PART IV

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS

Appointment of officers

8. (1) The Election Commission may, subject to Clause (1) of Article 115 of the Constitution, appoint

(a) a Chief Registrar of Electors for Malaysia;

(b) a Deputy Chief Registrar of Electors for each State,

(c) a Registrar of Electors and such number of Deputy Registrar of Electors and Assistant Registrar of Electors as it may consider necessary for each registration area; and

(d) an Adjudicating Officer for each registration area.

(2) Subject to the direction and control of the Election Commission, the Chief Registrar shall exercise general control and supervision over all matters relating to -

(a) the registration of electors; and

(b) the preparation, publication and revision of an electoral roll,

(3) Subject to the direction, control and supervision of the Chief Registrar, a Deputy Chief Registrar shall have and may exercise all the powers of the function of the Chief Registrar in the State for which he is appointed.

(4) Subject to the direction, control and supervision of the Deputy Chief Registrar, the Registrar and Deputy Registrars shall have and may exercise all the powers and perform all the functions of the Chief Registrar relating to the registration of electors under this Act or any regulations made under this Act in the registration area for which they are appointed.

(5) Subject to the direction, control and supervision of the Registrar, an Assistant Registrar shall assist the Registrar and Deputy Registrar in the exercise of their powers and the performance of their functions in the registration area for which he is appointed.

(6) An Adjudicating Officer shall hear any appeal arising from any claim or objection with regard to an electoral roll as provided in any regulations made under this Act relating to the registration of electors.

Preparation, publication and revision of electoral rolls

9. (1) Each Registrar shall prepare, publish and revise in the prescribed manner the prescribed electoral rolls for the registration area for which he is appointed.

(2) The electoral rolls for Parliamentary electors and State electors shall, unless the Election Commission shall otherwise direct, be combined in a single register.

Certified or re-certified electoral roll shall be deemed to be final

9A. After an electoral roll has been certified or re-certified, as the case may be, and notice of the certification or re-certification has been published in the Gazette as prescribed by regulations made under this Act, the electoral roll shall be deemed to be final and binding and shall not be questioned or appealed against in, or reviewed, quashed or set aside by, any court.

Registration in one constituency only

10. No person shall be entitled to be entered on the electoral rolls as an elector in more than one in one constituency for the purposes of any election.

11. (Deleted by Act A1155)