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(1) A person qualifies to be registered as a voter if-

(a) he is a citizen of Ghana of eighteen years of age or above; and

(b) he is of sound mind; and

(c) he is resident in the polling division; and

(d) he is not otherwise disqualified to be registered as a voter by any law for the time being in force.

(2) No person shall be entitled to have his name included at any one time in the register of more than one constituency or in more than one divisional register in a constituency.

(3) Subject to subsection (2) of this section a person shall, for the purpose of this section be deemed to be resident in a polling division on the qualifying date if he has a place of abode in the division on that date.

(4) A person shall not be deemed to be resident in a polling division if he has been absent from his place of abode for a continuous period of six months ending on the qualifying date.

(5) A person who is a patient in an establishment maintained wholly or mainly for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from mental illness or mental defectiveness or who is detained in legal custody in any place shall not be treated as resident there for the purposes of this section.

(6) A person who is resident in more than one place and who would, but for subsection (2) of this section be entitled to have his name included in the register of more than one constituency or in more than one divisional register in a constituency shall select one constituency and one polling division for the purpose of registration and voting.