Section 37: Enrolment and correction other than periodical revision

37. Enrolment and correction other than periodical revision.— Subject to section 39— (a) any person whose name is not included in an electoral roll and who claims that he was or is entitled to be enrolled on that roll, may apply to the appropriate Registration Officer, on the prescribed form along with a copy of the National Identity Card issued to him under the National Database and Registration Authority Ordinance, 2000 (VIII of 2000) for the inclusion of his name in the electoral rolls, and if the Registration Officer is satisfied after giving notice or making such enquiry as he may deem necessary, that the applicant was or is entitled to have his name so enrolled, he shall insert the name of such person in the database of the electoral roll and shall also make necessary entry in the master copy of the electoral roll maintained by him; (b) any person may apply to the Registration Officer for the correction of any entry in an electoral roll— (i) if the entry relates to the applicant and the Registration Officer is satisfied after giving such notice and making such enquiry as he may consider necessary that the entry relates to the applicant and is erroneous or defective in any particular, he shall correct the electoral roll accordingly and shall also make necessary correction in the relevant database; (ii) if the entry does not relate to the applicant and the Registration Officer is satisfied after giving notice to the person to whom the entry relates and after making such enquiry, as he may consider necessary that such person is dead or is otherwise not entitled to be enrolled as a voter, he shall correct the electoral roll accordingly and shall also make necessary correction in the relevant database; (iii) if the person to whom the entry relates appears in response to the notice and gives his option, on the basis of his temporary or permanent address as mentioned in the National Identity Card, for enrolment in the electoral roll of another electoral area of the same district, the Registration Officer shall correct the electoral roll accordingly and if such option requires such person‘s enrolment in the electoral roll of an electoral area of another district, he shall refer the matter to the Registration Officer concerned for the needful to be done, after necessary verification, for enrolment of such person as voter in the relevant electoral roll of that district under intimation to the Commission; and (iv) if the person does not appear in response to the notice and the entry objected to is required to be transferred to the electoral roll of another electoral area within the district, the Registration Officer shall correct the electoral roll accordingly and if such entry relates to another district shall refer the matter to the Registration Officer concerned with request to enroll such person, after necessary verification, in the electoral roll of that district at his permanent address mentioned in his National Identity Card under intimation to the Commission; (c) if a person applies for transfer of vote from the electoral roll of an electoral area to the electoral roll of another electoral area of the same district, the Registration Officer of that district shall, after making such enquiry as he may consider necessary, strike off the name of the applicant from the master copy of the electoral roll in which his name presently exists and include his name in the master copy of the electoral roll of the other electoral area and shall make necessary changes in the database of the electoral rolls accordingly; (d) if a person applies for transfer of vote from the electoral roll of an electoral area of a district to the electoral roll of an electoral area of the other district, the Registration Officer of the district to which transfer of vote is sought, shall, after making such enquiry as he may consider necessary, include the name of the applicant in the master copy of the electoral roll of the electoral area requested, make necessary changes in the database of the electoral rolls accordingly and inform the Registration Officer of the district from which transfer of vote is sought and the latter shall strike off the name of the applicant from the master copy of the roll being maintained by him; (e) where the Registration Officer rejects application made under this section, he shall record brief reasons of his decision; and (f) a person aggrieved by the order of the Registration Officer made under this section may, within thirty days of such order, appeal to the Appellate Authority to be appointed by the Commission and the decision of such Appellate Authority shall be final.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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