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Section 15

of Elections Act 1958

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Section 15

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers the regulations may—

(a)

prescribe the keeping and maintenance of electoral rolls in any constituency and the type and form of the electoral rolls;

(b)

prescribe the procedure to be followed in the preparation and publication of electoral rolls;

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(c)

prescribe the time at which any electoral roll shall be prepared or revised and the procedure to be followed in making the revision;

(d)

prescribe the procedure to be followed in the preparation and publication of new electoral rolls of any constituency where the boundaries of the constituency have been prescribed or altered after the preparation of the electoral rolls;

(e)

prescribe the procedure to be followed in the making and determination of claims to have any name inserted on an electoral roll or on a new or revised electoral roll and of objections to the insertion or inclusion of any name in it;

(f)

provide for the payment of compensation, not exceeding one thousand ringgit, to any person aggrieved by the making without reasonable cause of an objection to the insertion or inclusion of his name on any electoral roll by the person who makes the objection;

(g)

prescribe any form of application, notice or other document which it may be necessary or desirable to use in connection with any of the matters dealt with in this section;

(h)

authorize any Registrar or Adjudicating Officer, for the purpose of considering or determining any application, claim, objection or appeal which he is required to consider or determine under any regulations made under this section, to summon any person to appear before him and to give evidence on oath or affirmation and to administer any such oath or affirmation for the purpose and to order the production of any document relevant to any issue which the officer is required to consider and determine;

(i)

prescribe the fees to be paid upon any application, notice, claim or objection and the manner in which the fees shall be disposed of;

(j)

prescribe the manner in which any electoral roll or new or revised electoral roll shall be certified;

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(k)

provide for the correction of clerical errors in any electoral roll;

(l)

authorize or require a Registrar to supply to any such persons as may be prescribed copies of any electoral roll or part of it, whether free of charge or on payment of such fee as may be prescribed in it;

(m)

(Deleted by Act A1155);

(n)

provide for the division of constituencies into registration units.