ELECTORAL (VOTER REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS, 2013 (b) taking a passport size photograph of the claimant; and (c) taking the fingerprints of the claimant (except in cases where by reason of physical injury or illness this is not possible); and (d) capturing such other additional biometric features of the claimant as the Commission may, from time to time, determine by notice in the Gazette. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, the names of an applicant to be entered on the VR Form and subsequently on the voters’ roll shall be identical to the names on the document tendered by the claimant as proof of identity. Control of persons in premises used for registration of voters 8.(1) A voter registration officer shall maintain order in the premises used for the purpose of registering persons as voters and shall regulate the number of persons to be admitted at a time to such premises. (2) Any person who disobeys an instruction of a voter registration officer given for the purpose of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level ten or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding a year or to both. (3)The powers conferred by this section shall not be exercised so as to prevent any person from having an opportunity to make a claim to be registered as a voter. Voters’ rolls 9. The Chief Elections Officer shall compile a voters’ roll for each polling area showing, in relation to each voter— (a) the voter’s first and last names, date of birth, sex and national registration number; and (b) the place where the voter ordinarily resides; and (c) the voter’s photograph. Inspection of voters’ rolls 10.(1) In terms of section 21(1) of the Act, the voters rolls shall be open to inspection by the public, free of charge during ordinary office hours of the Commission at any of the Commission’s District and Provincial Offices where such rolls are kept. (2) The Commission may also establish mobile and static inspection centres during an election period where the public may inspect the voters’ rolls, and in so doing may determine the period within which the voters’ rolls may be inspected at these centres. Certification of voters’ rolls 11.(1) The Chief Elections Officer shall, where the preparation of any voters’ roll for any polling station is completed and closed for the purposes of any election, certify the voters’ roll as the voters’ roll for that polling station. (2) Certification of a voters’ roll for the purposes of this section shall be evidenced by a dated stamp, watermark or seal containing the signature of the Chief Elections Officer that is clearly legible on the face of the roll. (3) A voters’ roll prepared for any polling station under this section shall, upon certification thereof replace any voters’ rolls previously prepared and certified for the same polling station. Provision and cost of copies of voters ‘rolls and maps 12.(1) Any interested person may apply to the Chief Elections Officer for a copy of the voters’ rolls listed in subsection (2), and the Chief Elections Officer shall, upon payment by such person of the prescribed fee, supply such copy to such person. (2) The cost of— (a) an electronic copy of the voters’ roll shall be as follows — (i) polling station US$1 ,00 (ii) ward US$2,00 (iii) constituency US$10,00 (iv) National US$20,00; (b) a hard monochrome copy of the voters’ roll shall be ten cents per page of the national voters’ roll, a polling station voters’ roll, a ward voters’ roll or a constituency voters’ roll, whichever one is sought. 85

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