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Constitution 1978 (as amended in 2014)

56. RIGHT TO VOTE AT ELECTIONS

1. Any person who is registered as an elector in any constituency shall be entitled to vote in such manner as may be prescribed at any election for that constituency unless—

a. on the date appointed for polling he is under such sentence of death or serving such sentence of imprisonment as is referred to in paragraph (a) of Section 55(3) of this Constitution or (except in so far as may be otherwise prescribed) he is for any other reason unable to attend in person at the place and time appointed for polling; or

b. he is prohibited from so voting by any law in force in Solomon Islands because he holds or is acting in any office the functions of which involved responsibility for, or in connection with, the conduct of that election or because he has been convicted of any offence connected with elections.

2. No person shall vote at any election for any constituency who is not registered as an elector in that constituency.

National Parliament Electoral Provisions Act 2010 (last amended in 2013)

Right to vote

7.—(1) No person shall vote at an election unless he is entitled to do so by section 56 of the Constitution.

(2) No person shall be entitled to vote more than once at an election.