Division 4 — Admitting voters
Modification of section 38: conclusive evidence to vote
18.—(1)  Where a poll is to be conducted at any overseas polling station in respect of any electoral division in which the election for a Member to represent the electoral division is contested, the list referred to in regulation 8(2)(d) extracted from the certified register of electors for that electoral division and containing the overseas electors allotted to vote at that particular overseas polling station (referred to in these Regulations as the list of overseas electors) shall be conclusive evidence for the purpose of determining whether a person is or is not entitled to vote at that overseas polling station at the election.
(2)  Without prejudice to the provisions of the Act, a person who, by reason of circumstances existing on the day of the election, is not, by virtue of the provisions of the Act, entitled to have his name entered or retained in any certified register of electors shall not be entitled to vote at any overseas polling station at the election.
Modification of section 39(1A): certificate authorising certain persons to vote at overseas polling station
19.—(1)  Notwithstanding regulation 18, where an elector for any electoral division is employed as an overseas election officer, the Returning Officer may authorise the elector, by a certificate under his hand, to vote at the overseas polling station at which the elector so employed instead of the polling station in the electoral division allotted to him under section 36A(1) of the Act.
(2)  The certificate referred to in paragraph (1) shall be given under the hand of the Returning Officer and shall state the name of the elector and his number, description in the register of electors, and the fact that he is so employed as an overseas election officer.
Overseas elector not allowed to vote at another overseas polling station
20.  An overseas elector whose name appears on any list of overseas electors showing him to be allotted to vote at a particular overseas polling station shall be entitled and allowed to vote at that overseas polling station only and not at any other overseas polling station.
Electors not to be impeded
21.—(1)  The presiding officers at an overseas polling station shall ensure that every overseas elector entitled to vote at that overseas polling station is admitted to that overseas polling station.
(2)  A presiding officer may, if he considers it advisable, direct that not more than one voter for each voting compartment may at any time enter the room where the voting is held.
Elector to declare name, etc.
22.—(1)  On arriving at any overseas polling station intending to vote at an election, every voter who is an overseas elector —
(a)shall give his name to the presiding officer; and
(b)shall, on request, give his name to a polling agent of the candidate.
(2)  An Assistant Returning Officer, a presiding officer, candidate or candidate’s polling agent who has doubts concerning the identity of any person intending to vote may request that the person show satisfactory proof of his identity and if the Assistant Returning Officer or a presiding officer considers necessary, require the person to make and subscribe to all or any of the declarations referred to in section 44(1) of the Act.
(3)  A person who refuses —
(a)to show satisfactory proof of identity;
(b)to make any declaration required by the Act or these Regulations; or
(c)to reply to a question regarding his entitlement to vote at any particular overseas polling station,
shall not receive a ballot paper or be admitted to vote or be again admitted to an overseas polling station.