ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (ii) he or she has held that the grounds of objection were frivolous or vexatious. 30 Statement of case for opinion of judge in chambers (1) If, on the hearing of an objection in terms of section twenty-seven or twenty-eight— (a) the nature of the claim or objection is such that the designated magistrate is doubtful as to the proper decision to be given upon it, he or she may draw up a statement of the facts and state a question for decision and shall sign it; or (b) a party to the proceedings so requests, the designated magistrate shall draw up a statement of the facts and state a question for decision and sign it, and such statement shall be signed by the party at whose request it is made; and the designated magistrate shall transmit the statement to the registrar of the High Court to be laid before a judge in chambers. (2) Where a case is laid before a judge in terms of subsection (1), the objector and the person to whom the objection relates and any other party interested shall be entitled to be heard in person or represented by a legal practitioner in argument upon the question stated in the case. (3) The judge before whom a case is laid in terms of subsection (1)— (a) may call for further information, if he or she thinks fit, from the designated magistrate who transmitted it; and (b) shall give such decision thereon as appears to him or her right and proper; and there shall be no appeal from the decision of the judge. (4) Where a case has been transmitted at the request of a party in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), the judge may make such order as to costs as he or she thinks fit. 31 Posting of names of persons objected to The name of every person whose registration is objected to shall be publicly exhibited outside the court of the designated magistrate who is to hear and determine the objection and at such other place or places as the constituency registrar may direct and shall be maintained there until the objection is so heard and determined. PART VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS 32 Removal of duplications (1) The various constituency registrars shall ensure that no person is registered as a voter— (a) more than once on the voters roll for any one constituency; or (b) on the voters rolls for more than one constituency. (2) Subject to subsection (3), if a constituency registrar is satisfied that a voter is registered— (a) more than once on the voters roll for his or her constituency, the constituency registrar shall remove the name where it occurs on the second or any subsequent occasion; - 28 -