The House of Assembly Elections Ordinance (Amendment) Act, 1983

Saint Christopher and Nevis

No. 16 of 1983

     41.

1.      Subject to this Act, a person is entitled to vote election  in a constituency if on polling day, he is qualified to be a voter for that constituency and is on that day registered in the Register of Voters to be used at the election in that constituency.

2.      A person is not entitled to vote as a voter at an election in a constituency unless he is registered in the Register of Voters to be used at that election in that constituency.

3.      A person who is subject under any enactment to any incapacity to vote is not entitled to vote as a voter at an election in a constituency.

4.      No person may:

(a)    At a general election, vote as a voter in more than one constituency; or

(b)   At any election voter more than once in the same constituency.

42.

1. Subject to this act and any enactment imposing any disqualifications for registration as a voter, a person is qualified to be registered as a voter for a constituency if he is

a)      a citizen of Saint Christopher and Nevis of the age of eighteen years or upwards who is domiciled in Saint Christopher and Nevis or is ordinarily resi­dent therein at the date of registration;

b)      a Commonwealth citi­zen of the age of eighteen years or upwards and has resided in Saint Christopher and Nevis for a period of at least twelve months imme­diately before the date of registration as a voter or is domiciled in Saint Christopher and Nevis and is resident therein at that date.

2.      A person is not qualified to be registered as a voter for more than one constituency.

3.      Where a person who is registered as a voter for a constitu­ency has ceased to reside in that constituency, he shall not on that account cease to be qualified to be registered as a voter for that constitu­ency until he has become qualified to be registered as a voter for another constituency.