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241 Residents entitled to be enrolled without application
(1) A person who as at the close of the roll would be an elector in respect of an address in a municipal district if a roll of electors for the Legislative Assembly was compiled from the register of electors, is entitled as a resident without application to be enrolled on the voters' roll in respect of the ward in which that address is located.
(2) Despite subsection (1), a person who—
(a) will attain 18 years of age on or before election day; and
(b) had the person been not less than 18 years of age as at the close of the roll would be an elector in respect of an address in a ward if a roll of electors for the Legislative Assembly was compiled from the register of electors—
is entitled as a resident without application to be enrolled on the voters' roll in respect of that address.