Persons qualified to vote

The persons qualified to vote in a referendum held under this Act shall, subject to section 3(3), be as follows– (a) where the referendum is to be held in the whole of Belize, all those duly registered electors who, at the date of the holding of the referendum are qualified to vote as electors for the election of members of the House of 7 Representatives in an election conducted under the Representation of the People Act; or CAP. 9. (b) where the referendum is to be held only in an area of Belize defined in the Writ of Referendum, all those duly registered electors who are residents of the area so defined and who, at the date of the holding of the referendum, are qualified to vote as electors under the Representation of the People Act, for the election to the House of Representatives of the area representative of the electoral division in which the area so defined is comprised. CAP. 9.