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ELECTORAL REGULATIONS 2022 (SR NO 68 OF 2022) - REG 8

Enrolment by physically incapacitated persons

    (1)     If—

        (a)     a person (the enrolling person) wishes to make a claim under section 23(1) or (2) of the Act for enrolment or for provisional enrolment; and

        (b)     the enrolling person cannot sign the claim due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily); and

        (c)     a registered medical practitioner has certified in writing that the enrolling person cannot sign the claim due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily)—

the enrolling person may complete, sign and forward the claim by having another person do so on the enrolling person's behalf and in accordance with the enrolling person's directions.

    (2)     A claim that is made in accordance with subregulation (1) must, when forwarded to the Commission under section 23(1)(b) or (2)(b) of the Act, be accompanied by the certificate referred to in subregulation (1)(c).

    (3)     If—

        (a)     a person (the enrolled person) is required, under section 23(4) of the Act, to notify the Commission in writing of the person's new address; and

        (b)     the enrolled person cannot notify the Commission due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily); and

        (c)     another person has been appointed with a general non-enduring power of attorney, or an enduring power of attorney, of the enrolled person under the Powers of Attorney Act 2014 ; and

        (d)     that other person signs a statutory declaration stating that the enrolled person cannot notify the Commission due to being physically incapacitated (whether permanently or temporarily)—

the enrolled person may notify the Commission by having that other person do so on the enrolled person's behalf and in accordance with the enrolled person's directions.

    (4)     If the Commission is to be notified of a change of address in accordance with subregulation (3), the notice must, when forwarded to the Commission as described in section 23(5)(b) of the Act, be accompanied by the statutory declaration referred to in subregulation (3)(d).



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