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292 Obligation to place naval and military voter on absent voters list without claim.

17. It shall be the duty of the registration officer, without any claim bing made for the purpose, to place on the absent voters list any naval or military voter, unless— (a) that person, not later than the eighteenth day of February as respects the spring register, and the eighteenth day of August as respects the autumn register, gives notice to the registration officer that he does not desire to be placed upon that list or

(b) that person is registered, in pursance of a claim for the purpose, for the constituency in which ha has an actual residence qualification.

Information to registration officers by deaprtments.

18. The Admiralty, the Army Conucil, and the Air Council, either directly or through officers appointed by them, shall in the prescribed manner furnish to the registration officers in the several constituencies such information as to the names and addresses of Naval and Military voters and such other particulars as may be necessary for the purpose of their registration and of their voting as such, and it shall be the duty of the Local Government Board to render any assistance that may be required by the Admiralty, the Army Council, and the Air Council in conveying such information to the registration officers:

Provided that the Admiralty, Army Council, and Air council shall not be required to supply any particulars which in their declared opinion would interfere with the proper conduct of the war.

Record of addresses to be ketp.

19. The registration officer shall keep a record of any address which addresses to be may be furnished to him by any person placed on the absent voters list, or by the Admiralty, Army Council, Air Council or Board of Trade, as the address which is to be for the time being the address of the voter for the purpose of the provisions relating to voting by absent voters and, as soon as practicable, shall cause instructions to be sent to the voter as to the mode of voting under those provisions.

the record of addresses shall he open to inspection under the same conditions that govern the register.

Preparation of the Register from the List.

Consideration of objections.

20. The registration officer shall, as soon as practicable, consider all objections of which notice has been given to him in accordance with these  rules, and for that purpose shall give at least five clear days' notice to the objector and to the person in respect of whose registration the notice of objection has been given, of the time and place at which the objection will be considered by him.

Consideration of claims. 21. The registration officer shall also consider all claims of which notice is given to him in accordance with these rules and in respect of which no notice of objection is given, and, if he considers that the claim may be allowed without further inquiry, shall give notice to the claimant that his claim is allowed.

If the registration officer is not satisfied that any such claim can be allowed without inquiry, he shall give at least five clear days' notice to the claimant of the time and place at which the claim will be considered by him.

Supplemental Powers on consideration of claims and objections.

22. If on the consideration of any claim or objection it appears to the registration officer that the claimant, or person in respect of whose name objection is taken, is not entitled to be entered in the register in the character in which he claims to be registered, or in which he is entered on the list, but is entitled to be entered on the register in another character or in another place on the register, the registration officer may decide that the name of that person shall be so entered on the register.