Production of proof in support of claim for registration

(1) In each year between the 1st and 30th days of June, both inclusive, every such person claiming to be entitled to be registered as an elector shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the appropriate registering officer an application to be registered as an elector according to Form 3, and shall, if called upon, produce such deeds or documents or such other evidence as may be necessary to establish his claim to be registered. Form 3. 24 Belize City Council (2) The application shall bear the signature of the applicant and shall contain the date of the signature, a statement of the qualification of the applicant in respect of which it is made and a declaration of the truth of the particulars of the application. The declaration shall not be subject to stamp duty, nor shall any fee be payable in respect thereof, any Act or Regulations to the contrary notwithstanding. (3) Every registering officer shall inquire into, examine and investigate the qualification in respect of which such application is made and, if he considers it necessary, any evidence (which he may receive on oath) adduced in support thereof and, if he is satisfied that the person making such application possesses the qualification in respect of which such application is made, he shall register such person in the manner hereinafter provided, otherwise he shall disallow such application. (4) Every registering officer shall, in the month of June in each year after the year 1980 ascertain whether any of the persons admitted and registered as electors in the register made up as hereinafter mentioned, in the year immediately preceding, have ceased to retain the qualifications in respect of which they were registered, or whether any of them are dead; and he shall, in the next register of electors to be made up by him under regulation 20 write the words “objected to” against the name of every person whom he has cause to believe has ceased to retain the qualification in respect of which he was registered, and shall write the word “dead” against the name of every person whom he has grounds for believing is dead. Form 4.