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Paragraph 28
 
 

28. As already pointed out, Section 13 of the 1983 Act bound each registration officer to publish each year a revised version of his/her registers. Section 13 (1), as amended by Schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 2000, prescribes further that:
 
“(1) Following the conclusion of the canvass conducted by a registration officer for any year under section 10 above, the officer shall publish a revised version of both of his registers (the “full” and the “edited” one) in the following periods:
            (a) by 1st December in that year; or
            (b) by such later date as regulations may prescribe.
(2) The revised versions of the registers shall incorporate
(a) all the alterations which are required to be made in them as mentioned in section 10(6) above; and
(b) any alterations which are required to be made by virtue of section 13A(3) below.
(3) A registration officer may in addition, if he thinks fit, publish a revised version of either of his registers at any time between
(a) the time when the register was last published in accordance with subsection (1) above; and
(b) the time when it is due to be next so published;
and a registration officer proposing to publish a revised version of a register in accordance with this subsection must publish notice of his intention to do so by such time and in such manner as may be prescribed”.

iv.        There should be an administrative procedure - subject to judicial control - or a judicial procedure, allowing for the registration of a voter who was not registered; the registration should not take place at the polling station on election day.