Paragraph 55 Qualifications of electors and entitlement to vote
United Kingdom
Subject to subsection (2), a person shall be qualified to be registered as an elector for the purposes of the election of members of the F1Parliament 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, or he or she is a member of Her Majesty’s Forces, a person working abroad on Government business or a student resident abroad in such circumstances as may be prescribed by F2a law enacted by the Legislature; and
he or she is a Turks and Caicos Islander.
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 serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) for a term of at least twelve months imposed on him or her by a court in any country 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 49(2) shall apply for the purposes of subsection (2)(b) of this section as it applies for the purposes of section 49(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 Parliament, 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 doing so 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 electoral district; or
he or she has voted in another electoral district.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Sch. 2 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 8(1) (with arts. 4, 8(2))
- F2
Words in Sch. 2 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1128), art. 7(1) (with arts. 4, 7(9))