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Further evidence that may be required for purposes of registration on first register of electors
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16. (1) The chief registration officer, before registering any person in the register of electors, may if he or she thinks it necessary—
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(a) require such person to produce a certificate of his or her birth or, if that is not practicable or convenient, to make a statutory declaration that he or she has attained the age of eighteen years, and
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(b) require such person either, as the case may require, to make a statutory declaration that he or she is a citizen of Ireland or to produce a certificate of his or her naturalisation as a citizen of Ireland or a valid passport issued by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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(2) The Minister may prescribe the form and manner of making of a statutory declaration under this section.
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