General penalty

Any person who commits an offence under this Act or any rules or regulations made hereunder for which no penalty has been prescribed shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. REVISED EDITION 2018 51 SCHEDULE I REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Electoral Divisions [section 17] BELIZE RURAL CENTRAL ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. The Belize Rural Central Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of the Belize District which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point on the coast of the Caribbean Sea having scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1944488 meters north and 362937 meters east; the said point also being a survey property line; thence north west along the said survey property line to a point, said point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1945309 meters north and 356111 meters east; thence south west to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1945240 meters north and 355960 meters east, said point being its junction with the Northern Highway; thence southeast along the north-side of the Northern Highway to its junction with the Burrell Boom Road; west along the north-side of the Burrell Boom Road to intersection with the Belize River; thence downstream along the west bank of the Belize River, to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1939654 meters north and 355954 meters east; thence due west to a point on the Boom /Hattieville Road; thence south along the Boom/Hattieville Road to a bridge situated 4 miles south of the village of Burrell Boom; thence west to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1938245 meters north and 348363 meters east; the said point also being on the bank of an unnamed creek; thence northwesterly along the east bank of the said creek to the Burrell Boom/Bermudian Landing Road; thence west along the south-side of the said road to Sebastian Bridge on a branch of the Belize River; thence upstream the Belize River to its intersection with the Big Falls Road; thence REVISED EDITION 2018 52 Representation of the People west along the Big Falls Road to the Belize/ Cayo District boundary; thence southerly and easterly along the Belize District boundary to the coast of the Caribbean Sea; thence northerly along the coast to Sibun Canal; thence west along Sibun Canal to its confluence with Burdon Canal; thence northeasterly along Burdon Canal to its confluence with the Haulover Creek; thence upstream along Haulover Creek to its confluence with Belize River; thence upstream along the north- bank of the Belize River to a point, said point being the production of Javier Berbey Sr. Blvd. in the Vista Del Mar area; thence northerly along the east-side of Javier Berbey Sr. Blvd. to the coast of the Caribbean Sea; thence northerly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea back to the point of commencement. The afore described Belize Rural Central Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. BELIZE RURAL NORTH ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. The Belize Rural North Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of the Belize District which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point , the said point being the intersection of the Big Falls Road and the Cayo/Belize District boundary; thence north along the said boundary to where it forms the Belize River; thence continuing along the Belize District Boundary and upstream the Belize River to the western boundary of the Belize District; thence northerly and easterly along the said Belize District boundary to its junction with the coast at the Caribbean Sea; thence southerly along the coast to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1944488 meters north and 362937 meters east; the said point also being a survey property line; thence north west along the said survey property line to a point, said point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of1945309 meters north and 356111 meters east; thence south west to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1945240 REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 53 meters north and 355960 meters east, said point being its junction with the Northern Highway; thence southeast along the north-side of the Northern Highway to its junction with the Burrell Boom Road; west along the north-side of the Burrell Boom Road to intersection with the Belize River; thence downstream along the west bank of the Belize River, to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1939654 meters north and 355954 meters east; thence due west to a point on the Boom/Hattieville Road; thence south along the Boom/Hattieville Road to abridge situated 4 miles south of the village of Burrell Boom; thence west to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 1938245 meters north and 348363 meters east; the said point also being on the bank of an unnamed creek; thence northwesterly along the east bank of the said creek to the Burrell/Boom Bermudan Landing Road, thence west along the south-side of the said road to Sebastian Bridge on a branch of the Belize River; thence upstream the Belize River to its intersection with the Big Falls Road; thence west along the Big Falls Road back to the point o f commencement. The afore described Belize Rural North Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. BELIZE RURAL SOUTH ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. The Belize Rural South Electoral Division, comprising all the cayes in the Belize District, including Ambergris Caye, Caye Chapel, Caye Caulker, St. George’s Caye, Goffs Caye, English Caye, Glovers Reef, Lighthouse Reef, and the Turneffe Islands. The afore described Belize Rural South Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. REVISED EDITION 2018 54 Representation of the People ALBERT ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. The Albert Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of Sarstoon Street and Haulover Creek; thence south along the east-side of Sarstoon Street to Vernon Street; thence east along the north-side of Vernon Street to Alexandra Street; thence south along the east-side of Alexandra Street to Bagdad Street; thence east along the south-side of Bagdad Street to Water Lane, thence continuing east along Water Lane to East Canal; thence south along the west-bank of East Canal to its confluence with Collet Canal; thence southeasterly along the east-bank of Collet canal to its confluence with the Caribbean Sea at New Brighton; thence easterly and northerly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea to its confluence with Haulover Creek, and including Birds Isle; thence upstream along the south-bank of Haulover Creek back to the point of commencement. The afore described Albert Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. CARIBBEAN SHORES ELECTORAL DIVISION The Caribbean Shores Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the intersection of Independence Avenue and the coast of the Caribbean Sea; thence southerly along the east-side of Independence Avenue to the Northern Highway; thence along the north-side of the Northern Highway to Princess Margaret Drive; thence along the east-side of Princess Margaret Drive to St. Thomas Street; thence south along St. Thomas Street to 1 9th Street; thence REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 55 along the south-side of 19th Street to “K” Street; thence along the west-side of `K’ Street to an unnamed street; thence east along the south-side of the unnamed street to ‘I’ Street; thence south along the west-side of “I” Street to 11th Street; thence east along the south-side of 11th Street to ‘G’ Street; thence south along the west-side of G’ Street to 6th Street; thence east along 6th Street to Hopkins Street; thence south along the west-side of Hopkins Street to 3rd Street; thence west along 3rd Street to St. Peter Street; thence south along the west-side of St. Peter Street to St. Joseph Street; thence east along the south side of St. Joseph Street to Simon Lamb Street; thence south along the west-side of Simon Lamb Street to Kelly Street; thence east along the south-side of Kelly Street to Freetown Road, including Cinderella Plaza; thence along the north-side of Freetown Road to its junction with Barrack Road produced to the coast of the Caribbean Sea; thence northerly and westerly along the said coast of the Caribbean Sea back to the point of commencement. The afore described Caribbean Shores Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. COLLET ELECTORAL DIVISION The Collet Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of the Western Highway and Fabers Road; thence south-easterly along the north-side of Fabers Road to Jabiru Street; thence north along the west-side of Jabiru Street to Rio Grande Street; thence easterly along the south-side of Rio Grande Street and continuing east along the northern boundary of Hood’s and Stephen’s Estate to Central American Boulevard; thence southerly along the east-side of Central American Boulevard to its junction with South Creek; REVISED EDITION 2018 56 Representation of the People thence easterly along the south bank of South Creek to Curassow Street; thence north along the east-side of Curassow Street to Cemetery Road; thence east along the north-side of Cemetery Road and across Pound Yard Bridge to Orange Street; thence along the north-side of Orange Street to Mosul Street; thence along the west-side of Mosul Street to Vernon Street; thence west along the north-side of Vernon Street to its junction with the Western Highway; thence continuing west along the north-side of the Western Highway back to the point of commencement. The afore described Collet Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. FORT GEORGE ELECTORAL DIVISION The Fort George Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point located at the confluence of Haulover Creek and the Caribbean Sea and also being the location of the lighthouse above the grave of Baron Henry E. E. V. Bliss on the coast; thence northwesterly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea to a point being the junction of Eve Street and Barrack Road; thence southeasterly along the north-side of Barrack Road to Freetown Road; thence along the north-side of Freetown Road to Kelly Street; thence along the north-side of Kelly Street to Simon Lamb Street; thence southerly along the west-side of Simon Lamb Street to Mapp Street; thence along the west-side of Mapp Street to Cran Street; thence along the north-side of Cran Street to Douglas Jones Street; thence along the east-side of Douglas Jones Street to Castle Street; thence along the south-side of Castle Street to Victoria Street; thence along the west-side of Victoria Street to Haulover Creek; thence along the north-bank of Haulover Creek to its confluence with the Caribbean Sea back to the point o f commencement. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 57 The afore described Fort George Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. FREETOWN ELECTORAL DIVISION The Freetown Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City and portion of an area north of the Belize River near Haulover Bridge which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: SCHEDULE A Commencing at the junction of Princess Margaret Drive and St. Thomas Street; thence south along the west-side of St. Thomas Street to 19th Street; thence along the south-side of 19th Street to “K” Street; thence along the west-side of K’ Street to an unnamed street; thence east along the south-side of the unnamed street to ‘I’ Street; thence south along the west-side of ‘I’ Street to 11th Street; thence east along the south-side of 11th Street to ‘G’ Street; thence south along the west-side of G’ Street to 6th Street; thence east along 6th Street to Hopkins Street; thence south along the west-side of Hopkins Street to 3rd Street; thence west along the north-side of 3 rd Street to St. Peter Street; thence south along the west-side of St. Peter Street to St. Joseph Street; thence east along the south-side of St. Joseph Street to Simon Lamb Street; thence south along the west-side of Simon Lamb Street to Freetown Road; thence along the south-side of Freetown Road to its junction with Princess Margaret Drive; thence south along the west-side of Princess Margaret Drive produced to the Haulover Creek at Belcan Bridge; thence upstream along Haulover Creek to its confluence with the Belize River; thence downstream along the south-bank of the Belize River to its confluence with the Caribbean Sea at the coast; thence southerly and easterly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea to its j unction with Independence Avenue; thence south along Independence Avenue to its junction with the Northern REVISED EDITION 2018 58 Representation of the People Highway to Princess Margaret Drive; thence east along Princess Margaret Drive back to the point of commencement. SCHEDULE B Commencing at the confluence of the Belize River and the Caribbean Sea; thence southerly and westerly along the north- bank of the said Belize River to a point, said point being the production of Javier Berbey Sr. Blvd. in the Vista Del Mar area; thence. northerly along the east-side of Javier Berbey Sr. Blvd. to the coast of the Caribbean Sea; thence southerly and easterly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea back to the point of commencement. 11 of 2005. LAKE INDEPENDENCE ELECTORAL DIVISION The Lake Independence Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the intersection of the Western Highway and Burdon Canal; thence easterly along the north-side of the said Western Highway back to its junction with Vernon Street; thence along the north-side of Vernon Street to Partridge Street; thence north along the east side of Partridge Street to Mahogany Street; thence east along the south-side of Mahogany Street to Zericote Street; thence northerly along the east-side of Zericote Street to Lark Spur Street; thence west along the Lark Spur Street to Partridge Street; thence northerly along Partridge Street to Morning Glory Street; thence west along the north-side of Morning Glory Street to Oleander Street; thence north along the east-side of Oleander Street to Haulover Creek; thence west along the south bank of Haulover Creek to its confluence with Burdon Canal; thence southwesterly along the south bank of Burdon Canal back to the point of commencement. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 59 The afore described Lake Independence Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. MESOPOTAMIA ELECTORAL DIVISION The Mesopotamia Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of Water Lane and East Canal; thence south along the west-bank of East Canal to South Street; thence west along the south side of South Street to Basra Street at its intersection with George Street; thence continuing west along the south-side of Basra Street to Euphrates Avenue; thence north along the east-side of Euphrates Avenue to Dean Street; thence west along the south- side of Dean Street to Collet Canal; thence south along the east bank of Collet Canal to South Creek; thence west along the north bank of South Creek to Curassow Street; thence north along the east-side of Curassow Street to Cemetery Road; thence easterly along the north-side of Cemetery Road across Pound Yard Bridge to Orange Street; thence east along the north-side of Orange Street to Mosul Street; thence north along the west-side of Mosul Street to Vernon Street; thence east along the north- side of Vernon Street to Alexandra Street; thence south along Alexandra Street to Bagdad Street; thence east along Bagdad Street to Water Lane; thence continuing east along Water Lane back to the point of commencement. The afore described Mesopotamia Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. REVISED EDITION 2018 60 Representation of the People PICKSTOCK ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. SCHEDULE A The Pickstock Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of Mapp Street and Cran Street; thence along the north-side of Cran Street to Douglas Jones Street; thence along the east-side of Douglas Jones Street to Castle Street; thence along the south- side of Castle Street to Victoria Street; thence along the west- side of Victoria Street to Haulover Creek; thence along the north-bank of Haulover Creek to its intersection with Princess Margaret Drive produced to Belcan Bridge; thence north along the east-side of Princess Margaret Drive to Freetown Road; thence easterly along the south-side of Freetown Road to Mapp Street; thence south along the east-side of Mapp Street back to the point of commencement. SCHEDULE B Commencing at the junction of Haulover Creek and Oleander Street; thence south along the east-side of Oleander Street to Morning Glory Street; thence east along the north-side of Morning Glory Street to Partridge Street; thence south along the east-side of Partridge Street to Lark Spur Street; thence east along the south-side of Lark Spur Street to Zericote Street; thence south along the east-side of Zericote Street to Mahogany Street; thence west along the south–side of Mahogany Street to Partridge Street; thence south along the east-side of Partridge Street to Vernon Street; thence east along the north-side of Vernon Street and across Central American Boulevard to Sarstoon Street; thence north along the east-side of Sarstoon Street to Haulover Creek; thence upstream along the south-bank of Haulover Creek back to the point of commencement. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 61 The afore described Pickstock Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. PORT LOYOLA ELECTORAL DIVISION The Port Loyola Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of the Western Highway and Fabers Road; thence south-easterly along the north-side of Fabers Road to Jabiru Street; thence north along the west-side of Jabiru Street to Rio Grande Street; thence easterly along the south-side of Rio Grande Street and continuing east along the northern boundary of Hood’s and Stephen’s Estate to Central American Boulevard; thence southerly along the east-side of Central American Boulevard to its junction with Fabers Road; thence easterly along the north- side of Fabers Road to its intersection with Queen Charlotte Street and Caesar Ridge Road; thence east along the north-side of Queen Charlotte Street to Collect Canal; thence south along the west bank of Collet Canal to its confluence with the Caribbean Sea; thence southerly and westerly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea to its confluence with Sibun Canal; thence upstream along the north bank of Sibun Canal to its confluence with Burdon Canal; thence north-easterly along the south bank of Burdon Canal to its crossing with ‘Toll Bridge’ near mile five on the Western Highway; thence easterly along the north-side of the said Western Highway back to the point of commencement. The afore described Port Loyola Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. REVISED EDITION 2018 62 Representation of the People QUEENS SQUARE ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. The Queens Square Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Belize City, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of Central American Boulevard and Fabers Road; thence south- easterly along the north-side of Fabers Road to Queen Charlotte Street; thence east along Queen Charlotte Street to Collet Canal; thence north along the east-bank of Collet Canal to its confluence with East Canal; thence easterly and northerly along the east bank of East Canal to South Street; thence west along the south-side of South Street to its intersection with George Street at Basra Street; thence continuing west along Basra Street to Euphrates Avenue; thence north along the west-side of Euphrates Avenue to Dean Street; thence along the south-side of Dean Street to Collet Canal; thence south along the east bank of Collet Canal to its confluence with South Creek; thence along the south bank of South Creek to Central American Boulevard; thence south along the east-side of Central American Boulevard back to the point of commencement. The afore described Queens Square Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. BELMOPAN ELECTORAL DIVISION (NEW DIVISION) The Belmopan Electoral Division, comprising City of Belmopan, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the intersection of the Western Highway and Roaring Creek; thence easterly along the south-side of the Western Highway to the eastern boundary of the City of Belmopan, the said boundary being west of lands REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 63 now or formerly known as Highlands Estate; thence south along the said eastern boundary of Belmopan to its southern boundary; thence west along the southern boundary of Belmopan to its junction with Roaring Creek; thence downstream along east bank of Roaring Creek back to the point of commencement. The afore described Belmopan Electoral Division comprising areas known as San Martin, Las Flores, Salvapan, Maya Mopan, Riviera and Belmopan can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. CAYO CENTRAL ELECTORAL DIVISION The Cayo Central Electoral Division, comprising of Santa Elena Town and all that portion of Cayo District which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the intersection of the Chiquibul Road and the Macal River at Guacamallo Bridge; thence easterly and northerly along the Chiquibul Road to its junction with the Brunton Trail; thence southerly and easterly along the Brunton Trail to its junction with Baldy Beacon Road; thence north-westerly along Baldy Beacon Road to Roaring Creek Road; thence northerly along Roaring Creek Road to its intersection with Barton Creek; thence northerly and downstream along the east bank of Barton Creek to its confluence with the Belize River; thence easterly along the south bank of the Belize River to its confluence with Quaco Creek; thence upstream along Quaco Creek to a survey line, said line being the production of the southern boundary of Valley of Peace; thence northeasterly along the said survey line to a road, said road being the western boundary of Valley of Peace; thence northerly along the said road to its intersection with the northern boundary of the Cayo District; thence westerly along the northern boundary of Cayo District to a road leading south to Los Tambos; thence south along the said road to the main road passing through Spanish Lookout; thence south along the said REVISED EDITION 2018 64 Representation of the People main road passing through Spanish Lookout to a road leading to the ferry; thence west and then south to a road leading to the ferry on the Belize River; thence across the Belize River and along the Baking Pot road to the Western Highway; thence west along the north-side of the Western Highway to its junction with a track leading south and connection to Garbutt Creek, the said track opposite the area now or formerly known as Norland; thence south along the said track to Garbutt Creek; thence upstream along Garbutt Creek to a track leading to Pilgrimage Valley Settlement; thence westerly along the said track to Pilgrimage Valley; thence continuing westerly and then northerly along the said track to its intersection with Red Creek; thence northerly and downstream along Red Creek to its confluence with the Belize River; thence upstream along the north bank of the Belize River to Branch Mouth; the continuing upstream along the Belize River on its eastern branch also known as the Macal River to its intersection with the Chiquibul Road at Guacamallo Bridge and being the point of commencement. The afore described Cayo Central Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize. 11 of 2005. CAYO NORTH EAST ELECTORAL DIVISION (NEW DIVISION) The Cayo North East Electoral Division, comprising of the northern portion of San Ignacio Town and all that portion of Cayo District and which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the intersection of the Western Highway and the road leading to the ferry passing through Central Farm; thence west along the Western Highway to its junction with a track leading south and connection to Garbutt Creek, the said track opposite the area now or formerly known as Norland; thence south along the said track to Garbutt REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 65 Creek; thence upstream along Garbutt Creek to a track leading to Pilgrimage Valley Settlement; thence westerly along the said track to Pilgrimage Valley; thence continuing westerly and then northerly along the said track to its intersection with Red Creek; thence northerly and downstream along Red Creek to its confluence with the Belize River; thence upstream along the north bank of the Belize River to Branch Mouth; thence continuing upstream along the Belize River on its eastern branch also known as the Macal River,- to its intersection with the north-side of Waight Avenue produced across Burns Avenue to the said Macal River; thence west along the north-side of Waight Avenue to the Bullet Tree Road; thence continuing west along the north-side of the Bullet Tree Road to the western town boundary of San Ignacio; thence northerly along the western boundary of San Ignacio Town to the Mopan River; thence across the Mopan River to a track; thence northerly along the said track and crossing the Bullet Tree/Santa Familia Road to another track; thence north along the said track for an approx. distance of 1 .5 kilometers to its junction with Cadena Creek; thence down- stream along Cadena Creek to Aguacate Lagoon; thence along the west bank of Aguacate Lagoon to a track; thence northerly along the said track for a distance of approx. eight kilometers to the northern boundary of the Cayo District. Thence easterly along the northern boundary of the Cayo District for a distance of approximately nineteen kilometers to a major track, said track leading south to Los Tambos; thence south along the said road to the main road passing through Spanish Lookout; thence west and then south to a road leading to the ferry on the Belize River; thence across the Belize River and along the Baking Pot Road to the Western Highway and the point of commencement. The afore described Cayo North East Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. REVISED EDITION 2018 66 Representation of the People CAYO NORTH ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. The Cayo North Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Cayo District and the southern portion of San Ignacio Town, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the intersection of Waight Avenue produced across Burns Avenue to the eastern branch of the Belize River, known as the Macal River; thence southerly along the west bank of the Macal River to its confluence with a creek west of the Village of Cristo Rey; thence westerly along the south bank of the said creek and extending to the Benque Viejo Road, the said road also being a portion of the Western Highway; thence northerly along the Benque Viejo Road to a major track, the said major track leading to the settlement of Providencien on the bank of the western branch of the Belize River, also known as the Mopan River; thence upstream along the west bank of the Mopan River to a track north of the Village of Santa Rosa; thence west along the said track to its intersection with the western international boundary between Belize and Guatemala; thence north along the said international boundary between Belize and Guatemala to its junction with the northern boundary of the Cayo District; thence northeasterly along the northern boundary of the Cayo District for a distance of approx. eight kilometers to a major track; thence southerly along the major track to the west bank of Aguacate Lagoon; thence continuing along the west bank of Aguacate Lagoon to Cadena Creek; thence upstream along Cadena Creek for an approx. distance of 1 .5 kilometers to its junction a track; thence generally following the said track south to its intersection with another track in an area north-west of Santa Familia Village; thence southerly along the said track and across the Bullet Tree/Santa Familia Road to where it meet the Mopan River; thence across the Mopan River to an area now the western town boundary of San Ignacio; thence south along the western town boundary of San Ignacio to the Bullet Tree Road; thence east along the north-side of the Bullet Tree Road to REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 67 Waight Avenue; thence continuing east along the north-side of Waight Avenue produced across Bums Avenue back to the point of commencement. The afore described Cayo North Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. CAYO SOUTH ELECTORAL DIVISION The Cayo South Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Cayo District and which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the intersection of the Chiquibul Road and the western international boundary between Belize and Guatemala; thence southerly and easterly along the Chiquibul Road to its intersection with the Macal River at Guacamallo Bridge; thence continuing easterly and northerly along the Chiquibul Road to its junction with the Brunton Trail; thence southerly and easterly along the Brunton Trail to its junction with Baldy Beacon Road; thence north- westerly along Baldy Beacon Road to Roaring Creek Road; thence