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Paragraph 52
 

Deletion of names


The Chief Electoral Officer shall delete from the Register of Electors or Register of Future Electors the name of any person who


(a) is dead;


(b) is not an elector or future elector, as the case may be, subject to subsection 44(4);


(c) requests in writing to have his or her name deleted;


(d) is, by reason of mental incapacity, under a courtordered protective regime, including guardianship, tutorship or curatorship, and whose authorized representative under the regime requests in writing that the person’s name be deleted; or


(e) is a future elector with a mental incapacity whose parent requests in


Conditions


(1.1) A person’s name may be deleted under paragraph (1)(d) only if the authorized representative has provided the Chief Electoral Officer with a copy of the court order and satisfactory proof of that representative’s identity.


Deletion of name — discretionary


(2) The Chief Electoral Officer may delete from the Register of Electors or Register of Future Electors the name of any person who fails to comply with a request referred to in paragraph 51(b) within the 60 days.