Section 283: Where objection was taken to a name on the list of claimants, the
consolidated text (as at 2017). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
283. Where objection was taken to a name on the list of claimants, the
claimant was in attendance and answered certain questions tending to show
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that he was in receipt of salary and entitled to be registered. On the objector
stating that he was not satisfied with the evidence and wanted further proof
of the claim, the case was postponed to a later hour in the day. The claimant
did not appear then and his name was expunged.
HELD confirming Mooktaram v Tiang-Qui-Lien (1931), the claimant was
entitled to be registered as a voter. d’Unienville v Laurent (1931).