northerly along Roaring Creek Road to its intersection with Barton Creek; thence northerly along the east bank of Barton Creek to its confluence with the Belize River; thence easterly along the south bank of the Belize River to its confluence with Quaco Creek; thence upstream along Quaco Creek to a survey line, said line being the production of the southern boundary of Valley of Peace ; thence northeasterly along the said survey line to a road, said road being the western boundary of Valley of Peace; thence northerly along the said road to its intersection with the northern boundary of the Cayo District; thence easterly along the northern boundary of the Cayo District and forming a portion of Labouring Creek to the eastern boundary of the Cayo District; thence southerly and westerly along the said boundary of the Cayo District being adjacent to the Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo District REVISED EDITION 2018 68 Representation of the People boundaries to its junction with the western international boundary between Belize and Guatemala; thence northerly along the said western international boundary between Belize and Guatemala back to the point of commencement. The afore described Cayo South Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. CAYO WEST ELECTORAL DIVISION The Cayo West Electoral Division, comprising of Benque Viejo Del Carmen Town and all that portion of Cayo District and which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the intersection of the Chiquibul Road and the Macal River at Guacamallo Bridge; thence southerly and westerly along the Chiquibul Road to where it meets the western international boundary between Belize and Guatemala; thence north a long the western international boundary between Belize and Guatemala to a track north of the village of Santa Rosa; thence east along the said track to its junction with the Mopan River; thence downstream along the west bank of the Mopan River to a track leading from the settlement of Providencien on the Mopan River to the Benque Viejo Road; thence southerly along the Benque Viejo Road to a point, the said point being the extension of a creek west of the Village of Cristo Rey; thence easterly along the south bank of the said creek to its confluence with the Macal River; thence southerly along the west bank of the Macal River back to the point of commencement. The afore described Cayo West Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. COROZAL BAY ELECTORAL DIVISION REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 69 Commencing at the junction of 5th Street and the Caribbean Sea; thence south-easterly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 352364 meters east and 2031509 meters north; thence in a straight line west to a scaled UTM co- ordinate of 352034 meters east and 2013517 meters north being on an unnamed road, and also being lands now or formerly leased to Albert Vault; thence north along said road to its junction with the Northern Highway; thence in a north easterly direction along the Northern Highway to the boundary of Corozal Town; thence north easterly direction along the town boundary to its intersection with the Santa Elena Road; thence in a southerly direction along the northern-side of Santa Elena Road to where it widens into double lane; thence continue on the northern side of the said road to a scaled UTM co-ordinate point of 353022 meters east and 2035121 meters north; thence continuing on the north eastern side of the Santa Elena Road to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 353022 meters east and 2035121 meters north; thence from this said point to a scaled UTM of 353144 meters east and 2035112 meters north; thence south east to a scaled UTM of 353196 meters east and 2035055 meters north; thence south to a scaled UTM of 353197 meters east and 2035028 meters north; thence in a north easterly direction to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 353216 meters east and 2305038 meters north; thence to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 353413 meters east and 2034878 meters north; thence south west from said point to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 353318 meters east and 2034794 meters north; thence in a straight line south east to the intersection with Toucan Street; thence along the north-side of Toucan Street to its junction with 7th Street North; thence south east along an unnamed street to its j unction with 5th Street North; thence along the north-side of5th Street North back to the point of commencement. The afore described Corozal Bay Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. COROZAL NORTH ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. REVISED EDITION 2018 70 Representation of the People Commencing at a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 342120 meters east and 2026188 meters north which is the junction of the San Pedro Road and Northern Highway; thence east on the north side of the said Northern Highway for an approx. distance of 0.75 kilometers to a road; thence in a north easterly direction along the said road to its intersection with the Northern Highway; thence north east along said northern-side of the Northern Highway to its junction with the Corozal Town boundary; thence north easterly direction along the town boundary to its intersection with the Santa Elena Road; thence in a southerly direction along the northern-side of Santa Elena Road to where it widens into double lane; thence continue on the northern side of the said road to a scaled UTM co-ordinate point of 353022 meters east and 2035121 meters north; thence continuing on the north eastern side of the Santa Elena Road to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 353022 meters east and 2035121 meters north; thence from this said point to a scaled UTM of 353144 meters east and 2035112 meters north; thence south east to a scaled UTM of 353196 meters east and 2035055 meters north; thence south to a scaled UTM of 353197 meters east and 2035028 meters north; thence in a north easterly direction to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 353216 meters east and 2305038 meters north; thence to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 353413 meters east and 2034878 meters north; thence south west from said point to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of353318 meters east and 2034794 meters north; thence in a straight line south east to the intersection with Toucan Street; thence along the north-side of Toucan Street to its junction with 7th Street North; thence south east along an unnamed street to its junction with 5th Street North, thence along the north-side of 5th Street the coast of the Caribbean Sea; thence north easterly along said coast to its confluence with Rio Hondo River; thence along the south and then east banks of the Rio Hondo to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 336667 meters east and 2030177 meters north; thence easterly direction to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 338915 meters east and 2030193 meters north; thence southerly to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 338890 meters east and 2029585 meters north being on a major track; thence continue along the major track to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 341260 meters east and REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 71 2028674 meters north; thence south to a scaled UTM co- ordinate of 341260 meters east and 2028091 meters north; thence south east to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 341843 meters east and 2027921 meters north on the San Pedro Road; thence southerly along the San Pedro Road back to the point of commencement. The afore described Corozal North Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. COROZAL SOUTH EAST ELECTORAL Commencing a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 340105 meters east and 2014641 meters north; thence north east to a scale UTM co-ordinate of 340409 meters east and 2014034 meters north; thence northeast to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 339875 meters east and 2014641 meters north; thence north to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 340640 meters east and 2017193 meters north, being a point on the southern side of the Caledonia Road; thence east along the Caledonia Road to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 343447 meters east and 2016318 meters north; thence north and easterly to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 345196 meters east and 2016257 meters north; thence continue east to a scaled UTM coordinate point of344151 meters east and 2016938 meters north, being a point on the west bank of the New River; thence northerly along the west bank of New River its junction with the Libertad Road; thence north along said Libertad Road to its intersection with the Northern Highway; thence continue north along said highway for an approx. distance of 0.75 kilometers to a major track; thence west side of the major track to its junction with a road leading from Calcutta on the Northern Highway; thence east along the said major track to its junction with the Northern Highway; thence along the south-side of the Northern Highway to its intersection with the Corozal Town Boundary; thence south along the town boundary to a scale UTM co-ordinate of352034 meters east and 2013517 meters north; and also being the boundary of lands now or REVISED EDITION 2018 72 Representation of the People formerly leased to Albert Vault; thence east along the boundary of the said lands to a point on the coast of the Caribbean Sea and having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 352364 meters east and 2031509 meters north; thence along the coast easterly and then southerly to its junction with the Corozal/ Belize district boundary; thence west along the said boundary to the Corozal/ Orange Walk district boundary; thence northwesterly along the said boundary back to the point of commencement. The afore described Corozal South East Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. COROZAL SOUTH WEST ELECTORAL DIVISION Commencing at a point, said point having a scaled UTM co- ordinate of 336667 meters east and 2030177 meters north, and being on the east bank of the Rio Hondo; thence southerly along the east bank of the Rio Hondo to its junction with the Corozal/ Orange Walk District boundary; thence southeasterly along the said boundary to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 340105 meters east and 2014641 meters north; thence north east to a scale UTM co-ordinate of 340409 meters east and 2014034 meters north; thence northwest to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 339875 meters east and 2014641 meters north; thence north to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 340640 meters east and 2017193 meters north, being a point on the southern side of the Caledonia Road; thence east along the Caledonia Road to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 343447 meters east and 2016318 meters north; thence north and easterly to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 345196 meters east and 2016257 meters north; thence continue east to a scaled UTM co-ordinate point of 344151 meters east and 2016938 meters north, being a point on the west bank of the New River; thence northerly along the west bank of New River its junction with the Libertad Road; thence north along said Libertad Road to its intersection with the Northern Highway; thence continue north along said highway for an approx. distance of 0.75 kilometers to a major track; thence west side of REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 73 the major track to its junction with a road leading from Calcutta on the Northern Highway; thence south west along the said major track to its junction with the Northern Highway west of Concepcion Village; thence west along said Northern Highway to its intersection with San Pedro Road; thence northwest along said San Pedro Road to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 341843 meters east and 2027921 meters north; thence west from said point to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 341260 meters east and 2028091 meters north; thence north from said point to a scaled UTM co-ordinate of341260 meters east and 2028674 meters north at the intersection with a track; thence west along said track to scaled UTM co-ordinate of 338890 meters east and 2029585 meters north; thence north to a scaled UTM co- ordinate of 338915 meters east and 2030193 meters north; thence west back to the Rio Hondo and the point of commencement. The afore described Corozal South West Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Elections and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. ORANGE WALK CENTRAL ELECTORAL DIVISION The Orange Walk Central Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Orange Walk Town and District, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of New River with San Francisco Street; thence along the north-side of San Francisco Street to Progress Street; thence along the east side of Progress Street to San Andres Street; thence along the south-side of San Andres Street to Tate Street; thence along the east-side of Tate Street to Lyle Street; thence along the north- side of Lyle Street to Clarke Street; thence along the west-side of Clarke Street to Holy Trinity Street; thence along the west- side of Holy Trinity Street to its intersection with the northern boundary of Orange Walk Town; thence west along the said REVISED EDITION 2018 74 Representation of the People northern boundary of Orange Walk Town to the western boundary of Orange Walk Town; thence south-easterly along the said western boundary to its inter-section with the San Antonio Road; thence easterly along the San Antonio Road to its junction with Queen Victoria Avenue; thence southerly along the west-side of Queen Victoria Avenue to Mahogany Street; thence east along the north-side of Mahogany Street to South Main Street; thence north along the west-side of South Main Street to Santa Maria Street; thence east along the north-side of Santa Maria Street to Muffles Street; thence north along the west-side of Muffles Street to Cemetery Road; thence east along the north-side of Cemetery Road produced to New River; thence upstream along the west bank of New River to Palmar Road; thence easterly across New River to a Major Track; thence northerly along the said major track to the Doubloon Bank Road, including the village of Pettville; thence east along the north-side of the Doubloon Bank Road for an approx. distance of two kilometers to major track; thence northerly along the said major track produced to New River and including San Estevan Village; thence southerly along the west bank of New River back to the point of commencement. The afore described Orange Walk Central Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 75 ORANGE WALK EAST ELECTORAL DIVISION 11 of 2005. The Orange Walk East Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Orange Walk Town and District, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction of the west bank of New River and Palmar Road; thence easterly across New River to a Major Track; thence northerly along the said major track to the Doubloon Bank Road, save and except the village of Pettville; thence east along the north-side of the Doubloon Bank Road for an approx. distance of two kilometers to major track; thence northerly along the said major track produced to New River, save and except San Estevan Village; thence across New River to a major track passing through Narrows Landing; thence continuing along the said major track to the northern boundary of the Orange Walk District; thence southeasterly and then westerly along the Orange Walk District Boundary to a point where it intersects the Northern Highway; thence northerly along the Northern Highway for a distance of approx. 8 kilometers to a major track; thence southerly and westerly along the south-side of the said major track and the south-side of surveyed agricultural parcels to New River; thence downstream along the east bank of New River for a distance of approx. 0.75 kilometers to a point, said point being where a track produced to New River intersects the said New River; thence west along the said track to the Guinea Grass Road; thence north along the west side of Guinea Grass Road for an approximate distance of two kilometers to a major track; thence west along the south-side of the major track for an approx. distance of seven kilometers to a major track; thence north along the major track to a major track; the west for a distance of approx. 0.5 kilometers to a major track; thence north along the east-side of the major track to the Yo Creek - San Antonio Road; thence easterly along the south-side of the Yo Creek - San Antonio Road to Queen Victoria Avenue; thence south along the west-side of Queen Victoria Avenue to Mahogany Street; thence east along the north-side of Mahogany Street to South Main Street; thence REVISED EDITION 2018 76 Representation of the People north along the west-side of South Main Street to Santa Maria Street; thence east along the north-side of Santa Maria Street to Muffles Street; thence north along the west-side of Muffles Street to Cemetery Road; thence east along the north-side of Cemetery Road produced to New River; thence south along the west bank of New River back to the point of commencement. The afore described Orange Walk East Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. ORANGE WALK NORTH ELECTORAL DIVISION The Orange Walk North Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Orange Walk Town and District, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the junction the Orange Walk Town northern boundary and the New River; thence upstream along the west bank of New River to its junction with San Francisco Street; thence along the north- side of San Francisco Street to Progress Street; thence along the east side of Progress Street to San Andres Street; thence along the south-side of San Andres Street to Tate Street; thence along the east-side of Tate Street to Lyle Street; thence along the north- side of Lyle Street to Clarke Street; thence along the west-side of Clarke Street to Holy Trinity Street; thence along the west- side of Holy Trinity Street to its intersection with the northern boundary of Orange Walk Town; thence west along the said northern boundary of Orange Walk Town to the western boundary of Orange Walk Town; thence south-easterly along the said western boundary to its intersection with the San Antonio Road; thence westerly along the San Antonio Road to its intersection with the east branch of the Rio Hondo at the Village of San Antonio, save and except the village of Yo Creek; thence upstream along the west bank of the said east branch of the Rio Hondo to its confluence with its west branch and forming the southern portion of Albion Island; thence REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 77 downstream along the west branch of the Rio Hondo, also being the international boundary between Belize and Mexico, to the northern boundary of the Orange Walk District; thence south- easterly along the said northern boundary of the Orange Walk District to the San Estevan Road, thence southerly along the west-side of the San Estevan Road to where it produces to the New River at San Estevan Village, thence southerly along the west bank of the New River back to the point of commencement. The afore described Orange Walk North Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. ORANGE WALK SOUTH ELECTORAL The Orange Walk South Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of Orange Walk Town and District, which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point the said point being the intersection of the Orange Walk District Boundary and the Northern Highway; thence northerly along the Northern Highway for a distance of approx. 8 kilometers to a major track; thence southerly and westerly along the south-side of the said major track and the south-side of surveyed agricultural parcels to New River; thence downstream along the east bank of New River for a distance of approx. 0.75 kilometers to a point, said point being where a track produced to New River intersects the said New River; thence west along the said track to the Guinea Grass Road; thence north along the west side of Guinea Grass Road for an approximate distance of two kilometers to a major track; thence west along the south-side of the major track for an approx. distance of seven kilometers to a major track; thence north along the major track to a major track; the west for a distance of approx. 0.5 kilometers to a major track; thence north along the east-side of the major track to the Yo Creek - San Antonio Road; thence westerly along the south- side of the Yo Creek - San Antonio Road to where it intersects the east branch of the Rio Hondo, including the REVISED EDITION 2018 78 Representation of the People Village of Yo Creek; thence southerly along the east bank of the said east branch of the Rio Hondo to its confluence with its west branch and forming the southern portion of Albion Island; thence southerly and upstream along the west bank of the Rio Hondo to its confluence with Blue Creek, both rivers forming a part of the international boundary between Belize and Mexico; thence upstream along Blue Creek to its intersection with the western international boundary of Belize with Mexico; thence southerly along the said western international boundary of Belize to its junction with the southern part of the Orange Walk District boundary; thence easterly along the said Orange Walk District boundary to the eastern part of the Orange Walk District boundary; thence northerly along the Orange Walk District boundary back to the point of commencement. The afore described Orange Walk South Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. DANGRIGA ELECTORAL DIVISION The Dangriga Electoral Division, comprising the Town of Dangriga and its environs, the cayes in the Stann Creek District, save and except Long Caye and including polling areas numbers 92 to 98 and being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the confluence of Salt Creek and the Caribbean Sea; thence upstream along the west bank of Salt Creek and an unnamed pond to a point, said point being the confluence of the aforementioned unnamed pond and Black Creek; thence upstream along the Black Creek and continuing along its northern branch to its confluence with Big Creek; thence up stream along the northern bank of Big Creek and continuing along its northern bank to its intersection with a major track; thence southerly along the said major track to the Stann Creek Valley Road at a location east of Quarry Hill; thence easterly along the northern side of the Stann Creek Valley Road for a distance of approximately 1.4 kilometers to a REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 79 major track; thence southerly along the said track leading to the Canada Hill Road; thence south-westerly along the northern side of the Canada Hill Road for a distance of approximately 0.84 kilometers to its intersection with a major track; thence southerly and easterly along the said major track for a distance of approximately 7.3 kilometers to its intersection with the Southern Highway; thence north-easterly along the east side of the Southern Highway for a distance of approximately two kilometers to its intersection with Bocotora Creek; thence downstream along the north bank of Bocotora Creek to its confluence with the Caribbean Sea; thence northerly along the coast of Caribbean Sea back to the point of commencement. The said Dangriga Electoral Division includes all the cayes in the Stann Creek District, save and except, Long Caye east of Placencia Village. The afore described Dangriga Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2005. STANN CREEK WEST ELECTORAL DIVISION The Stann Creek West Electoral Division, comprising all that portion of the Stann Creek District which lies in an area being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point, the said point being the confluence of Salt Creek and the Caribbean Sea; thence northerly along the coast of the Caribbean Sea and across Mullins River for a distance of approximately 7.8 kilometers to the administrative boundary between the Belize and Stann Creek Districts; thence westerly along the Belize-Stann Creek District boundary to its intersection with the Cayo District boundary; thence southerly along the Stann Creek-Cayo District boundary to its intersection with the Toledo District boundary; thence easterly and southerly along the Stann Creek-Toledo District boundary including and forming the Swasey Branch of Monkey River to its intersection with the Southern Highway; thence continuing in a south REVISED EDITION 2018 80 Representation of the People easterly direction for a distance of approximately 8.7 kilometers along the said Stann Creek-Toledo District boundary to a point where it connects to Big Creek, the said Big Creek forming part of the aforementioned Stann Creek-Toledo District boundary; thence continuing along the said boundary to its intersection with the coast of the Caribbean Sea; thence northerly along the coast to Bocotora Creek; thence upstream along Bocotora Creek to its intersection with the Southern Highway; thence southerly along the Southern Highway for a distance of approximately two kilometers to its intersection with a major track; thence northerly and westerly along the said major track for a distance of approximately 7.3 kilometers to the Canada Hill Road; thence easterly along the Canada Hill Road for a distance of approximately 0.84 kilometers to a major track, the said track leading to the Stann Creek Valley Road; thence westerly along the Stann Creek Valley Road for a distance of approximately 1.4 kilometers to a major track east of Quarry Hill; thence northerly along the major track to its intersection with Big Creek; thence downstream along Big Creek to its confluence with Black Creek; thence downstream along Black Creek and along the west bank of an unnamed pond to its confluence with Salt Creek; thence downstream along the west bank of Salt Creek back to the point of commencement. The afore described Stann Creek Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Department, Belize City. 11 of 2002. TOLEDO WEST DIVISION TOLEDO WEST DIVISION, comprising all that portion of the Toledo District which lies within an area bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the Stann Creek/Toledo District boundary and Sapote Creek; thence northwesterly along the said west bank of Sapote Creek for an approximate distance of 8.7 kilometers to its watershed with the Crique Salada; thence southerly and downstream along the west bank of Crique Salada REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 81 for an approximate distance of 11 kilometers to its confluence with the Trio River, save and except the village of Trio; thence downstream along the west bank of the Trio River for an approximate distance of 13 kilometers to its confluence with the Bladen Branch of the Monkey River thence downstream along the west bank of the Bladen Branch of the Monkey River for an approximate distance of 7 kilometers to its intersection with the southern highway, and including the portion of the village of Bladen south of Monkey River; thence southerly along the western side of the southern highway for an approximate distance of 37 kilometers to a point, being intersection of the southern highway and the south bank of the Rio Grande, including the villages of Medina Bank, Tambran, Golden Stream, Indian Creek, Hicattee and Big Falls; thence continuing south easterly along the southern banks of the Rio Grande to its confluence with Jacinto Creek; thence upstream along the north bank of Papishow Creek for an approximate distance of 2.8 kilometers to its intersection with the Southern Highway; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point having a scaled UTM co- ordinate of 29814 meters east and 1785046 meters north, the said point being on a secondary road; then westerly along the said secondary road to its intersection with the north banks of the Moho River, save and except the Village of Santa Ana and including the village of San Felipe; thence upstream along the north bank Moho River for an approximate distance of 12.6 kilometers to its intersection with a major track south of the village of Jordan; thence southerly and westerly along the western-side of the said major track for an approximate distance of 27.2 kilometers, including the villages of Santa Teresa and Mabilha, to its junction with the northern bank of the Temash River, and save and except the villages of San Lucas, Corazon and Otoxha; thence upstream along the northern bank of the Temash River for an approximate distance of 7 kilometers to the international boundary between Belize and Guatemala; thence northerly along the eastern side said international boundary to the Stann Creek/Toledo District boundary; thence northerly and easterly along the said district boundary back to the point of commencement. The afore described Toledo West Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief REVISED EDITION 2018 82 Representation of the People Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Commission Department, Belize City. 11 of 2002. TOLEDO EAST DIVISION THE TOLEDO EAST DIVISION, comprising all that portion of the Toledo and Stann Creek District which lies within an area bounded as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the Stann Creek/Toledo District boundary and the coast; thence westerly and northerly along the said district boundary for an approximate distance of 38.3 kilometers to the east bank of Sapote Creek and including the village of San Pablo; thence northwesterly along said east bank of Sapote Creek for an approximate distance of 8.7 kilometers to its watershed with the Crique Salada; thence southerly and downstream along the east bank of Crique Salada for an approximate distance of 11 kilometers to its confluence with the Trio River, and including the village of Trio; thence downstream along the east bank of the Trio River for an approximate distance of 13 kilometers to its confluence with the Bladen Branch of the Monkey River; thence downstream along the east bank of the Bladen Branch of the Monkey River for an approximate distance of 7 kilometers to its intersection with the southern highway, and including the portion of the village of Bladen east of the Monkey River; thence southerly along the eastern side of the southern highway approximate distance of 37 kilometers to a point, the said point being the intersection of the southern highway and the north bank of the Rio Grande, save and except the villages of Medina Bank, Tambran, Golden Stream, Indian Creek, Hicattee and Big Falls; thence south easterly along the north bank of the Rio Grande to its confluence with Jacinto Creek; thence upstream along the south bank of Jacinto Creek for an approximate distance of 3 kilometers to its confluence with Papishow Creek; thence upstream along the south bank of Papishow Creek for an approximate distance of REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 83 2.8 kilometers to its intersection with the southern highway; thence in a southwesterly direction to a point having a scaled UTM co-ordinate of 298184 meters east and 1785046 Meters north, the said point being on a secondary road; thence westerly along the said secondary road to its intersection with the north bank of the Moho River including the village of Santa Ana and save and except the village of San Felipe; thence upstream along the south bank Moho River for an approximate distance of 12.6 kilometers to its intersections with a major track south of the village of Jordan; thence southerly and westerly along the eastern-side of the said major track for an approximate distance of 27.2 kilometers, including the villages of San Lucas, Corazon and Otoxha to its junction with the northern bank of the Temash River, and save and except the villages of Santa Teresa and Mabilha; thence upstream along southern bank of the Temash River for an approximate distance of 7 kilometers to the international boundary between Belize and Guatemala; thence Southerly along the said international boundary for an approximate distance of 11.4 kilometers to the north bank of the Sarstoon River, thence easterly and downstream along the said north bank of the Sarstoon River to its confluence with the Caribbean Sea at the coast; the northerly along the said coast for an approximate distance of 140 kilometers back to the point of commencement. Including all the offshore islands and cayes in the Toledo District. The afore described Toledo East Electoral Division can be seen on a map at the office of the Chief Elections Officer, Election and Boundaries Commission Department, Belize City. REVISED EDITION 2018 84 Representation of the People SCHEDULE II REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Representation of The People Registration Rules [sections 6 (2) and 65] ARRANGEMENT OF RULES PART I Preliminary and Registration 1. Short title. 