2016 GEll>HoRAL LAWS A?-.illNDNIFNr No.3 Voters, that is to say such functions as were imposed or conferred upon the Registrar-General of Voters by or under this Act before the 22nd May, 2013, including in particularthe functions of registering voters, compiling voters' rolls and registers, ensuring the proper custody and maintenance of voters' rolls and registers, and all other functions in connection therewith: Providedthat,consistentlywithsection239(j)oftheConstitution, the Commission may give such instructions to the fonner Registrar-General of Voters, in his or her capacity as the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths, the Registrar-General of Citizenship and the Registrar-General of National Registration, as will ensure the efficient, free, fair, proper and transparent conduct of any election or referendum. (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Commission may(a) direct the Chief Elections Officer, a voter registration officer, the former Registrar-General of Voters or (subject to paragraph (b)) any member of the Civil Service to assume and exercise any function which in terms of this Act before its amendment by the General Laws Amendment Act, 2016, is vested in a constituency registrar; (b) with the consent of the Civil Service Commission, instruct any member of the Civil Service to assist it in any of its voter registration functions in terms of this Act; (c) in relation to an election to which Part XVIII applies, delegate any of its voter registration functions in tem1s of this Act, the Rurdl District Councils Act [Chapter 29: 13] or the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15] to a member of the Civil Service. (4) The Commission and the former Registrar-General of Voters, in his or her capacity as the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths, the Registrar-General of Citizenship and the Registrar-General of National Registration, have a duty to cooperate with each other to ensure that their respective databases, as they relate to the eligibility or potential eligibility of voters, are in harmony with each other. (5) The Minister may, after consultation with the Commission and the former Registrar-General of Voters, by regulations made in terms of tltis section, provide for(a) the manner of dealing with any confidential infonnation in the custody of the former Registrar-General of Voters and the conditions under which it may be shared with the Commission; and (b) the resolution of any discrepancies between the records of the fonner Registrar-General of Voters and those of the Commission; and (c) the resolution of any disputes whatsoever that may arise between the Commission and the fom1er Registrar-General ofVoters; and (d) mandatory automatic and electronic voter registration. 73