Section 91Part 4 — The LegislatureAmendedNot Yet In Force
Disqualifications of electors
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This section has not been brought into force.
It was enacted by Parliament but awaits a commencement order before it becomes operative law.
Amendment: LG75/S1 (22 Apr 2020)
Pending changes
Standing Order 91 is added, allowing the Legislative Assembly to meet by electronic means during emergencies.
A person shall not be entitled to be registered as an elector in any electoral district who—
subject to subsection (2), is serving a sentence of imprisonment (by whatever name called) exceeding twelve months imposed on him or her by a court in any country or substituted by competent authority for some other sentence imposed on him or her by such a court, or is under such a sentence of imprisonment the execution of which has been suspended;
is a person certified to be insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law in force in the Cayman Islands; or
is disqualified for registration as an elector by any law in force in the Cayman Islands relating to offences connected with elections.
For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)—
where a person is serving two or more sentences of imprisonment that are required to be served consecutively he or she shall, throughout the whole time during which he or she so serves, be regarded as serving a sentence exceeding twelve months if (but not unless) any one of those sentences exceeds that term;
no account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed as an alternative to or in default of the payment of a fine; and
no account shall be taken of a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court outside the Cayman Islands other than a sentence on conviction of an offence constituted by conduct which, if it occurred within the Cayman Islands, would constitute an offence punishable under the law of the Cayman Islands by imprisonment of twelve months or any greater punishment.