2. Re-Registration. 3. Registering officer and other officers. 4. Commencement of registration of electors. 5. Application for registration. 6. House to house inquiry. 7. Duty of chief occupant to give information regarding occupants. 8. Registration to be done at polling stations. 9. Registering officer to inquire into applications. 10. Registering officer may refuse registration. 11. Manner of registration. 12. More information from applicant. 13. Registration record card. 14. Identification card. 15. Name index card. 16. Applicant to sign record cards. 17. Certificate as to registration. 18. Photograph of the elector. 19. Chief Elections Officer to return documents to registering officer. 20. Filing of registration record cards in divisional registers. 21. Filing of cards in Central Register. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 85 22. New register. 23. Applications and objections. 24. Chief Elections Officer to publish list of deceased and disqualified persons. 25. Manner of revision of new registers. 26. Revision of new registers. 27. Transmission of registers to registering officer. 28. Transmission of registers to Chief Elections Officer. 29. Delivery of identification cards. PART II Continuous Registration 30. Continuous registration. 31. Application. 32. Investigation. 33. Refusal of registration. 34. Registration. 35. Certificate as to registration. 36. Objection to registration. 37. Disposal of objections. 38. Revision court. 39. Hearing by revising court. 40. Powers of revising court. 41. Court to correct errors. 42. Evidence of decision. 43. Certificate by revising officer. 44. Action by registering officer, etc. 45. Publication of lists by Chief Elections Officer. PART III Annual Revision 46. Annual revision. 47. Deceased and disqualified persons. REVISED EDITION 2018 86 Representation of the People 48. Objection to retention of name, etc. 49. Revising court to revise registers. 50. Registers of electors. PART IV Appeals from Revising Officers 51. Who may appeal, and procedure on appeal. 52. Person aggrieved may apply for order calling on revising officer to show cause. 53. Powers of Supreme Court. 54. Decision of Supreme Court to be final. 55. Order expunging name. 56. List of names inserted on orders of Supreme Court. 57. Right of voting. PART V General Provisions 58. Change of place of residence within the division. 59. Change of residence from one division to another. 60. Change of name. 61. Change to be certified and initialed. 62. Correction of minor errors. 63. Correction of errors in names and dates of birth. 64. Replacement of lost, inaccurate etc., identification cards. 65. Partial or total loss of registration record card. 66. Substitution of identification cards. 67. Seeking registration more than once. 68. Inspection of documents. 69. No misnomer to prejudice decision. 70. Effect of non-publication. 71. Register to be kept accessible for perusal. 72. Costs. 73. Evidence or opinion of court. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 87 74. Receipts. PART VI Adjustment of Electoral Records on Re-division of Electoral Divisions 75. Definitions applicable to this Part. 76. Chief Elections Officer to adjust electoral records. 77. Compilation and publication of provisional register. 78. Applications for correction and objections to entries in provisional register. 79. Revision of provisional registers. 80. Divisional registers. 81. Continuous registration. 82. Substitution of identification cards. REVISED EDITION 2018 88 Representation of the People REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Representation Of The People Registration Rules [section 6(2) and 65] PART I Preliminary and Registration 1. These rules may be cited as the Representation of the People Registration Rules. 2.-(1) Any person who on the relevant date or the date fixed under Re-registration rule 4, whichever be the later, is qualified to be an elector may apply S.I. 44 of 1978 to the proper registering officer to be registered as an elector. Re-registration. S.I. 44 of 1978. 11 of 1997. S.I. 48 of 1989. (2) The Governor-General shall upon the advice of the Minister, S.I. 48 of 1989 and by proclamation published in the Gazette, specify a date to be a relevant date for the purposes of paragraph (1). Registering officer and other officers. 3. Each electoral division shall be a registration area, and there shall be a registering officer for each registration area and such number of other officer and officers as may be necessary to assist the registering officer in the discharge of his functions under these rules. Commencement of registration of electors. S.I. 48 of 1989. 11 of 1997. 4.-(1) For the purpose of the compilation of the new registers, the Commencement Governor-General may upon the advice of the Minister, and by Order published in the Gazette, fix the date on or before which any person eligible to be registered as an elector shall make his application therefore. (2) The Chief Elections Officer shall thereupon publish a notice in the manner set out in Form 5 of Schedule V requiring every person qualified to be registered as an elector to make his REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 89 application to the Registering officer of the division in which the applicant resides. (3) The registering officer shall make such arrangements as he deems necessary for the acceptance of any application that may be made pursuant to the notice referred to in paragraph (2). Application for registration . S.I. 48 of 1989. 5.-(1) On or before the date fixed by the Governor-General under rule 4, every person eligible to be registered as an elector may make an application for registration in Form 6A, set out in Schedule V, to the registering officer of his electoral division. (2) Where any person eligible to apply suffers from old age or any physical incapacity he shall notify the registering officer of his incapacity and the registering officer shall make such arrangements as he deems fit to obtain the application of that person. (3) The applicant shall place his signature and date the application and shall produce such evidence as may be required by the registering officer, to authenticate the statements in the application. No person shall be registered as an elector unless he shall have with his own hand placed his signature on the application for registration before the registering officer or some other officer referred to in rule 3 above. S.I. 48 of 1989. (4) The official photographer shall take copies of photograph of every person at the same time as that person makes an application for registration under this rule and shall attach the photograph to the application after affixing the official stamp at the back of each such photograph. In the case of persons to whom sub-rule (2) of this rule applies, an official photographer shall accompany the registering officer and shall take three copies of photograph of every such applicant. REVISED EDITION 2018 90 Representation of the People House to house inquiry. 6.-(1) The registering officer may if he thinks fit, for the purpose of enabling persons to be registered as electors, have a house to house inquiry made in the division, or any part thereof, for which he is the registering officer, as to the persons entitled to be registered as electors in his division and may make provision for the acceptance of their application for registration following upon such inquiry. (2) Where any house to house inquiry is to be held under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this rule the registering officer shall apply to the Chief Elections Officer who with the approval of the Commission shall appoint such number of enumerators as he shall consider necessary for the purpose of carrying out such inquiry. (3) Any person who in the course of any such inquiry hands over his application for registration shall be deemed to have made his application to a proper registering officer in accordance with the provisions of these rules and four copies of photograph shall be taken of him at the same time. For this purpose, an official photographer shall accompany the registering officer or enumerator on any house to house inquiry. S.I. 48 of 1989. (4) Nothing in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) shall preclude any person who has not already made an application for registration from submitting an application for registration in accordance with rule 5 of these rules. (5) Where an application has been made by a registering officer to the Chief Elections Officer for the appointment of enumerators and the Chief Elections Officer has with the approval of the Commission appointed such number of enumerators as he may consider necessary for the electoral division of which the registration officer is the proper registering officer the Chief Elections Officer shall divide such electoral division into as many areas as there are enumerators for such division and appoint one enumerator to conduct a house to house inquiry in each area. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 91 (6) Every political party which is represented in the National Assembly at the time of any house to house inquiry may appoint one person, hereinafter called a scrutineer, to accompany each enumerator during such inquiry. (7) Where an enumerator visits any house in the area for which he has been appointed he may– (a) accept an application for registration from any person who is in the house at the time of such inquiry and who is ordinarily resident in the electoral division in which he house stands whether that person resides in the house or not; and (b) leave at any house any number of application forms as may appear to him necessary for persons who are ordinarily resident in the house but who are not present at the time of his visit. (8) During the course of his enumeration an enumerator shall not speak to or question any person whom he finds at any house he visits other than for the purpose of deciding whether or not that person may be registered and for deciding how many application forms to leave at the house. (9) A scrutineer shall not question any person who is found in any house during the course of an enumeration. Duty of chief occupant to give information regarding occupants. 7.-(1) It shall be the duty of the chief occupant of every house, if required to do so, to furnish the registering officer of his division within 14 days of the date of such request with the names of every person living in that house who to the best of his knowledge is qualified to be registered as an elector for that division. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), REVISED EDITION 2018 92 Representation of the People “chief occupant” means the person who is responsible for the payment of rent from the entire house to the landlord if such house is a rented house or the person who owns that house; or any person who for the time being is in charge of the house; “house” means a dwelling house and includes any structure or any building or a part of a building used as a residence, and where a building is let in separate apartments, flats or lodgings such apartments, flats and lodgings. Registration to be done at polling stations. 11 of 1997. 8.-(1) Subject to rules 6 and 7 above, every registration of electors carried out under this Part shall– (a) in the case of urban areas, be conducted at the polling stations in each electoral division; and (b) in the case of villages and rural areas, be conducted at the respective village or area, or such other place as the Commission by notice in the Gazette may appoint. (2) An official photographer shall be present at every polling station or area where registration is being carried out under this Part and shall take a photograph of every person applying for registration and make four copies thereof. (3) The Chairperson or other authorised officer of every political party which is represented in the National Assembly at the time of such Registration, or which intends to contest an election, whichever the case may be, may appoint one or more persons hereinafter called “scrutineers” to observe the registration process: Provided that only one of such scrutineers shall be allowed to be physically present at any one time at an area or a polling station where registration is being carried out. (4) A scrutineer shall not question any person who comes to be registered as an elector, and shall direct all questions he may REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 93 have, to the registering officer. Nor shall a scrutineer, while acting as such, accept any application for registration from any person or handle any other documents in any manner whatever. Registering officer to inquire into applications. 9.-(1) The registering officer shall, subject to directions as the Chief Elections Officer may give in that behalf, cause investigations to be made and hold inquiries as he deems necessary to satisfy himself as to the applicant’s eligibility or otherwise to be registered as an elector. For that purpose, he may summon witnesses or order the production of any document that he may deem necessary and receive and record any evidence adduced. S.I. 48 of 1989. (2) A registering officer before registering any person as an elector may, where he is in doubt as to the age or nationality of the person, require that person to produce– (a) either a certificate of birth or other certificate issued by the Registrar General showing that the person has attained the age of eighteen years; and (b) a certificate of naturalisation, registration or other proof that he is either a citizen of Belize or a citizen of a Commonwealth country. 11 of 1997. (3) Where a person desirous of being registered as an elector is unable to produce his birth certificate or other document as provided in sub-rule (2) above, he may be registered as an elector as follows– (a) he shall complete a form available at the polling stations and areas where registration of electors will be held, specifying his name, address, date and place of birth and such other particulars as may be necessary to enable the General Registry or the Immigration Department, as the case may be, to verify the correctness thereof; and REVISED EDITION 2018 94 Representation of the People (b) if the particulars supplied by the applicant have been verified as correct by the General Registry or the Immigration Department, as the case may be, and the applicant is eligible to be registered as an elector he may be so registered notwithstanding that he was unable to produce the documents specified in sub-rule (2) above. Registering officer may refuse registration. 10.-(1) Where the registering officer is not satisfied with the applicant’s claim to registration as an elector, he shall issue to that applicant a notice of disallowance in Form 7 as set out in Schedule V. (2) Where a registering officer disallows an application for registration he shall record his reasons for the disallowance and a statement of his reasons shall be set out in the notice of disallowance. (3) Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the registering officer under paragraph (1) may within ten days from the date of the notice of disallowance deliver to the registering officer and the revising officer of the division concerned a statement of appeal, to be heard at the same time as objections made against the registration of electors. (4) The registering officer shall maintain a book showing the names, addresses and other particulars of every applicant whose application for registration has been disallowed by him under this rule. Manner of registration. 11. Where the registering officer is satisfied that the applicant is eligible to be registered he shall cause to be prepared, in respect of that person, in accordance with the provisions of the succeeding rules– (a) a registration record card in duplicate in Form 8 of Schedule V; REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 95 (b) an identification card in duplicate in Form 9 of Schedule V; (c) a certificate as to registration (in triplicate) in Form 10 of Schedule V; and (d) a name index card in Form 11 of Schedule V. More information from applicant. 12. The registering officer may require any applicant for registration to give him such information as will facilitate him in the discharge of his functions under these rules. Registration record card. 13. The registration record card shall bear a serial number. The particulars in the original shall be filled in ink; the duplicate by means of carbon paper, and the card shall be signed by the registering officer on completion. Identification card. 14.-(1) The identification card in respect of the applicant shall be completed by the registering officer and signed by him. S.I. 11 of 1997. (2) Every identification card shall bear a serial number and such other identification features necessary to reasonably identify the applicant as the person whom he claims to be. Such “identification features” may be in the form of the applicant’s facial photograph or an imprint of the applicant’s right hand thumb. Name index card. 15. The name index card shall be completed and signed by the registering officer. It shall be maintained in the office of the registering officer in alphabetical order. Application to sign record card. 11 of 1997. 16.-(1) The registering officer shall then require the applicant to read the entries in the registration record card, to place his signature on both the original and duplicate relating to him and also on the identification card and the duplicate identification card. (2) Where the applicant cannot read the entries therein, the registering officer shall read them out to the applicant and if he REVISED EDITION 2018 96 Representation of the People agrees that the entries accurately reflect the information supplied by him his agreement shall be recorded by the registering officer and the applicant shall place his signature on it. Certificate as to registration. S.I. 48 of 1989. 11 of 1997. 17.-(1) In respect of every person whose registration record card has been completed, the registering officer shall prepare a certificate as to registration, in triplicate, of which the original shall be in ink and the duplicate and triplicate by means of carbon paper, stating that the applicant’s registration record card has been completed and signed by him. (2) The registering officer shall retain the original of the certificate attaching to it the photograph, and shall deliver the duplicate of the certificate to the applicant. Photograph of the elector. S.I. 48 of 1989. 11 of 1997. 18.-(1) The registering officer shall, as soon as may be, and in any case within seven days of the completion of the applicant’s registration record card, forward to the Chief Elections Officer the registration record card, the original and duplicate identification cards, the certificate as to registration, and four copies of the photograph relating to that applicant. The Chief Elections Officer may give instructions to the registering officer as to the manner in which the documents shall be forwarded to him. (2) Where a photograph of an applicant has been spoilt or misplaced, the registering officer may require him to have his photograph retaken as many times as may be necessary to obtain a satisfactory photograph of that person. Chief Elections Officer to return documents to registering officer. 11 of 1997. 19.-(1) On receipt of the documents referred to in rule 18(1), the Chief Elections Officer shall– (a) cause copies of the photograph of the applicant to be attached to the original and duplicate identification cards, and to the original and duplicate of the documents registration record card of that person; and REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 97 (b) thereafter cause the original and duplicate identification cards to be laminated; and (c) return the original of the registration record card and the identification card to the registering officer. (2) Where a document required to be sent to the Chief Elections Officer under the provisions of paragraph (1) is not received by him or is lost or there is any error or insufficiency therein, the Chief Elections Officer may require the registering officer to cause the same to be remedied. Filing of registration record cards in divisional registers. 20.-(1) On receipt of the originals of the registration record card and the identification cards from the Chief Elections Officer the registering officer shall file the registration record cards of the electors in the division in a binder designed for the purpose, in a manner to be prescribed by the Chief Elections Officer. (2) The binder referred to in paragraph (1) shall be capable of being locked in such manner as the Chief Elections Officer may determine so that no registration record card filed therein may be removed or any registration record card inserted except by the application of force. Filing of cards in Central Register. S.I. 48 of 1989. S.I. 56 of 1989. 11 of 1997. 21. The Chief Elections Officer shall place in an alphabetical or numerical series or a combined alphabetical and numerical series the duplicates of the registration record cards and duplicate identification cards received by him from the registering officers and perfected in his office by the affixing of the photographs of the applicants. New register. S.I. 48 of 1989. 11 of 1997. 22.-(1) The registering officer shall, on or before a date to be specified in consultation with the Chief Elections Officer by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette, prepare and publish a register substantially in Form 12 of Schedule V, hereinafter referred to as a new register, showing the serial number of the registration record cards, the names, dates of birth, addresses, code number and other particulars of all persons in respect of REVISED EDITION 2018 98 Representation of the People whom registration record cards have been prepared and to whom identification cards are to be issued. 11 of 1997. (2) Not later than seven days after the new registers have been published the registering officer shall publish a notice specifying the places where the registers are available for inspection. Applications and objections. S.I. 48 of 1989. 23.-(1) Any person who desires any particulars concerning him in the register to be rectified shall be entitled within fourteen days of the date of such publication to apply in Form 13 of Schedule V to the registering officer to have the particulars rectified. The registering officer shall from time to time publish or exhibit in conspicuous places in the electoral division a notice containing the name and address of each applicant, if any, for rectification. 11 of 1997. (2) Any person whose name appears in the new register may either by himself or through his authorised agent, object– (a) to any person whose name also appears therein as not being entitled to have his name therein; or (b) to the rectification in the register of the particulars relating to any applicant, and shall for that purpose deliver to the registering officer within fourteen days of the date of the publication of the new register notice of his objection in Form 14A of Schedule V. 11 of 1997. (3) Within one week after the expiration of the fourteen days mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2), or as soon as practicable thereafter, each registering officer shall publish a notice in the Gazette and in a local newspaper showing the names and other particulars of the persons whose names are objected to under sub-rule (2) above, and within one week of such publication shall forward to the revising officer of his division a list of the names of all persons who have made such application or whose REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 99 names are being objected to together with a copy of the new register signed by him. If no applications or objections are received within the time prescribed in this rule the registering officer shall immediately upon the expiry of the prescribed time notify the revising officer in writing that there are no such applications or objections. Chief Elections Officer to publish list of deceased and disqualified persons. 11 of 1997. 24.-(1) Within fourteen days after the publication of the new register the Chief Elections Officer shall publish in the Gazette a list of all persons listed by divisions, whose names appear in the new register and who are deceased or are disqualified by virtue of a conviction for any election offence. (2) The Registrar of Births and Deaths shall afford such facilities to the Chief Elections Officer and his officers as are necessary to discharge the functions imposed on them by paragraph (1). (3) Every person whose name appears in such register and who objects that he is not so deceased or disqualified shall give notice in writing to the registering officer of the division in which he resides in the form set out in Form 15 of Schedule V within ten days of the publication of such list. (4) Within seven days after the expiration of the ten days mentioned in paragraph (3) the registering officer shall forward to each revising officer the list of deceased and disqualified persons as published by him and all objections made to such list. If in any division there are no persons deceased or disqualified, or if there are persons deceased or disqualified but there are no objections to the list within the time prescribed in this rule, the registering officer shall notify the revising officer of such fact. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph (4) of this rule the registering officer may, if he is satisfied that any objection is valid and before forwarding such list to the revising officer, remove the name of the objector from the list of deceased and disqualified persons and forthwith inform such person in writing of such fact. REVISED EDITION 2018 100 Representation of the People 25.-(1) An open court shall be held in each division by and before a revising officer for the purpose of revising the register. Manner of revision of new registers. 11 of 1997. (2) The said court shall be held on such day as may be fixed by the revising officer being within four weeks after the receipt by him of the lists referred to in rules 23 and 24 or of the notification mentioned therein, as the case may be. (3) Six days’ notice, in the form set out as Form 16 of Schedule V of the holding of the court and the place at which the same is to be held shall be given in the Gazette, in one or more newspapers published in Belize and by posting the notice on the outer doors of the court houses in the districts. Revision of new registers. 11 of 1997. 26.-(1) The revising officers shall in open court hear an d determine any appeal against disallowance by a registering officer under rule 10, any application for rectification of any particulars in any register and any objection to such an application and any objection to the retention or deletion of any name in the register for his division. (2) Upon the production in court by the proper registering officer of the new register the revising officer shall go through the same and shall– (a) enter in the new register the name of every person who in his opinion is entitled to have his name entered therein; (b) correct any mistake in the new register of which he is satisfied; (c) strike out of the new register the name of every person who is proved to his satisfaction not to be entitled to have his name retained in such register; and (d) strike out the name of every person whose name appears in the list of deceased and REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 101 disqualified persons and who has not objected thereto or who has objected thereto but has not satisfied the revising officer that his objection is valid. (3) Any person whose name appears on the list of deceased and disqualified persons furnished by the registering officers under the provisions of rule 24 and who has given notice of objection to the registering officer that he is not so deceased or disqualified may appear in open court and support his claim to have his name retained in the register. (4) If in the case of an objection the objector does not appear to support his objection, the objection shall be overruled and the name retained on the register or list, as the case may be. 11 of 1997. (5) The revising officer shall write his initials against any name struck out of the new register or inserted therein, and against any mistake or omission corrected therein, and shall when the register is finally settled sign his name to every page thereof. CAP. 94. (6) Every revising officer holding a court shall have power to adjourn the same to such time and as often as may be necessary and shall have the same powers for the keeping of order in his court as are given to a magistrate by the Inferior Courts Act. Transmission of registers to registering officer. 11 of 1997. 27.-(1) Every revising officer shall within one week after he has signed the new register of electors transmit it to the registering officer who shall upon receipt of it cause the names of the persons registered therein to be reproduced in a list in alphabetical order, and shall certify, sign and date the said list and the said list shall, subject to the determination of any pending appeal, be the register of electors for his division. (2) Subject to any pending appeal the registering officer shall, immediately on the receipt of the new register of electors signed as correct by the revising officer, make the necessary REVISED EDITION 2018 102 Representation of the People amendments in the registration record cards and the identification cards relating to his division. (3) Where the revising officer allows any appeal against a notice of disallowance under rule 10 and inserts the name of the appellant in the relevant register, the provisions of rules 11 to 21 shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of that appellant. (4) Where the registering officer cancels the registration of a person under this rule he shall note on the registration record card the reason for the cancellation, stamp or write the word “cancelled” on the face of the registration record card and the identification card of that person and retain the identification card for destruction. (5) Immediately on the cancellation of a registration under this rule the registering officer shall inform the Chief Elections Officer of the name of the person whose registration has been cancelled, the reason therefore and the date of cancellation; and the Chief Elections Officer shall thereupon cause the duplicate of the appropriate registration record card to be cancelled in the manner set out in paragraph (4) hereof. (6) The registering officer may before certifying any register rectify any clerical error which appears to him to have been made therein. Transmission of registers to Chief Elections Officer. 28.-(1) Every registering officer shall within seven days after he has signed and certified a register of electors of his electoral division transmit it to the Chief Elections Officer who shall upon the receipt of the several registers of electors of the several divisions countersign and date them and shall cause a copy of the same to be published. (2) The registers so dated, signed and published shall, subject to the determination of any pending appeal, form the divisional registers and shall remain in force until new divisional registers are published as herein provided and they shall remain in the custody of the Chief Elections Officer. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 103 (3) A copy of the register so published or any document purporting to be a register and purporting to be signed by the Chief Elections Officer as being correct shall on production be admitted as evidence of the existence and the contents of any such register in all courts. 11 of 1997. (4) Six copies of the register published under this sub-rule shall be supplied free of cost to every political party which is represented in the National Assembly, or which intends to contest an election, but where a party or person requires additional copies of the register, or copies in a special form, the same shall be supplied, if available, at such cost as may from time to time be determined by the Chief Elections Officer. Delivery of identification cards. 29.-(1) The registering officer shall after the register of electors for his division has been certified by him under rule 27 cause to be delivered to each person whose name appears therein and in respect of which name there is no appeal pending, a completed identification card relating to that person in exchange for the duplicate of the certificate as to registration of such person issued to him by the registering officer and endorsed by the official photographer. (2) Before delivery of an identification card to him the recipient shall place his signature on the duplicate or if the duplicate is not produced, on the original of the certificate as to registration forwarded by the photographer along with the photograph. (3) Where the person delivering the identification card is satisfied– (a) that the person to whom it relates is unable to produce the duplicate of his certificate as to registration; and (b) that there is no doubt as to the identity of that person, he may issue the identification card to such person on that person placing his REVISED EDITION 2018 104 Representation of the People signature on the original certificate of registration and on his giving a receipt therefore in a form approved by the Chief Elections Officer. PART II Continuous Registration Continuous registration. 30. Commencing from the 1st day of the month immediately following the Continuous publication pursuant to rule 28 of the divisional register, there shall be continuous registration of electors in the manner set out in this Part of these rules. Application. 11 of 1997. 31.-(1) Any person who becomes qualified to be registered as an elector may apply in Form 6A of Schedule V to the registering officer of the division in which he resides to be registered as an elector. The provisions of rule 9 shall mutatis mutandis apply to such applications. (2) The registering officer may if he thinks fit, and if required so to do by the Chief Elections Officer shall, for the purpose of enabling persons to be registered as electors, have a house to house inquiry made in the division or any part thereof for which he is the registering officer as to the persons entitled to be registered as electors in his division and may make provision for the acceptance of their applications for registration following upon such inquiry. The provisions of rules 6 and 7 shall mutatis mutandis apply to any inquiry made hereunder. Investigation. 32. The registering officer shall conduct an investigation into the facts set out in each application received by him and shall on or before the fifteenth day of each month publish a notice setting out a list of the names of the persons whose applications he has decided, after investigation, satisfy the conditions necessary for registration, and stating his intention to register such persons as electors in his division unless he receives objections thereto by the 25th day of that month. The REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 105 notice shall also set down a date on which a revising court will sit to hear and determine any objections received within the prescribed time. Refusal of registration. 33. Where the registering officer decides, after investigation, that any person does not satisfy the conditions necessary to qualify as an elector he shall, on or before the 15th day of the month immediately following the receipt of the application, issue a notice of disallowance in Form 7 of Schedule V and the provisions of rule 10 shall apply to such a notice. Registration. 34. Where the registering officer is satisfied that the applicant is eligible to be registered as an elector he shall follow the procedure set out in rules 11 to 17 and shall issue the certificate as to registration immediately upon his decision and in any event before the 15th day of that month. 35. The provisions of rules 18 to 21 shall apply to the certificate as to registration issued under section 34. Certificate as to registration. Objection to registration. S.I. 48 of 1989. 36.-(1) Every person who is himself a registered elector may, either by himself or through his authorised agent, within the prescribed time, object to the registration in the register of the division to which the person objecting belongs, of any person whose name appears in the list published by the registering officer under rule 32 as not being a person entitled to be so registered. S.I. 37 of 1989. 11 of 1997. (2) Any person who makes any objection to paragraph (1) of this rule shall, within the prescribed time, deliver to the registering officer notice of his objection in Form 14A. S.I. 57 of 1998. (3) On or before the 10th day of each of the months of February, May, June, July and August of any year, every person who is himself a registered elector may, either by himself or through his authorised agent, object to the registration or continued registration in the register of the division to which the person objecting belongs, of any person whose name appears REVISED EDITION 2018 106 Representation of the People therein and shall deliver to the registering officer notice of his objection in Form 14A. S.I. 57 of 1998. (4) The registering officer shall, on or before the 15th day of each of the months referred to in sub-rule (3) above, publish a list of the names of all persons whose registration or continued registration has been objected to under sub-rule (3), or to whose continued registration the registering officer himself objects for the reason that he believes that they are dead or that they were disqualified to be registered or did not, on the date of their application for registration, possess the qualifications necessary for registration in his division. Disposal of objections. 11 of 1997. 37.-(1) Where any objections are received within the time specified in the notice published under rule 32 or pursuant to rule 36 (1), the registering officer shall promptly publish a notice in the Gazette and in a local newspaper showing the names and other particulars of the persons whose names are objected to, and within one week of such publication shall prepare a list of the objections and the names of the persons who have made the same, and shall produce the same in open court. (2) The registering officer shall add to the list so prepared by him the names of those persons who have delivered to him, within the prescribed time, a statement of appeal in terms of rule 10. (3) The registering officer shall, in the months of February, May, June, July and August of any year, add to the list of names so prepared, the list of names published by him under sub-rule (4) of rule 36. Revision court. 38. On or before the last day of each month every revising officer shall hold an open court for the purpose of determining whether the persons who have delivered to him a statement of appeal in terms of Rule 10, and the persons whose registration or continued registration is objected to under Rule 36, are persons entitled to be registered or retained as electors within his division. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 107 39. The court shall have power to adjourn to such time and as often as may be necessary, Hearing by revising court. Provided that the court shall complete its determination of the matters before it in any month before the 5th day of the month immediately following. Powers of revising court. 40. The court shall determine all appeals and all objections set out in the list before it and the revising officer shall– (a) where he allows an appeal, enter the name of the appellant in the list; and (b) where he upholds an objection, strike out the name of the person objected to, and shall in either case write his initials against each such name. Court to correct errors. 41. The court shall have the power to correct any clerical error or omission in the list before it, to administer oaths and to hear evidence relevant to the appeals and objections on oath. The revising officer shall initial any clerical error or omission corrected in the list before him. Evidence of decision. 42. A certificate signed by the revising officer purporting to state his decision and his reasons for his decision shall in any proceedings be conclusive evidence thereof. Certificate by revising officer. 43. Every revising officer shall at the conclusion of the proceedings in open court, sign and deliver to the registering officer the list of names before the court showing which names have been added and which names have been struck out by the court. Action by registering officer, etc. 44.-(1) The registering officer shall, within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the list from the revising officer, cause those names that have been retained in the list or added thereto by the revising court to be reproduced in a list in alphabetical order and shall sign, certify and date the said list. REVISED EDITION 2018 108 Representation of the People (2) The registering officer shall immediately upon certifying a list under paragraph (1), forward to the Chief Elections Officer a signed and certified copy thereof and, subject to any pending appeal, shall himself make the necessary changes in the binder of registration record cards maintained by him for his division. (3) Where the revising officer allows any appeal against a notice of disallowance under rule 33 and inserts the name of the appellant in the relevant register, the provisions of rules 11 to 21 shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of that appellant. (4) The registering officer shall as soon as may be thereafter cause to be delivered to each person whose name appears on the list certified by him the completed identification card relating to such person in exchange for the duplicate of the certificate as to registration of such person issued to him by the registering officer and endorsed by the official photographer. The provisions of rule 29 (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the delivery of identification cards hereunder. (5) The registering officer shall immediately upon the expiry of the time allowed for the lodging of an appeal to the Supreme Court cancel the registration of a person whose name has been struck out by a revising court unless he has received a notice of an appeal therefrom. (6) Where the registering officer cancels the registration of a person whose name has been struck out by a revising court, he shall note on the registration record card of such person the reason for the cancellation, stamp or write the word “cancelled” on the face of the registration record card and retain the identification card of such person for destruction. (7) Immediately on the cancellation of a registration under this rule the registering officer shall inform the Chief Elections Officer of the name of the person whose registration has been cancelled, the reason therefore, and the date of cancellation, and the Chief Elections Officer shall thereupon cause the duplicate REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 109 of the appropriate registration record card to be cancelled in the manner set out in paragraph (6) hereof. Publication of list by Chief Elections Officer. 45.-(1) The Chief Elections Officer shall, upon receipt of the several lists forwarded to him under rule 44(2), countersign and date them and cause a copy of the same to be published within seven days of the receipt thereof. (2) Each list shall upon publication be incorporated in the register of the division to which the list relates and shall form part and parcel of that register. PART III Annual Revision 46. On or before the 1st day of October in any year every registering officer shall publish a notice whereby he shall require all persons who are registered as electors in the register relating to his division and who may have objection to the retention in that register of the name of any other person entered therein prior to the 30th day of September of that year to state his objection thereto in Form 14A of Schedule V to the Registering officer before the 1st day of November of that year. Annual revision. 47.-(1) It shall be the duty of the registering officer of each division to ascertain the names of persons who, being registered as electors in the register, have since died or have become disqualified to be retained in that register of electors. Deceased and disqualified persons. (2) The registering officer shall on or before the 1st day of October in any year publish a list of the names of any persons he believes to be dead or disqualified and shall state therein his intention to strike out those names from the register for his division. (3) Any person whose name appears on a list published under paragraph (2) hereof and who is not dead or disqualified REVISED EDITION 2018 110 Representation of the People as stated therein may on or before the 1st day of November of that year state in Form 15 of Schedule V his objection to the registering officer against the striking out of his name. (4) The registering officer shall– (a) where he has received no objection within the time prescribed therefore to the striking out of a name from the list published under paragraph (2), strike out the said name and shall cancel the registration of that person in the manner set out in rule 44 and inform the Chief Elections Officer about it; and the Chief Elections Officer shall cause the duplicate of the appropriate registration record card to be cancelled in the manner set out in that rule; and (b) where he has received any objection within the time prescribed therefore and is not satisfied that the name should be retained in the register he shall prepare a list of all such objections and the names of the persons who have made the same and shall forward the said list to the revising officer. Objection to retention of name, etc. 48.-(1) Any person whose name appears in a divisional register may object to any other person whose name also appears therein as not being entitled to have his name retained therein or as being a person who is deceased. (2) Every person so objecting shall, on or before the 1st day of November next ensuing give or cause to be given to the registering officer notice in Form 14A of Schedule V. S.I. 54 of 1979. 11 of 1997. (3) Immediately after the 1st day of November every registering officer shall prepare a list of all such objections and the names of the persons who have made it and shall cause a copy to be published in the Gazette and in a local newspaper. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 111 (4) The registering officer shall forward a copy of the list to the revising officer. Revising court to revise registers. 49.-(1) On or before the 20th day of November in each year an open court shall be held in each district town by the revising officer for the divisions falling within that district. Six days’ notice, in the form set out as Form 16 of Schedule V, of the holding of that court and the place at which it is to be held shall be given in the Gazette, in one or more newspapers published in Belize, and by posting the notice on the outer doors of the court houses and police stations in the district. (2) The revising officer shall in open court determine the objections set out in the lists forwarded by the registering officer under rules 47 and 48 and shall strike out of the divisional register the name of any elector deceased or disqualified and write his initials against each name so struck out and shall, when the register is finally settled, sign his name to every page thereof. (3) The court shall have the power, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1), to adjourn to such time and as often as may be necessary: Provided that the court shall complete its determination of the matters before it in any year by the 25th day of November of that year. (4) The court shall have the power to correct any clerical error or omission in the list before it, to administer oaths and to hear evidence relevant to the appeals and objections on oath. The revising officer shall initial any clerical error or omission corrected in the list before him. Registers of electors. S.I. 54 of 1997. 50.-(1) Every revising officer shall within two days after he has signed the revised divisional register transmit it to the registering officer, who shall upon receipt of it cause the names of the persons retained therein to be reproduced in a list in alphabetical order according to streets or polling areas and shall certify, sign and date the said list and the list shall, subject to the REVISED EDITION 2018 112 Representation of the People determination of any pending appeal, be the register of electors for his division. (2) The provisions of rule 28 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the register prepared under paragraph (1). (3) The registering officer shall immediately upon the expiry of the time allowed for the lodging of an appeal to the Supreme Court cancel the registration of a person whose name has been struck out by a revising court unless he has received a notice of an appeal therefrom. (4) Where the registering officer cancels the registration of a person whose name has been struck out by a revising court he shall note on the registration record card of such person the reason for the cancellation, stamp or write the word “cancelled” on the face of the registration record card and the identification card of that person and shall retain the identification card for destruction. (5) Immediately on the cancellation of a registration under this rule the registering officer shall inform the Chief Elections Officer of the name of the person whose registration has been cancelled, the reason therefore and the date of cancellation; and the Chief Elections Officer shall thereupon cause the duplicate of the appropriate registration record card to be cancelled in the manner set out in paragraph (4) hereof. PART IV Appeals from Revising Officers Who may appeal and procedure on appeal. 51.-(1) Any person who is dissatisfied, on any point of law material to the case, with any decision of a revising officer to insert, retain or remove any name from any register, may either in person or by some person on his behalf, give to the revising officer, not later than forty-eight hours after the decision is REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 113 given, a notice of appeal in writing containing a short statement of the decision against which he is appealing. CAP. 91. (2) The revising officer shall within seven days state in writing the facts material to the matter in question which in his judgment have been established by evidence and his decision upon the whole case, for the opinion of the Supreme Court and this shall constitute an appeal under Part IX of the Supreme Court of Judicature Act. (3) The revising officer shall endorse on the case stated the name of the electoral division to which the same relates and the respective first names and surname and place of abode of the appellant and the respondent (if any), and he shall sign and date the endorsement and transmit the case to the Registrar, and also deliver a copy of the case so endorsed to the appellant and respondent (if any) in the appeal if either requires the same. (4) The Registrar upon receiving a stated case from a revising officer shall file it in the Supreme Court, and upon application to the Chief Justice, obtain from him an appointment for the hearing of the appeal and shall give notice thereof to the appellant and respondent, not less than fourteen days before the date fixed for the hearing of the appeal. Person aggrieved may apply for order calling on revision. 52. If any person feels aggrieved by a revising officer’s refusing or neglecting to state a case, he may within fourteen days after such refusal or neglect, apply to the Supreme Court upon affidavit of the facts, and the Supreme Court shall thereupon summon the revising officer and also the respondent (if any) to show cause why an order should not be made directing the appeal to be entertained and a case to be stated. Powers of Supreme Court. 53. Upon receipt of an application under rule 52 the Supreme Court may make an order to show cause and may make the same absolute with or without costs, as may be just, and the revising officer on being served with any order absolute, shall state the case accordingly, and the case shall be stated and the appeal entertained and heard. REVISED EDITION 2018 114 Representation of the People Decision of Supreme Court to be final. 54.-(1) Every judgment or decision made by the Supreme Court shall to be final and conclusive in the case upon the matter adjudicated upon. (2) The Registrar shall send a copy of such order to the registering officer of the relevant division. Decision of Supreme Court to be final. Order expunging name. 55.-(1) The registering officer, on the receipt of the order from the Supreme Court shall, if the order is for expunging the name of a person from the register of electors– (a) strike out the name from the register; (b) cancel the registration record card in the manner hereinbefore prescribed; (c) call for the return of the identification card for cancellation, if it had already been issued to the person; (d) cancel the identification card; and (e) make the necessary alterations in the divisional register and other records. (2) Where the Court orders the insertion of a name in any divisional register, the provisions of rules 11 to 21 shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of that appellant and the registering officer shall– (a) notify the Chief Elections Officer of the said order and the necessary particulars thereof; (b) cause to be delivered to the person so added the completed identification card relating to such person in exchange for the duplicate of the certificate as to registration of such person issued to him by the registering officer and endorsed by the official photographer; and REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 115 (c) make the necessary alteration in the divisional register and other records. (3) The registering officer shall notify the Chief Elections Officer without delay of the changes effected under paragraph (1), and the Chief Elections Officer shall make the necessary changes in the Central Register and other records. List of names inserted on orders of Supreme Court. 56. The Chief Elections Officer shall, where any names have been inserted on the orders of the Supreme Court, cause a list of such names to be published as and when necessary. Right of voting. S.I. 57 of 1998. S.I. 14 of 2003. 57.-(1) The persons entitled to vote at the election of a divisional representative shall be those persons whose names appear on the register for that division. (2) No right of voting at any election shall be affected by any appeal against the exercise of that right pending at the time of the issuing of the order directing an election to be held, but every person who could otherwise vote may exercise the right of voting at the election as effectually, and every vote tendered thereat shall be as good, as if no appeal were pending, and the subsequent decision of that appeal shall not in any way alter or affect the poll, the election nor the return made thereat by the returning officer. PART V General Provisions 58.