The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) took a decision at its Statutory Meeting of Tuesday, February 7, 2023 to request the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to probe three cases of duplicate registrations which were committed during the ongoing Cycle of Continuous Registration.
A release from GECOM today said that the decision was taken consequent upon deliberations on a Report on internal investigations that were conducted in relation to the duplicate registration transactions. These investigations revealed that three persons who were already registered, applied again for registration using different source documents with different dates of issue, names, and dates of birth.
“In view of the case in point, it must be highlighted that the National Registration Act, Chapter 19:08 as amended by Act No. 26 of 2022 stipulates legal provisions for registration offences and the associated penalties. In this regard, it is of crucial importance to note that the registration laws have outlined penalties for registration offences, with provision for fines of up to five million dollars ($5,000,000) and imprisonment of five (5) years.
“The Commission takes this opportunity to formally notify all concerned that henceforth, all cases of duplicate registrations will be reported to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for investigation, and consequent action in keeping with the relevant legal provisions”, GECOM said.
