Section 276: Objections – Time—The object of the enactment was to substitute a

276. Objections – Time—The object of the enactment was to substitute a definite date in lieu of a variable date from which the delay to file objections to the list on the Register of voters should run. The retention in the amendment enactment of the variable date which was to be found in the previous enactment can only be ascribed to error or inadvertence and may not be construed as affecting destructively the unequivocal and substantive provision which allows a definite number of days to file objections to the list on the Register of voters. Laurent v District Magistrate of Port Louis and anor (1920).