‘No.7 of 1954. 9 Virgin Islands Constitution 29
and Klections,

other expenses incurred by him as the Governor
may award,

(2) An open court shall be held in one or
more places in each electoral district by and
before the revising officer for the purpose of
revising each preliminary list.

(3) The said court shall be held on such
day as may be afixed by the revising officer
being within four weeks after the publication of
the list of claims and objections, and six days
notice in the form set out as Form No. 5 in the
Second Schedule of the holding of such court
and of the place at which the same is to be held
shall be published.

48. (1) Upon the production in court by
the registering officer of an electoral district or
polling division, as the case may be, of the list of
claims and objections received by such register-
ing officer the revising officer shall go through
the same and shall insert. in the preliminary list
the name of every person who is proved to his
satisfaction to be entitled to have his name
inserted therein, rectify any mistake in such
preliminary. list of which he is satisfied, and
strike out of the said list the name of every
person who, upon the application of the objector,
is proved to the satisfaction of the revising
officer to be disentitled to have his name retained
in the said list. .

(2) If the objector appears neither in person,
nor by counsel, nor by some voter duly author-
ised by him in that behalf, the objection shall be
overruled, and the name of the person objected
to shall be retained in the preliminary list for
that electoral district or polling district, as the
case unay be.

(3) A revising officer holding a court under
this Ordinance shall have power to adjourn the
same to such time and as often as may be
necessary and shall have the same powers for the

VIRGIN
IsLANDS.

Form No. 4,

Procedure of
court revising
preliminary
list.