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Registering to vote and election offences

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The rule

A citizen who is 18 by 1 February and lives at an address on that date can be on that year's voters' register.

What is wrong

What happens next

The Election Commission and police inquire. Offences are tried in court, and an election can be challenged by an election petition.

The punishment

What you can do

Where to get justice

District Election Office or the Election Commission, Rajagiriya

Free legal help: Legal Aid Commission 011 533 5329. Emergencies: Police 119, Suwa Seriya ambulance 1990. Bribery complaints: 1954.

ඡන්දය සඳහා ලියාපදිංචි වීම සහ මැතිවරණ වැරදි

නීතිය

පෙබරවාරි 1 වන විට වයස 18 සම්පූර්ණ වූ, එදින ලිපිනයක පදිංචි පුරවැසියෙකුට එම වසරේ ඡන්ද හිමි නාම ලේඛනයට ඇතුළත් විය හැක.

වැරැද්ද කුමක්ද

ඊළඟට සිදුවන්නේ

මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව සහ පොලිසිය විමර්ශනය කරයි. වැරදි අධිකරණයේ විභාග වන අතර මැතිවරණ පෙත්සමකින් මැතිවරණයක් අභියෝගයට ලක් කළ හැක.

දඬුවම

ඔබට කළ හැකි දේ

යුක්තිය ලබා ගත හැකි තැන

දිස්ත්‍රික් මැතිවරණ කාර්යාලය හෝ මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව, රාජගිරිය

නොමිලේ නීති උදව්: නීති ආධාර කොමිෂන් සභාව 011 533 5329. හදිසි: පොලිසිය 119, සුවසැරිය ගිලන් රථ 1990. අල්ලස් පැමිණිලි: 1954.

வாக்காளராகப் பதிவுசெய்தலும் தேர்தல் குற்றங்களும்

விதி

பெப்ரவரி 1 இல் 18 வயதடைந்து, அன்று ஒரு முகவரியில் வசிக்கும் குடிமகன் அவ்வாண்டு வாக்காளர் இடாப்பில் இடம்பெறலாம்.

தவறு என்ன

அடுத்து என்ன நடக்கும்

தேர்தல்கள் ஆணைக்குழுவும் பொலிஸும் விசாரிக்கும். குற்றங்கள் நீதிமன்றில் விசாரிக்கப்படும்; தேர்தல் மனு மூலம் தேர்தலை எதிர்க்கலாம்.

தண்டனை

நீங்கள் செய்யக்கூடியவை

நீதி பெறும் இடம்

மாவட்டத் தேர்தல் அலுவலகம் அல்லது தேர்தல்கள் ஆணைக்குழு, இராஜகிரிய

இலவச சட்ட உதவி: சட்ட உதவி ஆணைக்குழு 011 533 5329. அவசரம்: பொலிஸ் 119, சுவசெரிய அம்புலன்ஸ் 1990. இலஞ்ச முறைப்பாடு: 1954.

Law references

Registration of Electors Act, No. 44 of 1980 (amended by Act No. 22 of 2021)
Parliamentary Elections Act
Regulation of Election Expenditure Act, No. 3 of 2023

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

This explains the general law. It is not advice on your situation. For your own case, speak to a lawyer or the Legal Aid Commission.