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Electoral (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Decree 2012

GOVERNMENT OF FIJI

ELECTORAL (REGISTRATION OF VOTERS) (AMENDMENT) DECREE 2012
(DECREE NO. 66 OF 2012)

IN exercise of the powers vested in me as the President of the Republic of Fiji and the Commander in Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces by virtue of the Executive Authority of Fiji Decree 2009, I hereby make the following Decree—

TO AMEND THE ELECTORAL (REGISTRATION OF VOTERS) DECREE 2012

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Decree may be cited as the Electoral (Registration of Voters) (Amendment) Decree 2012, and shall be deemed to have come into force on 9 November, 2012.

(2) The Electoral (Registration of Voters) Decree 2012 shall be referred to as the "Principal Decree".

Section 4 amended

2. Section 4 of the Principal Decree is amended by inserting the following new subsections after subsection (3)—

"(4) Any person who applies on more than one occasion to be registered as a voter shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both.

(5) Subsection (4) shall not apply to any person who may be required to re-register as a voter for the purposes of correcting any mistake or omission in the particulars of registration of that person, or for the purpose of providing a replacement voter identification card in respect to that person."

New section inserted

3. The Principal Decree is amended by inserting the following new section after section 10—

"Manipulation of the National Register of Voters and its database

10A. Any person who without the authority of the Permanent Secretary alters, interferes or manipulates any information obtained in the National Register of Voters or in any database of the National Register of Voters by any means whatsoever commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or a term of imprisonment of 10 years, or both."

GIVEN under my hand this 16th day November 2012.

EPELI NAILATIKAU
President of the Republic of Fiji