Delivery of copies of the register.
28. It shall be the duty of the registration officer, on the application of any person during business hours and on payment of the prescribed fee, to furnish copies to the applicant of the register or of so much of the register as relates to any registration unit.
Appeals from Registration Officer.
Notice of appeal from registration officer.
29. A person desiring to appeal against the decision of a registration officer must give notice of appeal in the prescribed form to the registration officer and to the opposite party, if any, when the decision is given or within five days thereafter, specifying the grounds of appeal.
The registration officer shall forward any such notices to the county court in manner directed by rules of court together, in each case, with a statement of the material facts which, in his opinion, have been established in the case, and of his decision upon the whole case and any point which may be specified as a grouud of appeal and shall also furnish to the court any further information which the court may require and which he is able to furnish.
Appeals relating to the same point.
30. Where it appears to the registration officer that any notices of appeal given to him are based on similar grounds, he sha'll inform the coun ty court of the fact for the purpose of enabling the county court (if the court thinks fit) to consolidate the appeals, or select a case as a test case.
General
Publication of Documents.
31. Where the registration officer by these rules is required to publish any documents any document, and no specific provision is made as to the mode of publication, he shall publish the document by making copies of the document available for inspection by the public in his office, and in the chief post officer (if the Postmaster General gives authority for the purpose), or some other convenient place in the area forming the registration unit to which the document relates and, if he thinks fit, in any other manner which is, in his opinion, desirable for the purpose of bringing the contents of the document to the notice of those interested.
Any document required to be published shall be kept published for the prescribed time.
Any failure to publish a document in accordance with these rules shall not invalidate the document, but this provision shall not relieve the registration officer from any penalty for such a failure.
If any person without lawful authority destroys, mutilates, defaces or removes any notice published by the registration officer in connection with his registration duties, or any copies of a document which have been made available for inspection in pursuance of these rules, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
Duty of registration officer to supply forms.
31. The registration officer shall, without fee, on the application of any person, supply forms of claims and notices of objections.
Supply of copies of claims, objections, &c.
33. The registration officer shall, on the application of any person, allow that person to inspect, and take extracts from, or on payment of the prescribed fee, supply to that person copies of, the electors lists for any registration unit in his area and any claim or notice of objection made under these rules.
Mode of sending notices, &c.
34. Any claim or notice of objection which is under these rules to be sent to the registration officer may be sent to him by post addressed to him at his office.
Any notice which is required to be sent by the registration officer under these rules to any person shall be sufficiently sent if sent by post
