ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (8) For the purposes of any election the Chief Elections Officer shall, through the appropriate constituency elections officer, supply to every polling station sufficient copies of the voters roll for each polling station area determined in terms of section 22A(1)(a)(ii). [Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act No. 3 of 2012 and substituted by s. 42 of that Act] (9) Any person who, having been provided with a voters roll in terms of this section— (a) alters the voters roll, that is to say, excises any name from, adds any name to or otherwise alters the voters roll with intent to misrepresent to any person that the altered voters roll is the authentic voters roll for any election; or (b) without the prior written consent of the Commission, makes use of the voters roll for commercial or other purposes unconnected with an election; shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level ten or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act No. 3 of 2012 and amended by s. 7 of Act No. 6 of 2018] [Section substituted by s. 21 of Act No. 17 of 2007] 22 Powers to demand information In the performance of his or her duties under this Act, a voter registration officer shall at all times have the power— (a) to demand from any claimant any information reasonably necessary to enable the voter registration officer to ascertain whether the claimant is qualified to be registered as a voter or to ascertain his or her place of residence; [Paragraph as amended by s. 87 of Act No. 17 of 2007 and by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (b) to demand from any person any information reasonably necessary to enable the voter registration officer to ascertain whether a voter or a claimant is qualified to be registered as a voter or to ascertain the place of residence of any voter or claimant or whether any voter or claimant is dead; [Paragraph as amended by s. 87 of Act No. 17 of 2007 and by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (c) to require any voter or claimant to answer such reasonable questions as will enable the constituency registrar to complete a prescribed form of claim in accordance with section twenty-four. [Paragraph as amended by s. 87 of Act No. 17 of 2007] [Section amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] 22A Polling station voters rolls (1) The Commission shall— (a) subject to section 51, determine— (i) the places where polling stations are to be situated within each ward and constituency for the purposes of all elections in terms of this Act; and (ii) the areas within the ward or constituency concerned that are to be served by each such polling station; and (b) subject to Parts IV and V, prepare a voters roll for each polling station area determined in terms of paragraph (a)(ii), on which roll shall be entered the names of all registered voters ordinarily resident within the area: Provided that where the estimated number of voters to be served by any polling station exceeds the number determined by the Commission to be manageable, the Commission may establish two or more independent polling stations to serve the same polling station area, and the voters’ roll for that area shall be split between such polling stations accordingly. [Proviso inserted by s. 8 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (2) The Commission shall consult all interested parties when determining the location of polling stations and their areas for the purposes of subsection (1). 34