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their respective offices or at places approved by their respective local Governors, exhibit for public inspection the electoral list, during fifteen days commencing from the 5th of November.

Article XXI.—When an elector discovers an omission or the wrong registration of a name in the list, he may claim that a correction be made by giving to the Guncho or the Shicho written notice and his reasons therefor, together with corroborative evidence.

Article XXII.—When for a justifiable reason an elector cannot follow the process mentioned in Article XIX and his name has not been registered in the list, the provisions in the preceding Article shall apply.

Article XXIII.—After the expiration of the period for public inspection, a claim set forth in the preceding two articles may not be made.

Article XXIV.—Upon the receipt of a notice set forth in Article XXI and Article XXII, the Guncho or Shicho shall examine the reasons alleged and the evidence adduced, and shall give his decision within twenty days from the receipt of such notice. When he decides that the notice is relevant, he shall immediately register the name omitted and communicate to that effect with the person who has given the notice and to the ether persons concerned, at the same time publishing the main points of the case in the election districts. When the notice is decided to be irrelevant, a communication to that effect shall be made to the person who has given the notice.

When the registration has been corrected, the Guncho shall communicate the circumstances to the Chocho or Soncho of the place in which the person in question is residing.

Article XXV.—When either the person who has given the notice or other persons concerned are not satisfied with the decision of the Guncho or Shicho made in conformity with the foregoing article, they may, within seven days from the day on which the said decision was given, institute against the Guncho or Shicho a suit in a Local Court.

No appeal is allowed to Appellate Courts against the judgment of the Local Court mentioned in the preceding clause, but it is permissible to bring an appeal to the Court of Cassation for revision.

Article XXVI.—The Chocho or the Soncho shall forward to the Guncho between the 20th of November and the 10th of December the electoral list placed under his management.