Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006
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Application to be entered in postal voters list. |
3.— (1) The following provisions shall apply in relation to an application to be entered in the postal voters list pursuant to section 2 : | |
(a) the application shall be in the form directed by the Minister; | ||
(b) the application shall be signed by the applicant or, if the applicant is unable to write, he or she shall place his or her mark on the application form and, in either case, the form shall be completed in accordance with the instructions provided thereon; | ||
(c) the application form, duly completed and accompanied by the certificate referred to in subsection (2), shall be handed to the relevant official who shall send it or cause it to be sent by post so as to be received by the registration authority not later than the last date for making claims for corrections in the draft register. | ||
(2) The certificate referred to in subsection (1)(c) is a certificate, in the form directed by the Minister, under the hand of the relevant official of the prison concerned stating that the applicant is a person who is detained in prison pursuant to an order of a court and the circumstances of the elector’s detention are such as to render it likely that he or she will be unable to go in person on polling day to vote at the polling place for the polling district. |