(1) If the name of the same person appears more than once on the same roll, or on more than one district roll, the Electoral Commissioner is to cause all but the latest enrolled name to be removed.

(2) The Electoral Commissioner may take such action and give such directions as he considers necessary in order for the rolls to be adjusted to give effect to a division of the State into districts and regions under the Electoral Distribution Act 1947.

[Section 51 ⁴ amended by No. 44 of 1911 s.17; No. 63 of 1948 s.10; No. 33 of 1964 s.19; No. 40 of 1987 ss.35 and 84; No. 36 of 2000 s.28(1).]