-(1) An elector who has changed his place of residence from one address to another in the same division shall give notice of such change of residence in Form 17 of Schedule V to the registering officer of the division concerned. Change of place of residence within the division. (2) Upon receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (1), the registering officer shall, if he is satisfied as to the identity of the person giving the notice and the correctness of the other REVISED EDITION 2018 116 Representation of the People particulars contained therein, make such alteration on the registration record card of such person as may be necessary to record the change. (3) When a person has given a notice under paragraph (1) and the Registering officer is not satisfied as to the identity of the person giving the notice or the correctness of the particulars contained therein he shall cause an investigation to be made in connection therewith, and upon receipt of any report thereon, he shall, if he is then satisfied, make such alteration on the registration record card of such person as may be necessary. (4) The registering officer, after correcting a registration record card in accordance with paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) shall where the person has changed his place of residence within the same division– (a) alter the registration record card of such person to show the change of residence; (b) notify such change to the Chief Elections Officer who shall make the necessary correction in the registration record card of such person in the Central Register; and (c) inform the person to whom such registration record card relates that such change has been noted. Changes of residence from one division to another. 11 of 1997. 59.-(1) Where a registered person changes his place of residence from one division to another, he shall, after he has resided for a minimum period of two months at his new address, give written notice thereof in Form 17 of Schedule V, to the registering officer of the division in which he now resides as a result of his change of residence and thereupon, if the registering officer is satisfied of the correctness of the particulars in the notice, the registration record card of such person shall be transferred to the divisional register for that division in which he resides, REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 117 Provided that an elector may only be transferred from one divisional register to another divisional register during the months of July and August in each year. Provided further that no elector may be transferred from one divisional register to another divisional register at any time after the House of Representatives has been dissolved. (2) Where a person who is registered as an elector for a division has ceased to reside in that division, he shall not on that account cease to be qualified to vote in that division unless and until his registration record card has been transferred therefrom to another division. (3) Subject to paragraph (4), the provisions of paragraphs (3) and (4) of rule 58 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the registration record cards transferred under paragraph (1). (4) Where a registered person has changed his place of residence from one division to another on such a number of occasions as to render the registration record card relating to that person incapable of accommodating any further alterations, the registering officer of the division to which that person has last moved shall examine the registration record card and shall, if he is satisfied that no further entries can conveniently be made thereon notify that person accordingly and shall re-register such person in the manner set out for the registration of persons qualified to be registered, but so that his registration number shall not be changed. 11 of 1997. (5) Subject to the proviso to sub-rule (1) above, where it comes to the notice of the Chief Elections Officer that an elector has changed his residence from one division to another and his new address is known or can be ascertained, the Chief Elections Officer shall give a written notice to that person at his new address asking him to show cause no later than the 31st May next ensuing as to why his registration record card should not be transferred to the new division, and unless the person concerned shows reasonable cause to the contrary, the Chief Elections REVISED EDITION 2018 118 Representation of the People Officer shall transfer the registration record card of such person to the division in which he now resides and notify the person concerned accordingly. Change of name. 60.-(1) Where a registered person changes his name in a manner recognized by the law for the time being he shall– (a) give notice thereof in Form 18 of Schedule V to the registering officer of the division in which he is registered; (b) produce to the registering officer satisfactory evidence of such change; and (c) surrender to the registering officer his identification card. (2) If the registering officer is not satisfied as to the identity of the person giving the notice or as to his change of name, he shall cause an investigation to be made in connection therewith. (3) If upon receipt of the notice under paragraph (1), or of the report of the investigation, if any, made under paragraph (2), the registering officer is satisfied as to the identity of that person and his change of name, he shall re-register or cause that person to be re-registered in the manner set out for the registration of persons qualified to be registered but so that his registration number shall not be changed. (4) Where, following upon an investigation made under paragraph (2), the registering officer is not satisfied– (a) that the person giving notice of a change of name is in fact the person to whom the identification card surrendered by him belongs; or (b) that there has in fact been no legal change of name, REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 119 he shall refuse to make any amendment in the registration of electors concerned and shall return the identification card to the person legally entitled to it. Change to be served certified and initialed. 61.-(1) The name, address and any other particulars of any elector in respect of whom a change is made under rules 58, 59 and 60, shall be published as so changed in the list of names published in terms of rule 45. (2) The registering officer shall write his initials against any alteration made by him on any registration record card. Correction of minor errors. 62.-(1) Any clerical error or omission in a registration record card and any other error in any such card that has been caused by the inadvertence of a registering officer or the person seeking registration may be corrected or inserted, as the case may require, by the registering officer who registered the person to whom the registration record card or identification card relates. (2) Where the description of the address of a registered person has been altered by lawful authority, a registering officer may make the appropriate alteration on the registration record card of that person. (3) A correction, insertion or alteration made under this rule shall be initialed by the registering officer and by the person to whom the card relates. (4) The registering officer shall inform the Chief Elections Officer of any correction, insertion or alteration made under this rule and the Chief Elections Officer shall make or cause to be made the necessary changes in the appropriate duplicate registration record card. Correction of errors in names and dates of birth. 63. Where a person is popularly known or called by a name which other than that appearing on his certificate of birth and is registered under such popular name, or where a person at the time that he is seeking registration gives as the date of his birth a date which he subsequently discovers to be inaccurate, he shall REVISED EDITION 2018 120 Representation of the People notify the registering officer of the division in which he is registered and the registering officer shall, if he is satisfied that the facts stated are true, re-register or cause that person to be re- registered in the manner set out for the registration of persons qualified to be registered but so that his registration number shall not be changed. Replacement of lost, inaccurate etc., identification cards. 64.-(1) Where an identification card which has been issued to any– (a) has been lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated or defaced; or (b) is discovered to contain information given by such person which is inaccurate or incorrect, he may apply to the registering officer of the division in which he resides for the replacement of the identification card, and the registering officer, if he is satisfied that the application is a bona fide one, shall issue to that person a replacement identification card. (2) An application under paragraph (1) shall be in Form 19 of Schedule V and shall be accompanied by the fee specified in paragraph (9). (3) The registering officer shall not issue a replacement identification card until, in the case of a card– (a) which is discovered to contain inaccurate or incorrect information; or (b) which has become mutilated or defaced; such card has been delivered to him for destruction. (4) The registering officer for the division in which the applicant resides at the time of his application for a replacement identification card shallREVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 121 (a) endorse thereon a note to the effect that the card is a replacement identification card; and (b) if he is satisfied that the contents thereof are correct, either sign the card himself or cause it to be signed by the registering officer for the time being assigned to that division. (5) Subject to paragraph (6), a replacement identification card shall contain such particulars as were recorded on the identification card of the person to whom it relates. (6) When a registering officer issues a replacement identification card he may– (a) insert therein the print of a photograph different from that which was affixed to the identification card which it replaces if he is satisfied that it is a sufficiently good likeness of the person to whom it relates; and (b) in a case where it is discovered that an identification card contains information which is inaccurate or incorrect, insert such alteration on the replacement identification card as, after an inquiry made for the purpose, he may consider necessary and proper: Provided that where the registering officer accepts a photograph different from that which was on the identification card that is being replaced he shall cause copies of that photograph to be attached to the registration record card and to the duplicate registration record card maintained by the Chief Elections Officer. (7) Whenever a registering officer issues a replacement identification card, he shall make or cause to be made an entry in the space allocated for remarks on the appropriate registration record card showing the date of the issue of that card and shallREVISED EDITION 2018 122 Representation of the People (a) notify the Chief Elections Officer of the issue of the card and the Chief Elections Officer shall cause the necessary entries to be made in the duplicate of the registration record card of that person; and (b) transmit, in cases where the original identification card is required by these rules to be surrendered, the surrendered identification card to the Chief Elections Officer. (8) A registering officer, on being satisfied as to the death of any person registered in his division to whom an identification card was issued under these rules shall as soon as practicable after being so satisfied, require the personal representative of that person or any person in possession of the same to surrender to him the identification card that was issued to that person, if the registering officer is satisfied that it is within the power of any such person to do so. (9) There shall be payable for every replacement identification card– (a) in the case of a first issue, five dollars; (b) in the case of any further issue, ten dollars; but the Chief Elections Officer may, except where a replacement identification card is issued as a result of incorrect or inaccurate information given by the person to whom such card relates, on the ground of poverty or for other good cause, remit or refund the fee or any part thereof. Partial or total loss of registration record card. 65.-(1) If both the original and the duplicate of a registration record card of an elector is lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, the appropriate registering officer shall require that elector to be registered anew, and if he neglects or refuses to do so the registering officer shall require him to surrender his identification card. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 123 (2) If either the original or the duplicate of a registration record card of an elector is lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed, the Chief Elections Officer shall prepare a photostatic record from the remaining copy and that copy shall be deemed to replace the lost, mutilated, defaced or destroyed original or duplicate of the registration record card, as the case may be; and the Chief Elections Officer shall make and sign a certificate on the photostatic copy to the effect that it is a true and correct reproduction. (3) If the registration record card of a person whose name is on the revised register of electors for a division and who produces his identification card does not appear in the binder of registration record cards for that division, the Chief Elections Officer shall cause a registration record card to be prepared for that person and the registration record card shall be included in the binder of registration record cards of electors for that division. Substitution of identification cards. 66.-(1) The Commission may, not earlier than eight years nor later than ten years from the date of the issue of an identification card under these rules, require every holder of an identification card to surrender the card for inspection and may, if it considers it proper, substitute a new identification card with a fresh photograph for the identification card so surrendered. (2) Any person who fails to surrender such card for inspection when required to do so under paragraph (1) commits an offence. Seeking registration more than once. 67.-(1) Any person who, being registered as an elector, applies for registration as an elector in any division and does not disclose in the application the fact of his being already registered as an elector, commits an offence and shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. REVISED EDITION 2018 124 Representation of the People (2) Where the Chief Elections Officer finds that an elector has been registered in more than one division and is qualified to be so registered he shall serve a notice upon the elector calling upon him to opt within fourteen days of the notice in which division he wishes to remain an elector and shall– (a) if the elector exercises his option within the stipulated time, strike out his name from the register relating to the division in which the person concerned does not wish to remain as an elector; or (b) if the elector does not exercise his option within the stipulated time, strike out the name of the elector from all but the register of the division in which he was last. (3) Where the Chief Elections Officer finds that an elector has been registered more than once in any division, he shall, if he is satisfied that it is the same elector, strike out his name as many times as may be necessary to reduce the registration of the said voter to a single entry in the said register. (4) Where an elector has been registered more than once, the Chief Elections Officer and the relevant registration officers shall– (a) cancel the registration record cards relating to any entry in a register that may have been struck out by the Chief Elections Officer under sub-rule (2) or (3) ; and (b) call for and retain for destruction the identification cards relating to the entries struck out by the Chief Elections Officer under sub-rule (2) or (3). (5) Where any elector is called upon to return any identification card issued to him and does not do so within a REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 125 reasonable time to be specified by the Chief Elections Officer, he shall, if he does not satisfy the Chief Elections Officer that he has lost or destroyed the said card, be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and period of imprisonment. Inspection of documents. 68. Where a document is made available for inspection any person may make a copy of, or take extracts from, the document. No misnomer to prejudice decision. 69. No misnomer or inaccurate description of any person or place in any register list, list of applications or objections or in any notice shall prejudice the operation of that document with respect to that person or place, in any case where the description of that person or place is such as to be commonly understood. Effect of nonpublication. 70. Any failure to publish a document in accordance with these rules shall not invalidate the document nor make any action taken thereafter on the strength of the document ineffectual. Register to be kept accessible for perusal. S.I. 73 of 1981. S.I. 10 of 1980. 71.-(1) Every registering officer shall keep the original register during office hours to be perused by any person registered as an elector under these rules. (2) Any person, being a person registered as an elector under these rules and who is authorised in that behalf by the Chairperson of any political party which is represented in the National Assembly may, by prior permission of the Chief Elections Officer, peruse the binders of registration record cards maintained by the Chief Elections Officer in the presence of the Chief Elections Officer or a person authorised by him in that behalf, Provided that the permission granted to any person to peruse the binder of registration record cards shall not confer on any person so perusing any right to make a copy of any such registration record card. REVISED EDITION 2018 126 Representation of the People (3) The Chairperson of any political party which is represented in the National Assembly may, in writing, appoint a person to be a scrutineer for an electoral division and such person may after his appointment has been reported in writing to the Chief Elections Officer, be present during office hours in the office of the registering officer for the said division and observe the registering of persons therein or peruse any register or list of electors, 42 of 1999. Provided that any person so appointed shall not interfere with or in any way intervene in the registration of any elector; the registering officer may call upon any officer of the Police Department to eject any person acting in contravention of this proviso. 72. If the revising court is of opinion that the application or objection made by any person is without foundation or frivolous it may award costs to be paid by such person to the person resisting the application or objection. For the purpose of compelling the attendance of witnesses and for enforcing the payment of costs awarded, the court shall be deemed to be and have all the powers of a court of summary jurisdiction. Evidence or opinion of court. 73. A certificate signed by the magistrate purporting to state the opinion of the court shall in any proceedings be conclusive evidence thereof. 74. Every registering officer shall acknowledge every application, objection or notice received by him under these rules by giving to the person making such application or objection or giving such notice a receipt in Form 6B. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 127 PART VI Adjustment of Electoral Records on Re-division of Electoral Divisions Definitions applicable to this Part. 75. In this Part of these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, “Electoral Records” includes the register of electors, binders of registration record cards, and any document useful to the exercise of the franchise, the registration of voters, the administration of the electoral system, the conduct of elections, and all matters connected therewith; “provisional register” means a register of electors compiled by the Chief Elections Officer pertaining to electoral divisions affected by a delimitation of boundaries or created thereby and which has not been confirmed by a Revising Officer. Chief Elections Officer to adjust electoral records. S.I. 76 of 1985. 76.-(1) Upon the re-division of any electoral divisions by the Elections and Boundaries Commission, the Chief Elections Officer shall from all the electoral records prepare provisional registers comprising the persons residing in and entitled to be registered in each division affected or created by the re-division aforesaid and shall adjust the binders of registration and all other electoral records in conformity with the said provisional registers. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred on the Chief Elections Officer by paragraph (1) hereof, the Chief Elections Officer may– (a) adjust the electoral registers of the electoral divisions affected by the re-division; (b) compile new registers of electors in respect of new electoral divisions; REVISED EDITION 2018 128 Representation of the People (c) adjust any existing binder of registration record cards; (d) open new binders of registration record cards, if necessary; (e) do or cause to be done such other things as may be necessary or required to reflect in the electoral records the changes made to electoral divisions by the re-division. Compilation and publication of provisional register. S.I. 76 of 1984. 77. The Chief Elections Officer shall publish or cause to be published within thirty (30) days after the re-division of the electoral divisions has been enacted into law and published in the Gazette the provisional register for each division affected by the said re-division containing the particulars and prepared in the form prescribed in Form 12 of Schedule V. Applications for correction and objections to entries in provisional register. S.I. 76 of 1984. 78.-(1) Every person whose name appears on the register of an electoral division affected by a re-division of electoral divisions and whose name does not appear in the provisional list for the electoral division in which he resides or who desires any particulars appearing in the provisional register concerning himself to be rectified shall be entitled within ten days of the publication of the provisional register to apply to the Chief Elections Officer or to the Registering Officer for the electoral division in which he resides to have the provisional register therefor or the particulars therein rectified. (2) Any person whose name appears in the provisional register for any electoral division may within ten days of the publication of the provisional register object to any person whose name also appears therein on the grounds that such person is not entitled to have his name therein and shall for that purpose deliver to the Registering Officer for the said electoral division within ten days of the publication of the provisional register therefor notice of his objections containing the particulars and prepared in the form prescribed in Form 14A of Schedule V. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 129 (3) In either of the cases provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) hereof the Registering Officer shall investigate the circumstances surrounding each application and objection and shall deliver to the Revising Officer for the said electoral division within three days after the time limited for applications and objections a list comprising all applications and a list comprising all objections together with a copy of the provisional register certified by the Chief Elections Officer. Revision of provisional registers. S.I. 76 of 1984. 79.-(1) On or before the fifteenth day after the publication of the provisional register the Revising Officer for each electoral division shall hold an open court for the purpose of determining whether the persons who have delivered an application under rule 78(1) hereof and the persons who are the subject of an objection under sub-rule (2) hereof are persons who are entitled to be registered as electors within his electoral division and thereafter to confirm and certify the provisional register together with a list of such amendments thereof as to him shall seem just as the proper register for his electoral division. (2) The proceedings held by each revising officer shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions mutatis mutandis of rules 39 to 43 (both inclusive). Divisional registers. S.I. 76 of 1984. 80. The provision of rules 44 and 45 shall apply to the proper register of each electoral division duly certified by its revising officer. Continuous registration. S.I. 76 of 1984. 81. Commencing from the day of the publication of the proper divisional register there shall be continuous registration of electors in the manner set out in rules 31 to 45 mutatis mutandis. Substitution of identification cards. S.I. 76 of 1984. 82. Notwithstanding the provisions of rule 66 of these rules, the Chief Elections Officer may require every holder of an identification card, who is affected by a re-division in any electoral division, to surrender to the registering officer such card and the Chief Elections Officer shall issue a replacement identification card containing the new particulars. REVISED EDITION 2018 130 Representation of the People SCHEDULE III REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT [sections 21 and 65] ARRANGEMENT OF RULES 1. Short title. 2. Copies of lists of electors to be obtained. 3. Returning officer to attend from 10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. 4. Withdrawal or death of candidate. 5. Candidate to be nominated in one division only. 6. Deposit of two hundred dollars required. 7. If votes polled does not exceed one-tenth of total, deposit to be forfeited. 8. Registered elector may object to nomination paper. 9. Contested election. 10. Establishment of polling stations. 11. Hours of voting. 12. Ballot boxes. 13. Supplies of election materials. 14. Polling agent and counting agent. 15. Taking of poll and the ballot. 16. Printing, publishing, etc., of prescribed forms prohibited. 17. Presiding officer to provide ballot boxes, etc. 18. Electors to vote only in division upon list for which their names appear. 19. Voting by proxy. 20. Manner of voting. 21. Proceedings at poll. 22. Who are to be admitted within the polling station. 23. Presiding officer to receive votes. 24. Questions which may be put to voters. 25. Spoilt ballot paper. 26. Provisions as to voting where a voter incapacitated from voting in the ordinary way. 27. Ballot box and papers to be sealed. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 131 28. Opening of ballot boxes. 29. Procedure thereafter. 30. Ballot paper, when void and not counted. 31. Report regarding rejected ballot papers. 32. Decision of returning officer to be final. 33. Procedure when two candidates have equal votes. 34. Returning officer to report to Chief Elections Officer. 35. Voting papers, etc., to be sent under seal to Chief Elections Officer. 36. Return to be made. 37. Candidate to have privileges conferred on his agent. 38. Non-attendance of candidate or his agent not to invalidate proceedings. REVISED EDITION 2018 132 Representation of the People REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Election Rules [sections 21 and 65] 1. These rules may be cited as the Representation of the People Election Rules. Short title. Copies of list of electors to be obtained. 2. Before the day fixed for the nomination of candidates the returning officer shall obtain from the Chief Elections Officer the prescribed number of certified copies of the proper register for the time being in force. Returning officer to attend from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 3.-(1) On the day and at the place or places fixed by the returning officer he or any assistant duly authorised by him shall attend between the hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and four o’clock in the afternoon and receive the nomination of any duly qualified candidate or candidates for the seat to be filled. (2) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing on one nomination paper signed by six persons whose names appear on the register of voters for the electoral division concerned. (3) The candidate shall assent to the nomination in writing by affixing his signature to the nomination paper. S.I. 48 of 1989. (4) If at four o’clock in the afternoon only one candidate has been nominated for the seat to be filled the returning officer shall forthwith declare such candidate to have been elected, and shall immediately thereafter certify by endorsement on the writ of election the return of that candidate according to Form 20 of Schedule V and shall return the writ so endorsed to the Commission for transmission to the Governor-General within the time for that purpose specified therein. Withdrawal or death of candidate. 