(1) All applications which may be made to the Commission under this Act regarding the registration, cancellation,  correction or transfer of a voter may either be delivered to the  Electoral Office or to the Local Council office wherein the voter  resides or to any police officer in any police station in Malta or  Gozo, or forwarded to the Commission free of any charge for  posting. 

(2) Every Local Council secretary and every police officer to whom an application as is referred to in sub-article (1) hereof is  delivered shall give a receipt to the person delivering the  application, write on the application the date on which the  application is received and shall forward the application forthwith  to the Commission. 

(3) The Commission shall give or forward to each applicant a receipt in respect of each such application received by it. 

(4) Any notice or other written communication which may be  made by the Commission under this Act may be forwarded through  the post and shall be deemed to have been received by the person to  whom it was addressed on the day on which a letter regularly  posted would in the normal course of postage have been received:  Provided that any notice or written communication sent by  the Commission to any person regarding his rights as a voter shall  be sent by registered post. 

(5) It shall be the duty of the Electoral Commission to ensure that an adequate supply of forms is available at all times at Local  Council offices and at police stations.