Paragraph 49 Qualifications of electors and entitlement to vote
Subject to subsection (2), a person shall be qualified to be registered as an elector for the purpose of the election of members of the House of Assembly if, and shall not be so qualified unless—
he or she was lawfully registered as such an elector on the date of commencement of this Constitution; or
on the qualifying date—
he or she has attained the age of eighteen years; and
he or she is resident in the Islands and has been so resident for not less than twelve months, in the aggregate, out of the two years immediately preceding the qualifying date; and
he or she is a Belonger.
No person shall be qualified to be registered as an elector under this section who on the qualifying date—
is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in the Islands;
is under sentence of death imposed on him by a court of law in any country or is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term exceeding twelve months imposed on him or her by such a court or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him or her by such a court; or
is disqualified by or under any law in force in the Islands from being registered as an elector by reason of having been convicted of an offence relating to elections.
Section 47(2) shall apply for the purpose of subsection (2)(b) of this section as it applies for the purpose of section 47(1)(e).
In this section “qualifying date” means such date as may be appointed by or under any law as the date with reference to which the qualifications of persons for registration as electors, for the purpose of the election of members of the House of Assembly, are to be ascertained.
A person registered as an elector shall be entitled to vote at an election unless he or she is prohibited from so doing by reason of his or her conviction, prior to the election, of an election offence which disqualifies him or her from voting; but no person shall be entitled to vote in an electoral district if—
he or she is not registered as an elector in that district; or
he or she has voted in another electoral district.