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Article 27
 

(1) The Commission may not refuse an application by a person to be registered as a voter, or cancel the registration of a voter, or expunge his name from the Electoral Register in terms ofarticle 58(a) of the Constitution before it obtains the decision of the Medical Board established in terms of article 14 or unless such person has been interdicted for mental incapacity by a competent court.


(2) The decision of the Medical Board shall be final and binding on the Commission and the voter and no appeal shall lie therefrom.


(3) Decisions of the Medical Board that a voter is of unsound mind shall be taken by unanimous vote and shall be communicatedin writing to the Commission who shall thereupon inform the voter.


(4) Every public officer shall be in duty bound to provide the Board with any information it may require regarding the health of the person whose entitlement to be registered or to continue to be registered as a voter is being considered.


(5) The Medical Board shall regulate its own procedure.