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Section 108, The Public Elections Act, 2012

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(1) A person who– (a) being registered as a voter in a Register of Voters applies again to be registered as a voter– (i) in a Register of Voters otherwise than in substitution for his subsisting registration; or (ii) in the same Register of Voters; (b) having applied to be registered in a Register of Voters in a ward and which application has not been granted or has been rejected, applies to be registered in the Register of Voters for the same ward or in the Register of Voters for another ward; or (c) makes two or more applications to be registered as a voter, (2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall, in addition to the penalty prescribed in that subsection, not be eligible to vote in that election or in the next election. (3) An electoral officer or any person who aids another person to register as a voter more than once commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not less than five million leones or to imprisonment for a term not less than one year. 56 57 multiple registration of (4) A person who aids another person to register as a voter more than once commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not less than five million leones or to imprisonment for a term not less than one year.

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