• Electoral law unavailable for review
General Right to
Vote
Constitution:
(1978)
• Section 56, subsection (1) states, "Any person who is registered
as an elector in any constituency shall be entitled to vote in such manner
as may be prescribed at any election for that constituency…"
Exclusion Based
on Mental Disability
Constitution:
(1978)
• Section 49, subsection (1) states: "No person shall be qualified
for election as a Member of Parliament who… (d) is certified to be
insane or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law for the
time being in force in Solomon Islands…"
• Section 55, subsection (3) states: "No person shall be entitled
to be registered as an elector who… (b) is certified to be insane
or otherwise adjudged to be of unsound mind under any law for the time
being in force in Solomon Islands…"
