ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (2) Subject to subsection (3), on the transfer of the registration of a voter in terms of section twenty-five the voter shall be issued with a voters registration certificate by the constituency registrar of the constituency to which he or she has been transferred. (3) If a voter has applied for registration in terms of the National Registration Act [Chapter 10:17] and been issued with— (a) a notice in writing in terms of subsection (1) of section 7 of that Act; or (b) an identity document in terms of subsection (2) of section 7 of that Act; he or she need not be furnished or issued with a voters registration certificate in terms of this section. 26A Closure of voters rolls 24 hours before nomination day No person shall be registered as a voter for the purposes of voting at any Presidential election or general election of members of Parliament or councillors unless he or she lodges a claim for registration or transfer of registration under section 24 or 25 no later than twentyfour hours before the nomination day fixed in terms of a proclamation referred to in section 38 in relation to that election. PART VI OBJECTIONS TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS 27 Objections by constituency registrar (1) Subject to subsection (7), if a constituency registrar has reason to believe that— (a) a claimant is not entitled to be registered; or (b) a claimant is not entitled to be registered on the voters roll on which he or she has claimed to be registered; or (c) a voter registered on a voters roll is not qualified for registration on that voters roll; the constituency registrar shall send to the claimant or voter, as the case may be, written notice of objection to which a form of notice of appeal shall be annexed: Provided that no such objection shall be taken or notice sent during an election period (other than during an election period referred to in paragraph (c) or (e) of the definition of the term “election period” in section 4(2), if the objection or notice does not relate to a claimant or voter who may vote at an election referred to in those paragraphs). (2) A notice of objection in terms of subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall set forth— (a) the grounds of objection; and (b) that, unless notice of appeal is given within a time stated therein, being not less than seven days, or the constituency registrar, on representations made by the person to whom the objection relates, withdraws his or her objection, the claim will be rejected and the claimant registered on the appropriate voters roll or the voter’s name struck off the voters roll, as the case may be. (3) If— (a) notice of appeal is not duly given or is withdrawn and the constituency registrar does not withdraw his or her objection, the constituency registrar shall reject the claim, - 24 -