4.-(1) Any candidate duly nominated may, not less than seven clear days before the day fixed for taking the poll, withdraw REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 133 from his candidature by giving notice to the effect, signed by him, to the returning officer, provided that on such withdrawal there remains not less than one duly nominated candidate. S.I. 48 of 1989. (2) If any such candidate withdraws in accordance with paragraph (1) of this rule before the day fixed for taking the poll, the returning officer shall forthwith give public notice of such withdrawal in the Gazette, in one or more newspapers published in Belize and by posting such on the outer doors of the court houses and police stations, if any, in the division, and if on such withdrawal there remains only one duly nominated candidate, the returning officer shall forthwith declare such candidate to have been elected, and shall immediately thereafter certify by endorsement on the writ of election Schedule V. return of such candidate in the form set out as Form 21 of Schedule V, and shall return the writ so endorsed to the Commission for transmission to the Governor-General within the time for that purpose specified therein. (3) If any candidate duly nominated dies before the day fixed for the taking of the poll, the returning officer shall forthwith give public notice of such death in the manner prescribed in paragraph (2), and all proceedings with reference to the election shall be commenced afresh in all respects as if the writ had been received on the day of such death and the provisions of sections 19 to 21, inclusive of this Act and rules 2 and 3 of these rules shall have effect accordingly: Provided that no fresh nomination shall be necessary in the case of any candidate who has been validly nominated in accordance with rule 3 of these rules. Candidate to be nominated in one division only. 5. No candidate shall assent to his nomination in more than one division at a general election and in the event of a candidate so assenting, he shall be deemed to have withdrawn himself as a candidate at that election. Deposit of two hundred required. 6.-(1) A candidate for election, or someone in his behalf, shall on or before the date of his nomination deposit or cause to be REVISED EDITION 2018 134 Representation of the People deposited, with the returning officer, the sum of two hundred dollars, and if he shall fail to do so, the nomination of such candidate shall be deemed to be invalid. (2) The deposit may be made by the deposit of any legal tender, or, with the consent of the returning officer, in any other manner. (3) If after the deposit is made the candidate withdraws, the deposit shall be returned to the person by whom the deposit was made and if the candidate dies after the deposit is made and before the poll is commenced, the deposit, if made by him shall be returned to his legal personal representative, or, if not made by him, shall be returned to the person by whom the deposit was made. If votes polled does exceed one- tenth of total deposit to be forfeited. 7.-(1) If a candidate who has made the required deposit is not elected, and the number of votes polled by him does not exceed one-tenth of the total number of votes polled, the amount deposited shall be forfeited but in any other case that amount shall be returned to the candidate as soon as practicable after the result of the election is declared. (2) For the purposes of this rule the number of votes polled shall be deemed to be the number of ballot papers (other than rejected ballot papers) counted. Registered elector may object to nomination paper. 8.-(1) It shall be lawful for any person whose name appears on the register of electors for any division to object to the nomination paper of any candidate and the returning officer shall decide on the validity of every objection made. (2) If the returning officer disallows the objection his decision shall be final, but if he allows the same his decision shall be subject to reversal on petition questioning the election or return. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 135 9.-(1) If there shall be more than one candidate nominated a poll of electors shall be taken on the day specified in the writ, in the manner hereinafter provided. (2) The returning officer shall, as soon as practicable after adjourning the election, publish a notice according to Form 22 of Schedule V, of the day and time on which, and the addresses of the polling stations in the division at which, the poll will be taken and the names of the candidates nominated for election and of the place where, and the day and time when, the number of votes given to the several candidates for such division will be counted. Establishment of polling stations. 10.-(1) The returning officer shall establish for each electoral division such number of polling stations as the Chief Elections Officer with the approval of the Commission shall determine. (2) Where more than one polling station is established for any electoral division the returning officer shall divide the register of electors for the electoral division into as many separate parts as there are polling stations in that electoral division. (3) Where only one polling station is established for any electoral division the registering officers shall make the binder of registration record cards available at the polling station for the purposes of checking the identity of electors. When more than one polling station is established for any electoral division the registering officer shall break up the binder of registration record cards relating to that electoral division into as many separate parts as there are polling stations in that electoral division and supply each such polling station with the part of the binder of registration record cards relating to that polling station. After the completion of the poll the registering officer shall ensure that the binder of registration record cards is restored to its original position. (4) The returning officer shall provide each polling station with such number of compartments as he may consider REVISED EDITION 2018 136 Representation of the People necessary to enable electors to record their votes screened from observation. Hours of voting. 11. The voting shall commence at each polling station at seven o’clock in the forenoon of the day appointed for the reception of votes and shall close at six o’clock in the afternoon of that day unless otherwise directed by the writ of election issued by the Governor-General. Ballot boxes. 12.-(1) The Chief Elections Officer shall supply to each returning officer such number of ballot boxes as in his opinion may be necessary for taking the poll in that division. (2) Every ballot box shall be made of some durable material with one lock and key and a slit or narrow opening in the top and so constructed that the ballot papers may be introduced therein but cannot be withdrawn therefrom unless the box is unlocked. (3) The Chief Elections Officer shall also supply the returning officer of each electoral division with such number of ballot papers as in his opinion may be necessary for taking the poll in that division. The Chief Elections Officer shall also supply the returning officer of each electoral division with such quantities of materials as are enumerated in paragraph (2) of the next rule to enable the returning officer to discharge his functions under that rule. Suppliers of election materials. 13.-(1) The returning officer shall provide each presiding officer with such number of ballot boxes and ballot papers as in the opinion of the returning officer may be necessary. (2) The returning officer shall provide each polling station with– (a) the necessary materials to enable electors to mark the ballot papers; REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 137 (b) the necessary materials for putting the official mark on the ballot papers; (c) at least three copies, which he shall certify, of the register of electors relating to the electoral division to which he is appointed; (d) at least three copies of the directions for the guidance of electors in the form set out as Form 23 of Schedule V; (e) a statement showing the number of ballot papers so provided, with their serial numbers; (f) the several forms of oaths to be administered to elections officers; and (g) such other things as may be necessary for conducting the election in the manner provided by this Act. (3) Until the opening of the poll the presiding officer shall keep the official copies of the register of voters, forms of oaths, envelopes, ballot papers and other election supplies carefully locked up in the ballot box, and shall take every precaution for their safe keeping and to prevent any person from having unlawful access to them. (4) Before the hour fixed for the opening of the poll, the presiding officer shall post up in each compartment of the polling station and in a conspicuous place outside of the polling station one copy of the directions issued by the Chief Elections Officer for the guidance of the electors in voting. Polling agent and counting agent. 14.-(1) Each candidate shall have the power to appoint polling agents to be present at polling stations within the division. Provided that not more than two such agents shall be present within a polling station at any one time. REVISED EDITION 2018 138 Representation of the People (2) Each candidate may appoint not more than three counting agents to attend at the counting of votes. (3) Every appointment of an agent shall be in writing and shall state the name and address of the person and it shall be given duly signed by the candidate to the presiding officer or the returning officer as the case may be. Taking of poll and the ballot. 15.-(1) The poll shall be taken in each polling area by secret ballot in accordance with the provisions of rules 21 and 24 of these rules. (2) The ballot of each elector shall be a printed paper (in these rules called a ballot paper) in which the names, descriptions and residences of the candidates alphabetically arranged in the order of their surnames and numbered accordingly shall be printed exactly as they are set out in the nomination paper. (3) Each ballot paper shall have a number printed on the back as in the form set out as Form 24 of Schedule V. (4) The spaces on the ballot papers opposite the names of the candidates shall be printed in such colour or colours or with such symbols as the Commission may decide. The Commission, after consulting the political parties contesting the election, may if it thinks fit, allocate different colours or symbols to different parties and shall publish in the Gazette, not less than seven days before any election, the colours or symbols which have been allocated to the different parties. Printing, publishing, etc., of prescribed forms prohibited. S.I. 36 of 1979. 16.-(1) No one other than the Chief Elections Officer or a person authorised by him shall print or publish any form prescribed by these rules or print or publish any form which in the opinion of the Chief Elections Officer resembles or sufficiently resembles any form prescribed by these rules so as to be capable of misleading an elector into believing that that form was a form or a sample of a form printed or published by the Chief Elections Officer, REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 139 Provided that it shall be lawful to print or publish a form or a sample of a form which has printed on it in a conspicuous manner the words: “This is NOT an official form and is NOT printed or published by or under the authority of the Chief Elections Officer. It is for the guidance of electors only.” S.I. 61 of 1989. G.N. 683 of 1989. (2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) of this rule commits an offence and is liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (3) Any person who distributes any form printed or published in contravention of the provisions of paragraph (1) of this rule commits an offence and is liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. (4) For the guidance of electors the Chief Elections Officer may issue sample ballot papers conforming with Form 24 set out in Schedule V. Presiding officer to provide ballot boxes, etc. 17. In cases where a poll is to take place the presiding officer shall take care that the polling station is provided with such proper doors, barriers, tables, chairs, lighting equipment and other conveniences for taking the poll as he may deem necessary. Electors. 18.-(1) All persons voting as electors at elections of the House of Representatives shall do so in person at the polling station in the polling area in which their names appear on the divisional register for that division. (2) Any person contravening paragraph (1) of this rule is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for six months. Voting by proxy. S.I. 73 of 1998. 19.-(1) Notwithstanding rule 18 above, a person falling in the categories specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) of sub-rule (2) REVISED EDITION 2018 140 Representation of the People below shall be eligible, subject to the provisions of this Rule, to vote by proxy. (2) The categories referred to in sub-rule (1) above are– (a) persons employed outside Belize in any Belizean Embassy, High Commission, Diplomatic Mission or Consulate, including their spouses and dependents; (b) members of the Belize Defence Force; 42 of 1999. (c) members of the Belize Police Department assigned for duty on polling day; (d) persons acting as election officers; (e) persons employed in transporting or in any other manner assisting election officers, Provided that– (a) a person shall not be eligible to be appointed as a proxy unless he is– (i) eighteen years of age or over; (ii) registered as an elector under the Act; and (iii) not subject to any legal incapacity to vote at such election; (b) a person shall not be entitled to have more than one person at any one time appointed as proxy to vote for him at the election; (c) a person shall not be appointed as proxy for more than one person at any one election; REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 141 (d) a person for whom a proxy has been appointed to vote for him at an election shall not himself be entitled to vote at the same election; or (e) a person who is an agent for any political party shall not be entitled to be appointed as a proxy. 42 of 1999. (3) A person desirous of voting by proxy as provided in this rule shall make written application to the Chief Elections Officer in the manner set out in Form 26 of Schedule V within seven clear days after the issue of the writ for an election and shall sign such application before and in the presence of a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public or Belize Honorary Consul, or in the case of members of the Belize Defence Force, before the Commandant of that Force, or in the case of members of the Belize Police Department, before the Commissioner of Police. (4) The Chief Elections Officer may, upon receipt of the application made under sub-rule (3) above, if satisfied that the applicant is eligible to vote by proxy under the provisions of sub-rule (1) above, approve such appointment by completing a proxy paper in the form set out in Form 25 of Schedule V. (5) No stamp duty shall be chargeable on any Instrument appointing a proxy under these rules. (6) If an elector falling in the categories referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e) of sub-rule (2) above appoints a proxy for an election pursuant to this rule and later dies at any time before such election, such death shall nullify the appointment of the proxy and the Chief Elections Officer shall, upon satisfactory proof of the death of the elector being presented to him, delete the names of the deceased elector and the proxy from the Proxy Register prepared by him under sub-rule (8) below. (7) Notwithstanding the time limit specified in sub-rule (3) above, if a person appointed as proxy dies or otherwise becomes unable to act as proxy at any time before the election day, the Chief Elections Officer shall, on application made to him by the REVISED EDITION 2018 142 Representation of the People elector, allow the appointment of another proxy or in the alternative, allow the elector to vote in person. In considering whether to approve an alternative proxy or allow the elector to vote in person, the Chief Elections Officer shall have regard to all the relevant circumstances, including the time at which the application is made, the date on which the election is to be held, whether the elector is outside Belize at the material time, and the feasibility of amending the Proxy Register and other similar matters. (8) For the purpose of this rule, the Chief Elections Officer shall prepare a “Proxy Register” in the form set out in Form 26A of Schedule V, comprising the names, registration numbers, electoral divisions and other particulars of all persons for whom proxies have been appointed in pursuance of this rule and the names, registration numbers, electoral divisions and other particulars of such proxies. The Proxy Register so prepared shall be used to verify the identification and other particulars of the proxy as well as of the person who appointed him. (9) While preparing the Proxy Register referred to in sub- rule (8) above, the Chief Elections Officer shall ensure that the names of all persons for whom proxies have been appointed are removed from the main elector registers kept by him. (10) Any person who impersonates a proxy or in any manner acts in contravention of this rule commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. (11) Subject to sub-rule (7) above, any person who, having appointed a proxy, votes or attempts to vote in person at an election for which the proxy has been appointed commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 143 20.-(1) An elector duly qualified shall not vote for the election of more than one person, and shall mark a cross within the space opposite the name of the candidate for whom he intends to vote. Manner of voting. S.I. 61 of 1989. (2) The presiding officer shall on request give such instructions as may appear to be necessary to any elector as to the manner in which he should record his vote. Proceedings at poll. 21.-(1) At the hour fixed for opening the poll the presiding officer and poll clerk shall, in the presence of the candidates, or their agents, and such of the voters as are present, open the ballot box and ascertain that there are no ballot papers or other papers therein, after which the box shall be locked, and the presiding officer shall keep the key thereof, and the box shall be placed on a table in full view of all present and maintained there until the close of the poll. (2) Immediately after the ballot box is so locked, the presiding officer shall call on the voters to vote. (3) The presiding officer shall secure the admittance of every voter in the polling station and shall see that he is not impeded or molested at or about the polling station. 11 of 1997. (4) Every elector, upon entering the polling station, shall produce his identification card and shall declare his name and residence. (5) The presiding officer shall mark the ballot on the back with his initials and, calling out the name of the voter in an audible voice, and marking the voter in such manner as is prescribed by this rule, deliver the paper to him within the polling station. (6) Any candidate or the polling agent of any candidate may challenge the identity of any elector, and shall upon so challenging the identity of any elector be entitled to examine the identification card of that elector and to compare the same with the registration record card relating to such elector. REVISED EDITION 2018 144 Representation of the People (7) Before requiring a voter to dip the forefinger of his right hand (or any other finger of either hand) in indelible ink, the presiding officer shall require him to show such finger to ascertain that it is not already marked with such ink. If a voter refuses or omits to show his finger as aforesaid, or if the forefinger of his right hand (or any other finger if there is no such forefinger) is already marked with indelible ink, the presiding officer shall refuse to receive his vote unless he is satisfied that the voter has not previously voted at the same election. S.I. 61 of 1989. (8) A voter shall be marked by the dipping of the forefinger of his right hand up to at least the first joint in indelible ink. If a voter has no forefinger on his right hand or if for any other reasons it is, in the opinion of the presiding officer, not practical to mark such forefinger such other finger as the presiding officer shall direct shall be marked in the manner prescribed or, if in the opinion of the presiding officer it is not practical to mark any finger of a voter, such voter shall be marked with indelible ink in such way as the presiding officer may deem fit. (9) The voter shall then retire to one of the compartments provided for the purpose, but within the polling station, and having privately marked his vote on the ballot paper in the manner prescribed by the preceding rule and folded it up so as to conceal his vote, but so as to show the initials of the presiding officer on the back, shall place it in the ballot box in the presence of the presiding officer after having shown to him the official mark on the back, and the voter, having voted, shall forthwith leave the polling station. (10) The presiding officer, after having delivered to the voter a ballot paper and while the voter is recording his vote, shall make a mark against the name of the voter on his copy of the proper register of voters to indicate that the vote of that person has been received, but not so as to show the particular ballot paper given to him. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 145 22.-(1) The presiding officer shall keep order at the polling station and shall regulate the number of voters to be admitted at a time, and shall exclude all other persons except his assistant, the Chief Elections Officer, the returning officers, the candidates, two agents for each candidate appointed by the candidate in accordance with the provisions of rule 14 of these rules and the police officers on duty. Who are to be admitted within the polling station. (2) The agents shall be posted in such a place that they can see each person who presents himself as a voter and hear his name as given in by him, but so that they cannot see how any voter votes. (3) The agents shall not interfere in the proceedings save in so far as they may be allowed by these rules. (4) If any person persists, after being warned, in disobeying the directions of the presiding officer or in acting in contravention of this rule the presiding officer may cause him to be removed from the polling station. Presiding officer to receive. 23. The presiding officer at any polling station shall receive the votes of all duly qualified persons whose names are on the proper register of voters and who appear and apply for a ballot paper. Questions which may be put to voters. 24.-(1) The presiding officer may, at his discretion, and shall, if required by any candidate, or any person representing a candidate at the time of the votes being received, put to any voter, who is in possession of an identification card, at the time of tendering his vote, the following questions, or either of them, and no other– (a) are you the same person whose name appears as, A. B. as the case may be, on the proper register of voters now in force? REVISED EDITION 2018 146 Representation of the People (b) have you already voted at this election either here or elsewhere for the election of a divisional representative? (2) Where any voter is, at the time of tendering his vote not in possession of an identification card, the presiding officer may at his discretion ask any question relating to his identity, his place of residence, his age and any other matter that may be of assistance in establishing the identity of such voter, and may, before asking any questions, require the voter to take an oath in the following form which the presiding officer is hereby authorised to administer. “You swear that you shall true answer make to all such questions as the presiding officer shall demand of you to establish your identity. So help you God.” (3) If any person refuses to answer any question so put to him, or refuses to be so examined on oath, the presiding officer may refuse to receive his vote. (4) If any person– (a) makes a false answer to any such question as aforesaid, he is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and term of imprisonment; (b) wilfully and falsely deposes to any matter or thing on oath, he is liable to be prosecuted for the offence of perjury under the Criminal Code, Cap. 101 and punished accordingly. Spoiled ballot paper. 25.-(1) A voter who has so inadvertently dealt with his ballot paper that it cannot be conveniently used as a ballot paper may, on delivering it to the presiding officer and proving the inadvertence to the satisfaction of that officer, obtain another REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 147 ballot paper in place of that so delivered (hereinafter called a “spoilt ballot paper”). (2) The spoilt ballot papers shall immediately be cancelled by the presiding officer by writing the word “cancelled” across the face and installing it, and he shall retain the same. Provisions as to voting where a voter incapacitated from voting in the ordinary way. 26. If any voter is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in the manner prescribed by these rules, the presiding officer shall, at the request of that voter, in the presence of the agents (if any) of the candidates, cause his vote to be marked on a ballot paper in the manner directed by the presiding officer, and the ballot paper so marked to be placed in the ballot box, and the name and number on the proper register of voters of every voter is so marked for him and the reason why it is so marked shall be entered on a list which shall be kept by the presiding officer. Ballot box papers to be sealed. 27.-(1) Except when there is only one polling station, every presiding officer shall, immediately after the close of the poll, in the presence of the agents (if any) of the candidates, make up into separate packets or parcels and seal– (a) the ballot box or boxes in use at his station which shall not be opened by him and shall be so sealed as to prevent the introduction of additional ballot papers; (b) the key or keys of the ballot box or boxes used at the poll; (c) the unused and spoilt ballot papers; and (d) the marked copies of the register of voters. (2) Every presiding officer shall, with all convenient speed and trustworthy means, forward the packets or parcels to the returning officer in his division. REVISED EDITION 2018 148 Representation of the People (3) The agents of the candidates (if any) shall have the right to accompany the ballot boxes to the place where such boxes are to be kept and shall also have a right to stay at such place pending the counting of votes. S.I. 61 of 1989. Opening of ballot boxes. 28. The returning officer shall open the sealed ballot boxes as soon as practicable after they have all been received from the polling stations throughout his division. Procedure thereafter. 29.-(1) Each returning officer shall, in the presence of the candidates or their agents (if any), if they or any of them desires to be present, and of such other person or persons as he may deem proper, proceed respectively as follows– (a) he shall, before opening any ballot box, compare the several marked copies of the register of voters used at the polling station or stations, so as to ascertain whether a vote has been taken in the name of the same voter at more stations than one, and, if any vote has been so taken, shall record in writing the stations at which it has been taken and the number of the voter on the register of voters; (b) he shall then proceed to examine the ballot boxes, papers, and documents in his possession, examining each division polling station one station at a time, in the following manner– (i) he shall count the ballot papers in the ballot box and the unused and spoilt ballot papers, so as to ascertain whether these papers account for all ballot papers issued for the purpose of the election in the particular polling station with which he is dealing and shall record in writing the result of the examination; REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 149 (ii) he shall count the ballot papers contained in the ballot boxes recording as he proceeds, the number of votes for each candidate; or S.I. 61 of 1989. (iii) after counting the votes, he shall make up into one packet the ballot papers, and all other papers and documents from the same divisions, and the record of the result of the examination mentioned in this sub-paragraph and shall write on the packet the name of the division from which those papers and documents came, and shall seal up the packet so that it cannot be opened without breaking the seals; or (c) he shall, so far as is practicable, proceed continuously with the counting of the votes, allowing only time for refreshment, and during the excluded or allowed time the returning officer shall place the ballot papers and other documents relating to the election under seal and otherwise take proper precaution for their security. (2) Any candidate or his agent may at any time during the counting of the votes request the Returning Officer to recount or again recount all or any of the ballot papers or to recheck or again recheck any figures recorded by the counting clerks or the Returning Officer, but the Returning Officer may refuse to do so if in his opinion the request is unreasonable. (3) The Returning Officer may also at his discretion himself recount or direct the recount of votes either once or more often in any case in which he is not satisfied as to the accuracy of any previous count or may himself recheck or direct the re-checking of any figures recorded by the counting clerks or by himself in REVISED EDITION 2018 150 Representation of the People any case in which he is not satisfied as to the accuracy of such figures, Provided that nothing herein shall make it obligatory for the Returning Officer to count or to recheck or cause to be rechecked the same figures more than once. (4) If upon an election petition– (a) any ballot papers are declared valid; or (b) any ballot papers counted are rejected as invalid, the Court may direct the ballot papers to be recounted and the results of the election ascertained in accordance mutatis mutandis with these rules. Ballot paper, when void and not counted. 