ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008)
PART IX
PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL-ELECTIONS AND NOTIFICATION OF BY-ELECTIONS
38. General, presidential and local authority elections.
39. Vacancies and by-elections.
PART X
ELECTION OF CHIEFS TO PARLIAMENT
40. Election of Council of Chiefs and of President and Deputy President of Council of
Chiefs and other Senator Chiefs.
41. Presiding officers.
42. Quorum of electoral colleges.
43. Nomination of Chiefs as candidates.
44. Conduct of poll for election of Chiefs.
PART XI
APPOINTED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
45. Notification of appointment of members of Parliament.
PART XII
NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
46. Nomination of candidates.
47. Deposit on nomination.
48. Procedure when poll to be held.
49. Withdrawal of candidate.
50. Death of candidate.
PART XIII
PREPARATION FOR AND VOTING AT POLL
51. Polling stations.
52. Provision of requisites and officers for purpose of poll.
53. Hours polling stations to be open.
54. The ballot box.
54A. Recording of ballot papers before polling.
55. Conduct of poll.
56. Entitlement to vote, number of votes and identification of voters.
57. Manner of voting.
58. Spoilt ballot papers.
59. Voting by illiterate voters.
60. Voting by physically incapacitated voters.
61. Procedure at close of poll.
62. Procedure after sealing of ballot boxes.
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