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The Guncho shall examine the list forwarded to him in conformity with the preceding clause and shall send it back by the 20th of December to the Chocho or the Soncho after making the necessary correction whenever there is any part to be corrected in the List.

Article XXVII.—The electoral list shall be settled on the 20th of December, and the list shall be kept till the day on which the electoral list for the next year is settled. When, however, any correction is to be made in the list in pursuance of the judgment of a Court of Law, the Guncho or the Shicho shall at once make the said correction and shall publish the fact.

When the list has been corrected in conformity with the preceding clause, the Guncho shall communicate the circumstances to the Chocho or Soncho of the place where the person concerned is residing, and shall cause the duplicate copy to be corrected accordingly.

A new electoral list shall be compiled whenever a natural calamity or any other unavoidable circumstance may require it.

The compilation of the electoral list according to the foregoing clause and the date and also the date and duration for placing the list for public inspection and for settling it shall be determined by order.

Chapter IV.—Voting and Voting Place

Article XXVIII.—The date of a general election shall be determined by Imperial Ordinance and shall be proclaimed at least thirty days beforehand.

Article XXIX.—Election shall be done by voting.

In voting one elector shall vote for one person only.

Article XXX.—The voting place shall be opened in a City or a Town or a Village Office or in some other place appointed by the yoting overseer with the approval of the local Governor.

Article XXXI.—A voting overseer shall proclaim to the voting district at least five days previous to the date of election the locality of the voting place placed under his management.

Article XXXII.—The Guncho or the Shicho shall nominate not less than three and not more than five voting witnesses from among the electors of the voting district under his management, and the notice of the nomination shall be sent to the persons nominated at least three days previous to the day of election, requesting them to attend the voting place on that day.

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