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10. Supplementary list for a specified period

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

(1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3, any person who attains the age of eighteen years on any date within the period from the first day of June 2021 to the date of commencement of this Act shall be qualified to have such person’s name entered or retained in the register of electors as an elector and every such person shall apply for registration to the registering officer of the electoral district in which the qualified address of such person in terms of subsection (2) of section 4 is situated along with the documents specified in subsection (3) of section 20A.

“Power of the

Election

Commission to issue directions

Act, No. 22 of 2021

(2)

Every registering officer shall make a supplementary list for the purpose of subsection (1) and shall mutatis mutandis apply the procedure specified in subsections (5)

to (11) of section 20A for the preparation of the supplementary list.