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Article 13
 

(1) By virtue of this Act all Magistrates serving in the Court of Magistrates (Malta) and the Court of Magistrates (Gozo) shall be deemed to be Revising Officers.


(2) Revising Officers may hold sittings in any court or in any Local Council office for the purpose of dealing with any application or appeal regarding the registration, transfer, correction, or cancellation of any voter.


(3) All such applications or appeals to a Revising Officer shall be signed by the applicant or by any person on behalf of and authorised by the applicant or appellant or by an advocate or legal procurator and shall be filed in the Registry of the Court of Magistrates (Malta) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo), as the case may be.


(4) The Revising Officer shall appoint a day for the hearing of the application or appeal and shall direct that a copy of the application or appeal together with the day fixed for the hearing shall be served on the applicant or appellant, on the Commission and on any other person whom such application or appeal concerns.


(5) Service shall be effected by registered post. Where any of the persons to be served with the application or appeal by registered post is not found,the Revising Officer shall direct that the person shall be served by an officer of the court. Where the person is not found by such officer of the court, the Revising Officer shall, on the report of the officer of the court direct that the application or appeal be posted on the notice board of the police station and the Local Council office of the locality in which theperson concerned resides and to be published twice in all local daily newspapers and where necessary, shall appoint another day for the hearing.


(6) Service on all the persons concerned shall be effected at least three days before the day fixed for the hearing of the application or appeal.


(7) If the applicant or appellant shall fail to appear on the day appointed for the hearing and is not represented by an advocate or legal procurator or other person, the application or appeal shall be considered as abandoned.


(8) In the case of an application for the removal of the name ofa person from the Electoral Register, if such person shall fail to appear on the day appointed for the hearing and is not represented by an advocate or legal procurator or other person, the application may be decided in default.


(9) In the case of an application or appeal based on the grounds of mental infirmity the Revising Officer shall, notwithstanding the absence of the applicant or appellant or of an advocate, legal procurator or other person representing him, refer the application or appeal to the Medical Board for determination.


(10) In determining the application the Revising Officer shall state the reasons for his decision and the applicant or appellant, the Commission or the voter concerned shall have the right to appeal to the Court of Appeal on any point of law by means of an application filed within seven days of the delivery of the decision by the Revising Officer.


(11) No fee shall be charged in the Registry on any application or appeal, for the service thereof, for any other proceeding in consequence thereof or for any decision thereon.