30.-(1) Any ballot paper– (a) which does not have the presiding officer’s initials on the back of it; (b) in which the elector has voted for more than one counted candidate; (c) which is not marked for any candidate; (d) which contains any writing or mark by which the elector could be identified; or (e) which is unmarked or void for uncertainty; shall be void and shall not be counted. (2) The returning officer shall endorse “rejected” on any ballot paper which he may reject as void, and shall add to the endorsement “rejection objected to” if an objection be in fact made to his decision by any person entitled to be present. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 151 31.-(1) The returning officer shall report to the Chief Elections Officer the number of ballot papers rejected and not counted by him under the several head set out in rule 30. Reporting regarding rejected ballot papers. (2) The returning officer shall on request allow any candidate or candidates for whom the rejected vote was given, or his agent, to copy the report before it is submitted. Decision of returning officer to be final. 32. Subject to reversal on petition questioning an election or return, the decision of a returning officer as to any question arising in respect of any ballot paper shall be final. Procedure where two candidates have equal votes. 33.-(1) When the ballot papers have been counted, compared and recorded, the returning officer shall proceed to add up the number of votes given to each candidate, and shall forthwith declare to be elected the candidate to whom the majority of votes have been given. S.I. 61 of 1989. G.N. 683 of 1989. (2) If there is given to two or more candidates an equal number of votes in excess of those given to any other candidate, there shall be held a re-election in that electoral division as soon as practicable but no later than three months after the date on which counting of votes took place. S.I. 36 of 1979. (3) Each returning officer shall forthwith after the declaration of the result of the election in respect of his division make a return to the Chief Elections Officer showing– (a) the particulars of the candidates; (b) the number of votes polled by each of the candidates; and (c) which one of the candidates was elected. (4) The Chief Elections Officer shall forthwith, on the receipt of the returns from the returning officers referred to in paragraph (3) above, publish the same in the Gazette. REVISED EDITION 2018 152 Representation of the People 34.-(1) Each returning officer shall, as soon as may be after the election, make a report to the Chief Elections Officer showing the number of persons who appear to have voted at each polling station, the number of spoilt ballot papers delivered to him from the station, and the number of persons to whom voting papers have been supplied. Returning officer to report to Chief Elections Officer. (2) Any returning officer who is unable to make the report required by paragraph (1) of this rule shall immediately after the ballot papers have been counted, compared and recorded make into one parcel the parcels of voting papers, marked copies of the register of electors and all other papers used at the polling station and in his possession and shall place such parcel in the ballot box and seal the said box which, if he is in Belize City, he shall deliver to the Chief Elections Officer, or if he is in any other district, to the magistrate of that district for safe custody until such time as he prepares a report under the provisions of paragraph (1). Voting papers etc., to be sent to the Chief Elections Officer. 35. Each returning officer shall, as soon as may be after making the report in the last preceding rule mentioned, make up into one parcel the voting papers, marked copies of the register of voters and other papers used at the polling stations and in his possession and shall seal the said parcel so that the parcel cannot be opened without breaking the seals. The returning officer shall send the parcel containing the voting papers, marked copies of the register of electors and other papers to the Chief Elections Officer who shall keep the parcel sent to him in safe custody and shall allow no person to have access thereto, Provided that– (a) when an election petition has been presented questioning the validity of any election or return the Chief Elections Officer shall, on an order of the Supreme Court, deliver to the proper officer of that court the papers in his possession relating to the election that is in dispute; and REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 153 (b) after the expiration of twelve months from the date of any election the Chief Elections Officer shall burn the papers used at that election. Return to be made. 36.-(1) On or before the date appointed for the return of a writ of election each returning officer shall forward to the Commission for transmission to the Governor-General the writ of election with his return endorsed thereon according to Form 27 of Schedule V. (2) If any returning officer wilfully delays, neglects or refuses duly to return any person who ought to be returned to serve in the House of Representatives for any division, and if it has been determined on the hearing of an election petition respecting the election for such division that such person was entitled to have been returned, the returning officer who has so wilfully delayed, neglected or refused duly to make such return of his election shall forfeit to the person aggrieved the sum of five hundred dollars and costs in addition to all damages sustained. Candidate to have privileges conferred on his agent. 37. Any candidate may himself do, or aid in doing anything which his agent may do under this Act and may be present at any place at which his agent may under this Act be present. Non-attendance of candidate or his agent not to invalidate proceedings. 38. The non-attendance of any candidate or of any agent nominated by him shall not in any way invalidate any act or thing done under this Act, if that act or thing is otherwise duly done, notwithstanding that the act or thing is required or authorised to be done in the presence of a candidate or of his duly authorised agent. REVISED EDITION 2018 154 Representation of the People SCHEDULE IV REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Election Petitions Rules [sections 62 and 65] ARRANGEMENT OF RULES 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Manner of presentation of petition. 4. Form of election petition. 5. Where more than one petition is presented in relation to same election. 6. List of votes objected to where seat claimed by unsuccessful candidate. 7. List of objections in recriminatory case. 8. Appointment of agent by petitioner. 9. Appointment of agent by respondent. 10. Registrar to keep book with addresses and names of agents. 11. Security by petitioner for costs, etc., of election petition. 12. Service of notice of petition and copy of petition on the respondent. 13. List of petitions. 14. Time and place of trial of petition. 15. Postponement of trial. 16. Adjournment and continuation of trial. 17. Withdrawal of election petition. 18. Form of application to withdraw petition. 19. Copy of application to be given to respondent. 20. Application to be substituted as petitioner, on withdrawal. 21. Time and place of hearing of application. 22. Substitution of another petitioner. 23. Non-abatement of election petition by reason only of a dissolution of National Assembly. 24. Abatement of petition by death. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 155 25. Application to be substituted as petitioner on abatement. 26. On death, resignation or notice not to oppose of respondent, the petition to continue. 27. Respondent not opposing petition not to appear as party. 28. Countermanding notice of trial where petition abated, etc. 29. Costs. 30. Taxation and recovery of costs. 31. Solicitor may act as agent under these rules. 32. Notice of appointment of agent. 33. Service of notice on agents. REVISED EDITION 2018 156 Representation of the People REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Election Petition Rules [Sections 62 and 65] 1. These rules may be cited as the House of Representatives Petition Rules. Short title. Interpretation. 2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires “Judge” means the Election Judge; “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court. Manner of presentation of petition. 3.-(1) The presentation of an election petition shall be made by delivering it at the office of the Registrar, and the Registrar or the officer of his department to whom the petition is delivered shall, if required, give a receipt in the following form, Received on the------------- day of ----------, 20---- at the Registry of the Supreme Court, a petition touching the election of A. B., Member for (State the electoral division.) purporting to be signed by (Insert the names of petitioners.) C. D. Registrar. (or as the case may be). REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 157 (2) With the petition two copies thereof shall also be left. Form of election petition. 4. The following form, or one to the like effect, shall be sufficient, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BELIZE (Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9) Election for --------- (state the electoral division) held on the ----------- day of ------------------, 20----The petition of A., of ------------------- (or of A., of and B., of -------------------------- as the case may be), whose names are subscribed. 1. Your petitioner A, is a person who voted (or had a right to vote, as the case may be) at the above election (or claims to have had a right to be returned at the above election or was a candidate at the above election) and your petitioner B. (here state in like manner the right of each petitioner). 2. And your petitioners state that the election was held on the ------ day of --------, 20----, when A. B., C. D., and E. F. were candidates and the Returning Officer has returned A. B. as being duly elected. 3. And your petitioners say that (here state the facts and grounds on which the petitioners rely). Wherefore your petitioners pray that it might be determined that the said A. B. was not duly elected or returned, and that the election was void (or that the said E.F. was duly elected and ought to have been returned, or as the case may be). (Signed)A. ------------------------------- B. ------------------------------ REVISED EDITION 2018 158 Representation of the People Where more than one petition is presented in relation to same election. 5. Where more petitions than one are presented relating to the same election or return, all such petitions shall be dealt with as one petition, so far as the inquiry into the same is concerned. List of votes objected to where seat claim by unsuccessful candidate. 6.-(1) When a petitioner claims that seat for an unsuccessful candidate, alleging that he had a majority of lawful votes, the party complaining of the election or return and the party defending the election or return shall, six days before the day appointed for trial, deliver to the Registrar, and also at the address, if any, given by the petitioners and respondent, as the case may be, a list of the votes intended to be objected to, and of the heads of objection to each such vote, and the Registrar shall allow inspection and office copies of such list to all parties concerned. (2) No evidence shall be given against the validity of any vote, nor upon any head of objection not specified in the list, except by leave of the Judge, upon such terms as to amendment of the list, postponement of the inquiry, and payment of costs, as may be ordered. List of objections in recriminatory case. 7. The respondent in a petition complaining of an undue return and claiming the seat for some other person may lead evidence to prove that the election of that other person was undue and in such case the respondent shall, six days before the day appointed for trial, deliver to the Registrar, and also at the address, if any, given by the petitioner, a list of the objections to the election upon which he intends to rely, and the Registrar shall allow inspection of office copies of such list to all parties concerned and no evidence shall be given by a respondent of any objection to the election not specified in the list, except by leave of the Judge, upon such terms as to amendments of the list, postponement of the inquiry, and payment of costs, as may be ordered. Appointment of agent by petitioner. 8. With the petition the petitioner shall leave at the office of the Registrar a notice in writing, signed by him, giving the name of some person entitled to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court whom he authorizes to act as his agent or stating REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 159 that he acts for himself, as the case may be, and in either case giving an address within Belize City at which notices may be left; and if no notice in writing be left or address given, then all notices may be given by leaving the same at the office of the Registrar. Every notice in writing shall be stamped with the duty payable thereon under the law for the time being in force. Appointment of agent by respondent. 9. Any person returned as a member may at any time, after he is returned, send or leave at the office of the Registrar a notice in writing, signed by him or on his behalf appointing a person entitled to practise as a solicitor of the Supreme Court to act as his agent in case there should be a petition against him, or stating that he intends to act for himself, and in either case giving an address within Belize City at which notices addressed to him may be left, and if no notice in writing be left or address given, all notices and proceedings may be given or served by leaving the same at the office of the Registrar. Registrar to keep books with names and addresses of agents. 10. The Registrar shall cause to be kept a book at his office in which shall be entered all the names addresses of agents given under either rule 8 or 9, which book shall be open to inspection by any person during his office hours. Security by petitioner for costs, etc., of election petition. 11. If security as is required by the Act is not given by the petitioner, no further proceedings shall be had on the petition, and the respondent may apply to the Judge for an order directing the dismissal of the petition and for the payment of the respondent’s costs. The costs of hearing and deciding such application shall be paid as ordered by the Judge, and in default of such order shall form part of the general costs of the petition. Service of notice of petition and copy of petition on the respondent. 12.-(1) Notice of the presentation of a petition, accompanied by a copy thereof shall, within ten days of the presentation of the petition– (a) be served by the petitioner on the respondent; or REVISED EDITION 2018 160 Representation of the People (b) be delivered at the office of the Registrar for service on the respondent, and the Registrar or the officer of his department to whom such notice and copy is delivered shall, if required, give a receipt in such form as may be approved by the Chief Justice. (2) The service under paragraph (1) of notice of the presentation of a petition and a copy thereof by the petitioner on the respondent may be effected either by delivering such notice and copy to the agent appointed under rule 9 or by posting them in a registered letter to the address given under rule 9 at such time that, in the ordinary course of post, the letter would be delivered within the time above mentioned, or by a notice published in the Gazette stating that such petition has been presented and that a copy of it may be obtained by the respondent on application at the office of the Registrar. (3) Where notice of the presentation of a petition, accompanied by a copy thereof is delivered under paragraph (1) at the office of the Registrar for service on the respondent, the service may be effected in the same manner as the service of a notice issued by a court of civil jurisdiction. List of petitioners. 13. The Registrar shall make out the election petition list. In it he shall insert the names of the agents of the petitioners and respondents appointed under rule 8 and rule 9 respectively, and the addresses to which notices may be sent, if any. The list may be inspected at the office of the Registrar at any time during office hours, and shall be affixed for that purpose upon a notice board. Time and place of trial of petition. 14. The time and place of the trial of each election petition shall be fixed by the Judge, and not less than fourteen days’ notice thereof shall be given to the petitioner and respondent by letter directed to the address left by such petitioner or respondent with the Registrar or, if no address has been left, by notice in the Gazette. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 161 15. The Judge may from time to time, by order made on the application of a party to the petition, postpone the beginning of the trial to such day as he may name; and such order, when made, shall forthwith be published by the Registrar in the Gazette. Postponement of trial. Adjournment and continuation of trial. 16. No formal adjournment of the court for the trial of an election petition shall be necessary but the trial is to be deemed adjourned, and may be continued from day to day until the inquiry is concluded; and in the event of the Judge who begins the trial being disabled by illness or otherwise, it may be recommenced and concluded by another Judge. Withdrawal of election petition. 17. (1) An election petition shall not be withdrawn without the leave of the Judge; and leave may be given upon such terms as to the payment of costs and otherwise as the Judge may think fit. (2) Before leave for the withdrawal of an election petition is granted, there shall be produced affidavits as required by this rule by all the parties to the petition and their solicitors, and by the election agents of all the said parties who were candidates at the election; but a Judge of the Supreme Court may on cause shown dispense with the affidavit of any particular person if it seems to the Judge on special grounds to be just so to do. (3) Each affidavit shall state that, to the best of the deponent’s knowledge and belief, no unlawful agreement or terms of any kind whatsoever has or have been made, and no unlawful undertaking has been entered into in relation to the withdrawal of the petition; but if any lawful agreement has been made with respect to the withdrawal of the petition, the affidavit shall set forth that agreement, and shall make the foregoing statement subject to what appears from the affidavit. (4) The affidavits of the applicant and his solicitor shall further state the ground on which the petition is sought to be withdrawn. REVISED EDITION 2018 162 Representation of the People 18.-(1) An application for leave to withdraw a petition shall be in writing signed by the petitioner or petitioners or his or their agent or agents. It shall state the ground on which the application is supported. Form of application to withdraw petition. (2) The following form shall be sufficient (Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9) Electoral Division --------- petition of (state name of petitioner) presented --------- day of ------------------ , 20----. The petitioner applies to withdraw his petition upon the following ground (here state the ground), and prays that a day may be appointed for hearing his application. Dated this--------- day------ of 20-------- (Signed.) (3) The application for leave to withdraw shall be left at the office of the Registrar. Copy of application to be given to respondent. 19. A copy of such application shall be given by the petitioner to the respondent, and a notice in the following terms signed by the petitioner shall be published forthwith in the Gazette by the petitioner at his own expense. (The Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9) ----------------- the election petition for in ---------------------- which --------------------- is petitioner and -------------------------- ------------------------- respondent. Notice is hereby given that the above petitioner did on the ----- day of ----------, 20----, lodge at the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court an application for leave to withdraw the petition, of which application the following is a copy- (set it out) REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 163 And take notice that under the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9, any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the said election may within five days after the date of publication of this notice, give notice in writing to the Registrar of the Supreme Court of his intention on the hearing of the application to be substituted as a petitioner. (Signed) Application to be substituted as petitioner on withdrawal. 20. Any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates may, within five days after a notice under rule 19 is published by the petitioner, give notice in writing, signed by him or on his behalf, to the Registrar, of his intention to apply at the hearing to be substituted for the petitioner, but the want of such notice shall not defeat such application, if in fact made at the hearing. Time and place of hearing of application. 21. The time and place of hearing the application shall be fixed by the Judge but shall not be less than a week after the application for leave to withdraw has been left at the office of the Registrar as hereinbefore provided, and notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing shall be given to such person or persons, if any, as shall have given notice to the Registrar of an intention to apply to be substituted as petitioners, and otherwise in such manner and such time as the Judge directs. Substitution of another petitioner. 22.-(1) On the hearing of the application for withdrawal any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates, may apply to the Judge to be substituted as a petitioner for the petitioner so desirous of withdrawing the petition. (2) The Judge may, if he thinks fit, substitute as a petitioner any such applicant as aforesaid; and may further, if the proposed withdrawal is in the opinion of the Judge induced by any corrupt bargain or consideration by order direct that the security given on behalf of the original petitioner shall remain as security for any costs that may be incurred by the substituted petitioner, and REVISED EDITION 2018 164 Representation of the People that to the extent of the sum named in such security the original petitioner is liable to pay the costs of the substituted petitioner. (3) If no such order is made with respect to the security given on behalf of the original petitioner, security to the same amount as would be required in the case of a new petition and subject to the like conditions, shall be given on behalf of the substituted petitioner before he proceeds with his petition, and within three days after the order of substitution. (4) Subject as aforesaid, a substituted petitioner shall stand in the same position as nearly as may be, and be subject to the same liabilities as the original petitioner. (5) If a petition is withdrawn, the petitioner is liable to pay the costs of the respondent. (6) Where there are more petitioners than one, no application to withdraw a petition shall be made except with the consent of all the petitioners. Non-abatement of election petition by reason only of a dissolution of National Assembly. 23. Any election petition shall not be abated by reason only of a dissolution of the National Assembly and accordingly in the event of such dissolution the petition shall be heard or continued to be heard, and determined as though the National Assembly had not been dissolved but was in session. Abatement of petition by death. 24.-(1) An election petition shall be abated by the death of a sole petitioner or of the survivor of several petitioners. (2) The abatement of a petition shall not affect the liability of the petitioner or of any other person to the payment of costs previously incurred. Application to be substituted as petitioner on abatement. 25.-(1) Notice of abatement of a petition by the death of the petitioner or surviving petitioner, shall be given by any party or person interested in the same manner as a notice is given of an application to withdraw a petition, and the time within which application may be made to a Judge to be substituted as a REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 165 petitioner shall be one calendar month, or such further time as upon consideration of any special circumstances the Judge may allow. (2) Any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates may apply to the Judge to be substituted as a petitioner. (3) The Judge may, if he thinks fit, substitute as a petitioner any such applicant who is desirous of being substituted and on whose behalf security to the same amount is given as required in the case of a new petition. On death, resignation or notice not to oppose of respondent, the petition to continue. 26.-(1) If before the trial of an election petition a respondent dies or resigns, or gives notice in writing to the court that he does not intend to oppose the petition, the petition shall not be abated but shall continue whether or not any person applies to be admitted as respondent as hereinafter provided. (2) Notice of the fact that a respondent has died or resigned, or that he has given notice in writing that he does not intend to oppose the petition, shall be published in the Gazette by the Registrar. (3) Any person who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition relates may apply to the Judge to be admitted as a respondent to oppose the petition within ten days after such notice has been published in the Gazette or such further time as the Judge may allow. (4) The manner and time of the respondent’s giving notice to the court that he does not intend to oppose the petition, shall be by leaving notice thereof in writing at the office of the Registrar, signed by the respondent not less than six days before the day appointed for trial, exclusive of the day of leaving such notice. REVISED EDITION 2018 166 Representation of the People 27. A respondent who has given notice of his intention not to oppose a petition shall not be allowed to appear or act as a party against such petition in any proceedings thereon. Respondent not opposing petition not to appear as party. Countermanding of trial where petition abated, etc. 28. After receiving the petitioner’s application for leave to withdraw or notice of the respondent’s intention not to oppose or of the abatement of the petition by death, if such notice be received after notice of trial shall have been given, and before the trial has commenced, the Registrar shall forthwith countermand the notice of trial. The countermand shall be given in the same manner, as near as may be, as the notice of trial. 29. All costs of and incidental to the presentation of a petition and to the. proceedings consequent thereon shall be defrayed by the parties to the petition in such manner and in such proportions as the Judge may determine, regard being had to the disallowance of any costs which may, in the opinion of the Judge, have been caused by vexatious conduct, unfounded allegations or unfounded objections, on the part of either the petitioner or the respondent and regard being had to the discouragement of any needless expense by throwing the burden of defraying the same on the parties by whom it has been caused, whether such parties are or are not on the whole successful. Taxation and when recovery of costs. 30.