3. List of Claims

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

(1)

The registering officer shall prepare a list of names of persons referred to in section 2 and shall give notice in the Gazette and in at least one newspaper each in the Sinhala,

Tamil and English languages that such list has been completed and is open for inspection at all reasonable hours of the day at the office of the registering officer.

(2)

(a)

Any person who has applied to be registered in any register of electors for any electoral district and whose name has not appeared in the list referred to in subsection (1) may appeal in writing to the registering officer within fourteen days of the notice published in the Gazette.

(b)

The provisions of subsections (7) to (16) of section 14

of the Registration of Electors Act, No. 44 of 1980 shall mutatis mutandis apply to objections and appeals against decisions of the registering officer.

(c)

If upon such appeal and inquiry, the registering officer discides not to include the name of such appellant in the

Supplementary Register referred to in section 4, the aggrieved appellant may appeal to the revising officer within one week of the decision of the registering officer and the provisions of subsections (1) to (5) of section 15 of the Registration of

Electors Act, No. 44 of 1980 shall mutatis mutandis apply to an appeal made under this paragraph.

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