Section 264:

264. Qualifying period – Whether must be immediately preceding registration—The 3 years’ residence previous to registration required, mean actual residence and not domicile, but in order to be entitled to be registered as an elector, it is only sufficient that there should have been 3 years’ residence at any time previous to the date of registration, but not necessarily immediately preceding the date. Lacaze v de Rauville (1911). Lacaze v Mongey (1911). 265. “Date of registration” – Meaning—The words “date of registration”, refer to a variable date in the year of preparation of the yearly register of voters and not to the date at which the person was for the first time registered as a voter. Per Roseby, J: “It can hardly be the actual time at which the list is finally issued, which will be some time after the Magistrate has completed his inquiry. Therefore in the case of an original application we would be forced to construe these words as having reference to the time at which the list was first made out in 1920, and it seems to me we would not do violence to the phrase if we continue to apply the same meaning even in the case of a man whose name was borne on previous registers”. Goburdhun v Hart de Keating (1920).