33 Voter qualification and registration 55.—(1) Every citizen who is or will be the age of 18 years and over on or before the date of the issue of the writ for the next election of members to Parliament, has the right to be registered as a voter, in the manner and form prescribed by a written law governing elections or registration of voters. (2) A person who— (a) is serving a sentence of imprisonment of 12 months or longer imposed by a court in Fiji or by a court of another country; (b) is under a law in force in Fiji, adjudged or declared to be of unsound mind; or (c) is serving a period of disqualification from registration as a voter under a law relating to electoral offences, does not have the right to be registered as a voter. (3) A person who is registered as a voter and who, after his or her registration as a voter— (a) is serving a sentence of imprisonment of 12 months or longer imposed by a court in Fiji or by a court of another country; (b) is under a law in force in Fiji, adjudged or declared to be of unsound mind; or (c) is serving a period of disqualification from registration as a voter under a law relating to electoral offences, ceases to be a registered voter. (4) Every person who is registered as a voter has the right to vote in the election of members of Parliament. (5) The Electoral Commission must maintain a single, national common Register of Voters. (6) Every citizen who is registered as a voter and who is— (a) resident in Fiji on the day of the elections is entitled to vote in that election; or (b) not a resident of Fiji or is not present in Fiji on the day of the elections, but is the holder of a valid Fijian passport, is entitled to vote to the extent provided in any written law governing elections.