Section 25 (“Claims for transfer of registration”) of the principal Act is amended –

(a) by the repeal of subsection (1) and the substitution of-

“(l) A voter whose name is registered on the voters roll for a constituency and who:

(a) has become resident in another constituency; or

(b) wishes, for the reason referred to in proviso (ii) to section 24( l), to be registered in another constituency in which he or she is not resident;
may complete the appropriate prescribed claim form and submit it to a voter registration officer at any registration office, and shall together with such form submit the voters registration certificate, if any, issued to him or her: Provided that –

(i) an applicant may request the assistance of a voter registration officer at the registration office to complete the appropriate prescribed form, and the officer shall comply with that request;

(ii) where an applicant seeks transfer of registration because he or she is or intends to be a candidate the election as a member of Parliament in a constituency in which he or she is not resident. The applicant shall send the appropriate prescribed form to the Commission for its approval.”;

 

(b) by the repeal of subsection (3) and the substitution of –

“(3) If the voter registration officer of a particular constituency’ is satisfied that an applicant who seeks transfer of registration to a constituency in which he or she is resident is entitled to the transfer. the voter registration officer shall –

(a) remove the applicant’s name from the voters roll for his or her constituency; and

(b) forward the applicant’s name and particulars to a voter registration officer for the constituency to which the applicant has applied to be transferred.”;

 

(c) in subsection (5) by the deletion of “the Registrar-General of Voters” and the substitution of “the Commission”.