whose decision shall be final.
18. (4) The register for elections must contain the name, address,
occupation, if any, and electoral number of every person qualified under
this Act to be registered as an elector or a foreign service elector, for the
constituency.
The Representation of the People (Registration of Electors) Regulations
1990
9. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person who is qualified to be registered as
an elector shall make application in the Form 1 set out in the First Schedule
to the registering officer of the polling district in which he resides.
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