-(1) Costs shall be taxed by the Registrar upon the order by which the costs are payable in such manner as shall be specified in such order; and costs taxed may be recovered in the same manner as the costs of an action at recovery law. (2) The Chief Justice may direct that the whole or any part of any moneys deposited by way of security under the provisions of rules 11 and 12 may be applied in the payment of taxed costs. (3) The office fees payable for inspection, office copies and other proceedings under these rules shall be such as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 167 31. Any person who is on the roll of solicitors of the Supreme Court may act as agent for any party to an election petition. Solicitor may act as agent under these rules. Notice of appointment of agent. 32. An agent shall, immediately upon his appointment as such, leave written notice thereof at the office of the Registrar. Service of notice on agents. 33. Service of notices and proceedings upon such agents shall be sufficient for all purposes. REVISED EDITION 2018 168 Representation of the People SCHEDULE V FORM 1 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Oath Of Office As Chief Elections Officer And Assistant Chief Elections Officer [section 15] I, ……................................... the undersigned having been appointed Chief Elections Officer/Assistant Chief Elections Officer do* swear/solemnly affirm that I will act faithfully in that capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9 and of any Regulations and rules made thereunder without partiality, fear, favour or affection and to the best of my ability. So help me God ................................ (Signature) *Sworn/Affirmed before me this ............ day....... of …….20 ... *Strike out whatever is inapplicable. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 169 FORM 1A REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Oath of Office OATH OF OFFICE AS.......................... I, .................................................. the undersigned, having been appointed................(for the polling station) of the electoral (Give details of appointment) division of....................do *swear/solemnly affirm that I will act faithfully in that capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9 and of any Regulations or Rules made thereunder without partiality, fear, favour or affection and to the best of my ability. I do so *swear/solemnly affirm that I will keep secret the name of the candidate for whom any of the voters voted at the election held in the above division on ................................ So help me God............................ (Signature) *Sworn/Affirmed before me .............. day ....... 20...... Justice of the Peace. REVISED EDITION 2018 170 Representation of the People FORM 2 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE WRIT OF ELECTION [section 19] By His Excellency The Governor-General of Belize Governor-General To the Returning Officer of the Electoral Division of.............. WHEREAS, by section 19 of the Representation of the People Act, Chapter 9, it is provided that for the purposes of every general election of members of the House of Representatives and for the purposes of the election of members to supply vacancies caused by death, resignation, or otherwise, the Governor-General shall issue writs under the public Seal of Belize, addressed to the Returning Officers of the respective electoral divisions for which members are to be returned; *AND WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 84 of the Belize Constitution, 1981, and acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, by Proclamation dated the ………….. day of …………. 20 ………., I did dissolve the National Assembly with effect from the ……………… day of …………………, 20……, *AND WHEREAS, I think it expedient that writs should be issued for the election of members to serve in the House of Representatives; * To be included in a writ for general election. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 171 **AND WHEREAS, the seat of the member for the Electoral Division of ........................ has become vacant in consequence of.........., NOW THEREFORE, I, .......................... Governor-General as aforesaid, do appoint the ……………….……… day of ……………….., 20…... as the day and……………………….. as the place of nomination of candidates and do hereby require that notice of the time and place fixed for the nomination of candidates having been first duly given as required by law, you do, if necessary, cause a poll to be taken according to law for the election of a member of the House of Representatives of Belize on the ……………. day of ……….20………, and that you do cause the name of such member when so elected to be certified to me not later than the ……………. day of ………………….., 20…………... GIVEN under my hand and the Seal of Belize this …………….. day of ……………….., 20………… ** To be included in a writ for by-election. REVISED EDITION 2018 172 Representation of the People FORM 3 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Notice of Time and Place Of Nomination [section 20(1)] Notice of Election for a Member of the Electoral Division of.......................................................... His Excellency the Governor-General having issued his writ for the election of a member of the House of Representatives for the electoral division of ..................................... the Returning Officer of the said division will on the............. day of........... 20..........now next ensuing between the hours of 10 in the forenoon and four in the afternoon at ....................... proceed to the nomination, and if there is no opposition, to the election of a member for the electoral division of....................... Forms of nomination papers may be obtained at the office of .......................... at ........................................... between the hours of.............and..................daily except on Saturday when the office is closed at...............................p.m. (Sunday also excepted). Every nomination paper must be signed by six persons whose names appear on the register of electors and be handed to the Returning Officer between the said hours of 10.00 a. m. and 4.00 p.m. In the event of an election being contested the poll will take place between the hours of 7.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. ................ and the counting of votes will take place thereafter at.............. on....................................at the hours of..............and at such places as may hereafter be appointed. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 173 The office of the Returning Officer for the electoral division of ….......................... is situate at.................................... Date…........................ ……………......................................................... Returning Officer for the Division REVISED EDITION 2018 174 Representation of the People FORM 4 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Form of Nomination Paper [section 20(2]) We, the undersigned being registered electors for the…............ Electoral Division do hereby nominate the following person as a proper person to serve as an elected member for the…..................... Electoral Division. Surname Other Names Abode Profession Date of or Occupation Birth Smith Henry John Queen Street Belize City Merchant I assent to the above Nomination. (Signed by the person assenting the nomination) (Registered Elector) (Registered Elector) (Registered Elector) (Registered Elector) (Registered Elector) (Registered Elector) REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 175 FORM 5 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Notice Requiring Persons Qualified To Make Application To Register (R.R. 4(2)) Every person qualified to be registered as an elector for the election of a representative to the House of Representatives of Belize is hereby required to make his application in writing for that purpose on or before ................ day of.................... 20....... Applications may be delivered at the office of the relevant Registering Officer between the hours of................................ DATED this...............day of.............. 20......... Chief Elections Officer REVISED EDITION 2018 176 Representation of the People FORM 6A REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Application For Registration As An Elector (R.R. 5 (1)) To the Registering Officer for the Electoral Division of .............................................................................................. I,.............................of............................................................ (Address) whose occupation is.......................do hereby apply to be registered as an elector for the electoral division of.................and do declare that the particulars entered on the reverse of this form are to the best of my knowledge and belief true and correct in all respects. I declare that I am not already registered as an elector nor have I applied for registration as an elector in any other division. Signature of Applicant. Dated............................. (The particulars on the reverse of this form must be filled out by or on behalf of the applicant.) REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 177 Back of Form No. 6A APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS AN ELECTOR 11 of 1997. 1. Applicant’s name in full Surname and style of title (Mr., Mrs., or Miss)............... Other Names ..................... Number or Name............................ Street, Road etc.............................. City, Town, Village........................ 2. (a) Applicant’s Address on the relevant date Number or Name............................ Street, Road, etc............................. (b) Applicant’s present Address if different from above .............................................................. (c) Period of residence in that particular division Yes or No............................................. 3. (a) Was applicant aged 18 or over on the qualifying date. .............................................................. (b) Applicant’s date and place of birth REVISED EDITION 2018 178 Representation of the People .............................................................. (c) Applicant’s height ................................... (d) Colour of eyes ................................... (e) Colour of Skin Yes or No................ 4. Was applicant a British citizen or a Commonwealth citizen on the qualifying date The relevant date is the.............20....... REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 179 FORM 6B REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Receipt I……….......................................... Registering Officer for the Electoral Division ..................................... acknowledge receipt of ......................from....................... of.............................. DATED this..................day of.........................20.......... Signature.................................. Registering Officer. …………………………..Electoral Division REVISED EDITION 2018 180 Representation of the People FORM 7 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Disallowance of Registration NOTICE OF DISALLOWANCE OF REGISTRATION Electoral Division of ............................................................... Take notice that the registration of........................................... of...........................................................as an elector in the above electoral division has this day been disallowed by me on the grounds that.................................................. DATED this................... day of ..................20........ To............................................ (Name) ................................................ (Address) Signature................................ Registering Officer. ..............................Electoral Division. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 181 REVISED EDITION 2018 182 Representation of the People Electoral Division Signature of Registered Person. Signature of Registering Officer Marks Date took up ………………………………… ………………………………… residence in Skin Distinguishing Birth Place of Birth Nationality Disability (if any) Surname Christian Middle Other REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT No. Colour of Registration Record Card Status Sex Height Colour (R.R. 11 (a)) cancellations…………………………… Eyes FORM 8 Name and Relationship through of Whether included on list of Date of Certificate BACK Residential Address Postal Address Reasons for and Particulars of naturalization REVISED EDITION 2018 Photograph registration Remarks: Date of Marital Representation of the People 183 FORM 9 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Identification Card (R. R. 11(b)) IDENTIFICATION CARD BELIZE COAT OF ARMS Space for Photograph .................................................. Signature of Elector................................. BACK OF FORM 9 IDENTIFICATION CARD Date issued Registration No Name Date & Place of Birth Sex Height Ft ins Colour of Eyes Distinguishing Marks Colour of Skin REVISED EDITION 2018 184 Representation of the People .................................................. Signature of Registering Officer ..................Electoral Division REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 185 FORM 10 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Certificate of Registration (R.R. 11(c)) (TO BE COMPLETED IN TRIPLICATE) Electoral Division.............Registration No................................. This is to certify that the registration of..................................... (Name) of.........................as an elector has been allowed by me and that (Address) all entries required to be made by me upon the identification card of the said...........................of.................have been made. Dated this.................day of.....................20........ ................................... Registering Officer To the above Registrant You are required to have your photograph taken by the official photographer stationed at …………………….…………. or by any other official photographer. Take notice that your photograph must be taken in order that your registration may be completed. Date photograph taken............................ ………............................................... Signature of Official Photographer. REVISED EDITION 2018 186 Representation of the People ……….................................................. Signature or impression of Registrant. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 187 FORM 11 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Name Index Card (R.R. 11(D)) Name....................................................... INDEX CARD. Serial No. of Registration Card.................................. ................ Name of Elector........................Date of Birth.............................. Address...................................................................Sex............... Remarks....................................................................................... ……………………… Registering Officer ……………………… Electoral Division REVISED EDITION 2018 188 Representation of the People FORM NO. 12 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Registered Persons for Representative Election (R.R. 22(1)) LIST OF PERSONS registered as electors for the election of a Representative for the Electoral Division of............................ No . Date of Registratio n Reg . No. Surnam e and Christia n Name or Names in full Date of Birt h Cod e No. Residenc e Remark s I..................................., Registration Officer for the registration area of.............................certify that the above is a true copy of the.................................. for the said registration area. DATED this..................day of..............., 20................... Registering Officer......................... Electoral Division........................... Office at........................................... REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 189 FORM 13 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Rectification of Particulars (R.R. 23(1)) APPLICATION FOR THE RECTIFICATION OF PARTICULARS To: The Registering Officer of the ………........... Electoral Division I,........................................................................seek to have the (Name of person seeking rectification) particulars given in Column I below relating to me in the electoral register for the electoral division of ……………………………….rectified in the manner set out in Column II below: Column I Column II (Here give particulars to be rectified) (Here give the manner in which the particulars in Column I are to be rectified) ................................... Signature of Elector Date.......................... REVISED EDITION 2018 190 Representation of the People FORM 14A REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Objection of Persons on New Registrar (R.R.23(2), 32, 36(2) and 46) OBJECTION TO A PERSON ON NEW REGISTER To the Registering Officer of the Electoral Division of ………………………………. I,..................…………………………… a person whose name (Name of Objector) appears in the list of electors of the Electoral Division of ……………….....hereby give you notice that I object to the name of .................................................being included/retained (Name of Person Objected to) in the said list/register on the ground that .................................. (state ground of objection) DATED the ................. day of ............ 20 ............. ………………………… Signature of Objector REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 191 FORM 15 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Objection to Deceased or Disqualified Persons (R.R. 24(3) and 47(3)) OBJECTION TO NOTICE AS BEING A DECEASED OR DISQUALIFIED PERSON To the Registering Officer of the Electoral Division of ………………………………………………………………… I,…………………....……......of…………...………………….. (Name of Elector) (Address) whose name appears in the register of deceased or disqualified persons published under rule 24/47 of the Representation of the People Registration Rules do hereby give you notice that I object to my name appearing therein on the ground that I am not the person shown as deceased or disqualified. DATED this ………………day of……20 …….. …………………………. Signature of Objector REVISED EDITION 2018 192 Representation of the People FORM 16 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Revision of Electors (R.R. 25(3), 49(1)) REVISION NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that the list of electors for the Electoral Division of ……………………………………. will be revised by me the undersigned on the …..…………….………. day of …………..………20…..………..……..at……….…….o’clock at………………………………………………………………. DATED this ……..….. day of………….. 20………… ...……………………. Revising Officer REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 193 FORM 17 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Change of Residence or Address (R.R. 58(1) and 59(1)) NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE OR ADDRESS To: The Registering Officer of the division of ……………… at …………………………………………………………….… (Address of Registration Office) TAKE NOTICE that I have changed my place of residence as follows: From …………………………………………………. To …………………………………………………….. on the…………day of……………….. 20 ………………….. My name is ………………………………………………...and (Print in block letters) my registration number is ………………………………….….. DATED this………………day of………………20……… ……............................... Signature of Registrant ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Perforation) I hereby acknowledge receipt of your notice of change of residence dated the ……………..day of…………….. 20….. and wish to inform you that your registration record card has REVISED EDITION 2018 194 Representation of the People been amended accordingly/has been transferred to the …………………………………………. Division.* ……………………………… Registering Officer for the Division of *Delete if inapplicable To……………………… REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 195 FORM 18 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Change of Name (R.R. 60(1)) NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME From……………………of…………………………………… (Name) (Address) whose registration number is…………………………………. To: The Registering Officer for the registration area of……………………at …………………………………… (Address of registration office) TAKE NOTICE that my name which now appears as …………………….………… in the register of electors for the (Here insert name in the register) division of….......……………………………….. in which I am registered, has been changed to..................... DATED this ………….. day of …………………20………… ……………………………………… Signature of registered person or mark of registered person and signature of witness to such mark REVISED EDITION 2018 196 Representation of the People FORM 19 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Replacement of Identification Card (R.R. 64(2)) APPLICATION FOR REPLACEMENT OF IDENTIFICATION CARD (TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE PRESCRIBED FEE) To the Registering Officer of the division of………………….. at……………………………………………………………..… (Address of registration office) I, …………..….. of …………………………………………… (Name) (Address) ………………… of the division of …………………………… hereby inform you that my identification card has been lost/ stolen/destroyed/mutilated/defaced* and I do hereby apply for a replacement identification card. DATED this …………… day of ………..………. 20………… ………………………….. Signature of Applicant *Delete if inapplicable REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 197 FORM 20 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Uncontested Election (E.R. 3(4)) RETURN OF UNCONTESTED ELECTION I hereby certify that the member elected for the electoral division of………..............in pursuance of the within writ is …………………………………………………………………. (insert name, address and occupation of member elected as stated in the nomination paper) no other candidate having been nominated. DATED at ………….... this………. day of ………….20.......... .................................................. Returning Officer To: H.E. the Governor-General (Through the Commission) REVISED EDITION 2018 198 Representation of the People FORM 21 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Withdrawal of Candidate (E.R. 4(2)) RETURN WHERE CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS I hereby certify that the member elected for the electoral division of..……………………………. in pursuance of the within writ is……………………………………………...……. (insert name, address and occupation of member elected as stated on the nomination paper) the other of all other candidates having withdrawn. DATED at …………… this……... day of………….. 20 …….. .................................................. Returning Officer To: H.E. the Governor-General (Through the Commission) REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 199 FORM 22 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Taking of Poll (E.R. 9(2)) NOTICE THAT A POLL WILL BE TAKEN The Electoral Division of …………………………………...… NOTICE is hereby given to the Voters of the electoral division aforesaid that a Poll will be taken for the election now pending for the said electoral division and that such Poll will be opened on the ..........day of….....20….... at the hour of seven in the forenoon and kept open till the hour of six in the afternoon in the following Polling Stations established in the various Polling Areas comprised in the said electoral division. Polling Station ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… and that the candidates in the above electoral division are as follows: Candidates: .............………..……. ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… ……………………… of which all persons are hereby required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. REVISED EDITION 2018 200 Representation of the People The counting of votes will take place at...........on the …..... day of….…...at the hour of……..... Given under my hand at …..…. this .……..day of ….… 20 ….. ............................................ Returning Officer REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 201 FORM 23 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Voters Guidance (E.R. 13(2)(d)) DIRECTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF VOTERS 1. Each voter may vote only at one polling station and for only one candidate. 2. The voter will go into one of the compartments and, with the pencil provided in the compartment, mark a cross on the right hand side of the ballot paper given to him by the presiding officer, opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes. For example: Supposing John Jones and George Smith are the candidates for election and the voter wishes to vote for Jones, he must place a cross opposite Jones’ name as follows: Surname Other Names Address Colour 1. JONES John North Street X 2. SMITH George Highgate Street 3. The voter shall then fold the ballot paper so as to conceal his vote but so as to show the initials of the presiding officer on the back; he shall then place it in the ballot box in the presence of the presiding officer after having shown to him the initials on the back. The voter shall then forthwith leave the polling station. 4. If the voter inadvertently spoils a ballot paper, he can return it to the presiding officer, who will, if satisfied of such inadvertence, give him another paper. REVISED EDITION 2018 202 Representation of the People 5. If the voter votes for more than one candidate or places any mark on the paper by which he may be afterwards identified, his ballot paper will be void and will not be counted. 6. If the voter takes a ballot paper out of the polling station or deposits in the box any paper than the one given him by the presiding officer, he is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for three months or to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 203 FORM 24 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Ballot Paper (E.R. 15(3) and 16(4)) ……………………..… ELECTORAL DIVISION Surname Other Names Address Colour 1. JAMES John 2. ROBINSON Peter 3. SMITH George (Back of Form No. 24) BALLOT PAPER NO……………………………………….. Signature……………………………………. Presiding Officer. REVISED EDITION 2018 204 Representation of the People FORM 25 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Proxy Paper (E.R. 19(4) PROXY PAPER Electoral Division ……………………………….…………….. ……………………………….. Polling Station ………………………………………...……… ……………………………….. Name of Proxy ……………………………………………. ………………………………..of Address of Proxy ……………………………………………… ……………………………….. is hereby appointed as proxy for Name of elector ………………………………………………... ………………………………..of Address of elector ………………………………………….….. Who is registered as an elector for the ……………………………………………….....................…… …………………………Electoral Division to vote for him/her at the above named polling station. APPROVED this……………….day of …………….. 20 ……. ..…………………………………. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 205 (CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER) REVISED EDITION 2018 206 Representation of the People FORM 26 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, Appointment of Proxy (E.R 19(3) APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PROXY I, ………………………………………........……….…………. (Full Christian names and surname) of ……..…………………………am registered as an elector for the………….....…………………………………………… (State electoral division) and I am assigned for duty as ………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… (State nature of employment in regard to the election) and will be absent from my polling area on election day. I therefore apply for the person named below to be appointed as proxy to vote for me. I clearly understand that if I vote or attempt to vote at an election after having appointed a proxy I will be committing an offence and will be liable to the penalties prescribed by the law. PERSON TO BE APPOINTED PROXY The elector must fill this up: Full names ……………………………………………… Address ……………………………………………… Relationship, if any, to elector……………………….. REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 207 Signature ………………………... Date ………………..…….. Signed before me this………………..day of………………….. *Justice of the Peace Commissioner of Police Commandant of Belize Defence Force Notary Public Belize Honorary Consul *Delete as appropriate REVISED EDITION 2018 208 Representation of the People I, ……………………………………… CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER, do hereby certify that the above entries reflect a true copy of the Proxy No. Residence Remarks Birth Code. Date of PARTICULARS OF PROXY Register prepared and kept by me in accordance with Rule 19 of the Representation of the People (Election) Rules. Name and No. Residence Remarks Reg. No. Surname, Christian Names in other REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, full Proxy Register FORM 26A (E.R.19(8)) Code. Date Birth of other Names Name and registration Reg. No. Surname, Christian in full PARTICULARS OF ELECTOR No. Date of REVISED EDITION 2018 Representation of the People 209 FORM 27 REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT Return of Poll (E.R. 37(1)) RETURN AFTER POLL HAS BEEN TAKEN I HEREBY certify that the member for the…………………… Electoral Division in pursuance of the within writ as having received the majority of votes lawfully given is …………………………………………………………………. (Name, address and occupation as stated in Nomination paper) ............................................. Returning Officer To: H. E. The Governor-General (Through the Commission) ___________________ REVISED EDITION 2018