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Article 35
 

(1) Whenever an election is to be held, the voters shall be those whose name appears in the revised Electoral Register published in terms of article 33(5), subject to such additions, cancellations or corrections ordered by the Revising Officer, and the Commission shall not have the right to withhold any voting document to any voter who is so registered unless such voter has died:


Provided that nothing in this article shall entitle any person to vote, who has ceased to have the necessary qualifications to vote or relieve such person from penalties to which he may be liable forso voting. Nor shall anything in this article entitle any person to vote unless he satisfies the requirements of this Act.


(2) The public officers indicated in article 20, the Commissioner  of Police, the Registrar of the Courts of Malta and the Registrar of the Courts of Gozo, shall be required to furnish the Commission with all information it may require to determine whether or not a person is entitled to be registered as a voter.