ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (iii) to monitor, supervise or direct the activities of multiparty liaison subcommittees; (c) to immediately report upon and refer to the Commission any disputes, concerns, matters or grievances relating to the electoral process; and (d) to request the Commission to mediate or appoint an independent mediator to resolve any dispute, concern, matter or grievance relating to the electoral process; and (e) to present to the Commission any reports, assessments, records or recommendations relating to the electoral process; and (f) generally, to assist in implementing the Code. (2) The Commission or an independent mediator referred to in subsection (1)(d) shall endeavour to resolve any dispute, concern, matter or grievance relating to the electoral process referred for mediation within the time requested by the multiparty liaison committee or within a reasonable time. 160D Decisions of multiparty liaison committees The decisions of the multiparty liaison committee shall be made by consensus. PART XXII ESTABLISHMENT, COMPOSITION AND RULES OF ELECTORAL COURT 161 Establishment and nature of Electoral Court (1) There is hereby established a court, to be known as the Electoral Court, for the purpose of hearing and determining election petitions and other matters in terms of this Act. (2) The Electoral Court shall have no jurisdiction to try any criminal case. (3) The Electoral Court shall be a court of record. 162 Judges of Electoral Court and composition thereof (1) The Chief Justice shall, after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and the Judge President of the High Court, appoint one or more judges of the High Court to be Judge or Judges, as the case may be, of the Electoral Court for such a period as he or she may specify in such appointment. (2) The Electoral Court’s jurisdiction may be exercised by a Judge of the Electoral Court sitting alone or with one or more assessors appointed in terms of section one hundred and sixty-three. 160 Assessors (1) Subject to this section, a Judge of the Electoral Court may require the Registrar of the Electoral Court to appoint two persons from the appropriate list of persons referred to in subsection (2) to assist him or her as assessors in determining any matter that is required to be determined in any case before the Electoral Court. (2) The Chief Justice and the Judge President shall prepare a list of the names of at least ten persons who have knowledge or experience to act as assessors and who are otherwise suitable for appointment as such. - 95 -