ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ Provided that where there is no office of the Commission within the constituency concerned, the constituency registrar shall have charge and custody of the ward and constituency voters roll for his or her constituency; and (c) keep at least one copy of a consolidated national voters roll at its head office. [Paragraph inserted by s. 5 of Act No. 3 of 2012] (4a) The Commission may prepare and maintain, in printed or electronic form, a consolidated national voters roll and a consolidated voters roll for any constituency or ward, but such rolls shall not be used for the purposes of polling in any election. [Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (5) In the event of any discrepancy between an electronic copy of a voters roll and a printed copy of a voters roll, the latter shall be deemed to be the authentic record of the voters roll. [Subsection inserted by s. 5 of Act No. 3 of 2012] [Section as substituted by s. 21 of Act No. 17 of 2007] 21 Inspection of voters rolls and provision of copies (1) Every voters roll, and every consolidated roll referred to in section 20(4a), shall be a public document and open to inspection by the public, free of charge, during ordinary office hours at the office of the Commission or the registration office where it is kept. [Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016 and by s. 7 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (2) A person inspecting the voters roll for a constituency may, without removing the voters roll, make any written notes of anything contained therein during office hours. (3) The Commission shall within a reasonable period of time provide any person who requests it, and who pays the prescribed fee, with a copy of any voters roll, including a consolidated roll referred to in section 20(4a), either in printed or in electronic form as the person may request. [Subsection substituted by s. 6 of Act No. 3 of 2012 and amended by s. 10 of Act No. 6 of 2014 and by s. 7 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (4) Within a reasonable period of time after the calling of an election, the Commission shall provide, on payment of the prescribed fee, to every political party that intends to contest the election, and to any accredited observer who requests it, one copy of every voters roll to be used in the election, either in printed or in electronic form as the party or observer may request. [Subsection substituted by s. 6 of Act No. 3 of 2012] (5) Fees prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) or (4) shall not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the voters roll concerned. [Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act No. 3 of 2012] (6) Within a reasonable period of the time after nomination day in an election, the Commission shall provide— (a) free of charge, to every nominated candidate, one copy in electronic form of the voters roll to be used in the election for which the candidate has been nominated; and (b) at the request of any nominated candidate, and on payment of the prescribed fee, one copy in printed form of the voters roll to be used in the election for which the candidate has been nominated. [Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act No. 3 of 2012 and amended by s. 7 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (7) Where a voters roll is provided in electronic form in terms of subsection (3), (4) or (6), its format shall be such as allows its contents to be searched and analysed: Provided that— (i) the roll may be formatted so as to prevent its being altered or otherwise tampered with; (ii) the Commission may impose reasonable conditions on the provision of the roll to prevent it from being used for commercial or other purposes unconnected with an election. [Subsection inserted by s. 6 of Act No. 3 of 2012] 33