How many qualifying dates in a year are available for enrolment as a voter after the 2021 amendment?

The correct answer is four. The Commission's note recalls that Section 14 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 was amended by the Election Laws (Amendment) Act of 2021, and that the amendment provides four qualifying dates in a year on which a citizen may be enrolled as a voter. Before this change a single qualifying date governed enrolment, which is what option A describes and which is now out of date. Options B and D give numbers the law does not use. The practical effect is that a young citizen who turns eighteen need not wait a full year for the roll to open. The Commission also notes that the rolls keep getting updated until the last date of filing nominations, for applications received up to ten days before that date, so the roll is not frozen the moment the election is announced.