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Section 28, The Public Elections Act, 2022
Status not yet checkedThe Public Elections Act, 2022, Sierra Leone
(1) The Electoral Commission may, in compiling aprovisional list under section 27-
(a) appoint field registrars to-
(i) conduct house-to-house or other
sufficient enquiry, as to the persons
entitled to be registered; and
(ii) perform other duties connected with the
registration of voters as may be
assigned to them by the Electoral
Commission; and
Exhibition of
provisional
list of voters.
of field
registrars, etc.
in compiling
provisional
lists
(2) A Revising Officer shall conclude an inquiry under
section 30 within 3 days and the revision of the provisional list within
2 days.
(3) A Revising Officer shall, in public, determine all claims
and objections and shall -
(a) write his initials against a name struck out of
or inserted in a provisional list, or against a
mistake or omission corrected; and
(b) write his full name and append his signature
to every page of the provisional list when
the list is finally settled.
(4) Where a Revising Officer is of the opinion that a claim
or objection of a person is without merit or is frivolous, he may order
the person to pay the actual costs of the inquiry, including the costs
of witnesses and the costs shall be recoverable by the Electoral
Commission in a suit before a court.
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