Second Schedule SECOND SCHEDULESupplementary
[Section 17] Qualifications of Elector 1. A citizen shall be entitled to vote in an electoral ward under section 17 if— (a) he has attained the age of twenty-one years on the qualifying date; (b) he is resident within the electoral ward on the qualifying date or, if he is not so resident, if— (i) he is the owner of immovable property within such ward with an assessed net annual value of at least sixty ringgit or an improved value of at least five hundred ringgit; (ii) he has paid such rates as have been assessed thereon and are payable thereon, in accordance with of any law relating to rating for the time being in force, for the year or half-year ending on December 31 of the year preceding such qualifying date; and (iii) he has filed with the Election Commission within the registration or revision period notice in the prescribed form of his desire to have his name placed on or retained in the electoral roll for such ward, together with a certificate in the prescribed form that he has complied with the qualification specified in subparagraphs (i) and (ii); (c) his name is on the current electoral roll relating to such ward in accordance with this Act and any regulations made thereunder; and (d) he is not disqualified under paragraph 2: Provided that where a person who is not so resident is the owner of immovable property referred to in subparagraph (i) in more than one electoral ward of the local area, he shall be entitled as a non-resident voter, and on compliance with this paragraph, to only one vote in such local area, in respect of such electoral ward thereof as he may, in giving the notice required by subparagraph (iii), specify in such notice. 2. A citizen shall be disqualified for voting if— (a) on the qualifying date he is detained as a person of unsound mind or is serving a sentence of imprisonment; (b) having before the qualifying date been convicted in any part of the Commonwealth of an offence and sentenced to death or imprisonment for a term exceeding twelve months, he remains liable on the qualifying date to suffer any punisment for that offence; or (c) he is disqualified under any law relating to offences committed in connection with elections. 3. In this Schedule— “qualifying date” means the date by reference to which the electoral rolls are prepared or revised; “registration period” or “revision period” means the period within which electors may apply for registration or within which the electoral rolls are revised, as the case may be. 4. The State Authority may by order notified in the Gazette direct that paragraph 1(b) shall not apply in relation to such local authority, or description of local authority, as may be specified in such order; and on the coming into force of any such order such subparagraph shall be deemed to be repealed in relation to such local authority, and replaced by the following subparagraph: “(b) he is resident within the electoral ward on the qualified date;”.