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| (1) The first day of June in any year is hereby prescribed as the qualifying date on which a person should be resident in any electoral district to have his name entered or retained in the register of that electoral district. |
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| (2) The address at which a person was ordinarily resident in any electoral district on the first day of June in any year is hereinafter referred to as his " qualifying address ". |
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| (3) In the determination of any question as to a person's residence on the first day of June in any year, particular regard shall be had to the purpose and other circumstances, as well as to the fact, of his presence at, or absence from the address in question, and in particular his absence from such address in the performance of any duty accruing from or incidental to any office, service or employment, held or undertaken by him. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts