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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE
(REGISTRATION OF VOTERS)
REGULATIONS, 1980 (CI 12)
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
Regulation
1. Persons Qualified to be
Registered as Voters
2. Replacement of Voters Registers
3. Existing Enactments to Apply
with Modifications
IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Electoral
Commissioner by Article 38 of the
Constitution these Regulations are
made this 7th day of July, 1980.
Regulation 1—Persons Qualified to
be Registered as Voters.
Any citizen of Ghana who is not
less than eighteen years of age
and is of sound mind shall be
entitled to be registered as a
voter for the purposes of public
elections and referenda.
Regulation 2—Replacement of Voters
Registers.
(1) Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in any enactment
where in the opinion of the
Electoral Commissioner it is
necessary in the public interest
so to do he shall by notice
published in the Gazette cause the
Register of Voters for each
constituency to be replaced by a
new Register.
(2) For the purpose of the
replacement of the Register of
Voters for each constituency any
person who is qualified under
Regulation 1 of these Regulations
to be registered as a voter shall
be entitled to be registered as a
voter.
Regulation 3—Existing Enactments
to Apply with Modifications.
Any enactments relating to the
registration of voters existing
immediately before the coming into
force of these Regulations shall,
subject to such modifications as
the Electoral Commissioner may
consider necessary to give effect
to these Regulations, be deemed to
be Regulations made under Article
38 of the Constitution.
JUSTICE J. KINGSLEY-NYINAH, JNR.
Electoral Commissioner
Date of Gazette Notification:
18th July, 1980.
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