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(1) A registration officer or a person authorised by the Authority to monitor a registration exercise, may challenge an applicant if that applicant provides false information or does not satisfy the registration requirements provided for in this Act.

(2) Where an applicant who is challenged, insists on eligibility to be registered,

(a) that applicant shall complete the form marked ‘A’ specified in the Schedule,

(b) the Assembly member of the respective registration centre shall complete the form marked ‘Bl’ specified in the Schedule, and

(c) the applicant shall submit to the chief of the hometown to which the applicant belongs the form marked ‘B2’ specified in the Schedule for completion

(3) On completion of the forms, the registration officer shall send the completed forms to the District Registration Review Committee provided for under section 23.

(4) An applicant who wilfully provides false information in an application commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not less than three months or to both.