ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) General 132 Alteration of dates and qualifying periods (1) Where by this Part— (a) anything is to be done by a particular date; or (b) any person’s qualification or entitlement to be enrolled on a voters roll is determined as at or as from a particular date; the Commission may direct that, in relation to all councils or any particular council or class of councils, the thing is to be done by a different date or, as the case may be, that the qualification or entitlement is to be determined as at or as from a different date, and the provisions of this Part shall be construed in accordance with any such direction. (2) The Commission shall give notice of any direction in terms of subsection (1) in the Gazette and in a newspaper. 133 Application of provisions of this Act to local authority elections Subject to this Part, the provisions of this Act relating to the election of members of Parliament shall apply, with any changes that may be necessary, to elections to which this Part applies as if any references therein to a constituency elections officer were references to the Registrar-General of Voters or the Chief Elections Officer, as the case may be. PART XVIIIA INTIMIDATORY PRACTICES 133A Meaning of “intimidation” For the purposes of this Part, a person shall be regarded as having done or attempted to do something through intimidation if he or she achieves or attempts to achieve an object through any of the following methods⎯ (a) inflicting or threatening to inflict bodily injury upon a person; or (b) abducting a person or detaining a person against his or her will; or (c) causing or threatening to cause unlawful damage to a person’s property; or (d) withholding or threatening to withhold from a person any assistance or benefit to which that person is legally entitled; or (e) illegally doing or threatening to do anything to the disadvantage of a person. 133B Intimidation A person who, through intimidation⎯ (a) compels or attempts to compel a person to sign or refrain from signing a nomination paper; or (b) prevents or attempts to prevent a candidate from lodging a nomination paper with a constituency elections officer; or (c) compels or attempts to compel a person or persons generally⎯ (i) to vote for a political party or candidate; or (ii) not to vote; - 83 -