ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (c) transmit to the Chief Elections Officer by hand through a messenger the constituency return or a copy thereof certified by the constituency elections officer to be correct. (2) Immediately after arranging for the constituency return to be transmitted in terms of paragraph (c) of subparagraph (1), the constituency elections officer shall affix a copy of the constituency return on the outside the constituency centre so that it is visible to the public. Procedure on receipt of constituency returns 2.(1) The Chief Elections Officer shall give reasonable notice in writing to each candidate or his or her chief election agent of the time and place where the Chief Elections Officer will verify and collate all the constituency returns. (2) At the time and place notified for the verification and collation of the constituency returns referred to in subparagraph (1) and in the presence of such candidates, their chief election agents and observers as are present, the Chief Elections Officer shall display each constituency return to those present and shall, on request, allow a candidate or chief election agent of a candidate to make notes of the contents of each constituency return. (3) When the Chief Elections Officer has completed the verification of the constituency returns under subparagraph (2) the Chief Elections Officer shall, in the presence of such persons referred to in subsection (2) as are present, add together the number of votes received by each candidate as shown in each constituency return. Determination, declaration and notification of result of Presidential poll 3.(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), after the number of votes received by each candidate as shown in each constituency return has been added together in terms of subparagraph (3) of paragraph 2, the Chief Elections Officer shall forthwith declare the candidate who has received— (a) where there are two candidates, the greater number of votes; (b) where there are more than two candidates, the greatest number of votes; to be duly elected as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe with effect from the day of such declaration. (2) A declaration by the Chief Elections Officer under this paragraph shall be final, subject to reversal on petition to the Electoral Court that such declaration be set aside or to the proceedings relating to that election being declared void under subsection (1) of section fiftyone. (3) The Chief Elections Officer shall cause a notice to be published in the Gazette, giving the full name of the person duly elected as President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the day with effect from which he or she was so elected. - 108 -