Section 39D:

39D. Claim to be registered in supplementary register (1) A claimant may, not later than 5 days after the issue of a writ of election, appear before the registration officer of the electoral area in which he claims to be eligible to be registered as an elector, present his claim to be registered. (2) (a) A claimant shall, in the presence of the registration officer receiving the claim, sign and date his claim, in Form D of the Schedule, which shall also be signed by the registration officer. (b) Where a claimant is incapacitated or declares that he cannot read or write, the registration officer shall require him to impress his thumb print on the claim and the registration officer shall sign and date the claim. (c) Where, for a physical reason, the claimant cannot affix his thumb print, he may affix the print of another finger. (d) Where, for a physical reason, a claimant cannot affix the print of any finger, the registration officer shall insert a note to that effect on the claim. (3) The registration officer, when receiving claims under this section, shall not allow to be present inside his office any person other than the officers connected with the procedure for registration, the claimant elector and one of his relatives and his Counsel or attorney and such other members of the public as can be accommodated in the public gallery. (4) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), a claimant who, knowingly makes a statement which is false in any material particular advanced by him, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year. (b) Where the false statement has been made on oath, the person making it shall be liable to the penalty provided under section 195 of the Courts Act, for the offence of swearing a false affidavit. (5) (a) A service elector who claims to be a claimant shall, not later than 5 days after the issue of a writ of an election, make a declaration by sending to the Electoral Commissioner a notice in Form G of the Schedule. (b) The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of external affairs shall, not later than 5 days after the issue of a writ of an election, give written notice to the Electoral Commissioner of the name of every person who – (j) is entitled to be registered as a service elector; or (iii) has ceased to be so entitled.