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Section 28, The Public Elections Act, 2022

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(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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