Qualifications for voting in Council’s elections

(1) Every person who– (a) is registered as an elector for the electoral divisions under the Representation of the People Act comprised in the City of Belmopan; and 18 (b) subject to sub-section (2), is in possession of an identification card issued to him under that Act; and (c) resides within the limits of the City of Belmopan, and has continuously so resided for a period of three months immediately before an election, is entitled to vote at the election of a member of the Council. (2) Notwithstanding sub-section (1), a person who has been registered under the Representation of the People Act, but who is unable to produce his identification card, shall be permitted to vote upon proving to the satisfaction of the presiding officer that although he has been registered, he has not been issued with an identification card or that the identification card issued to him has been lost or destroyed. (3) Where a person is permitted to vote under sub-section (2), the presiding officer shall so state to the candidates or agents then present in the polling station, and also make a record of his reasons for so doing and shall maintain a list of the names and registration numbers of the electors voting without producing their identification cards, showing the number of the ballot paper issued to each of them.