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Electoral Act 2002
110Elector claiming to vote whose name on roll has been marked
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110 Elector claiming to vote whose name on roll has been marked
(1) An elector at a voting centre—
(a) who is recorded as having received a ballot-paper; and
(b) who claims to be entitled to vote under section 87 and not to have received a ballot-paper—
must be permitted to vote if the elector makes a declaration in the prescribed form before the election official at the voting centre.
(2) The ballot-paper of an elector voting under this section must—
(a) be dealt with in accordance with the regulations; and
(b) not be scrutinised or counted unless the election manager is satisfied that the elector is entitled to vote in the election.
(3) For the purposes of Part 7, dealing under this section with a ballot-paper used in an election is to be taken to be part of the scrutiny in relation to the election.
Pt 6A (Heading and ss 110A–110I) inserted by No. 44/2006 s. 3, amended by Nos 41/2010 ss 16–18, 13/2013 s. 20(4), substituted as Pt 6A (Headings and ss 110A–110I) by No. 30/2018 s. 32.