ELECTORAL ACT (as amended at 24th January 2008) (ii) a person who is not eligible to vote does not cast a vote; (f) measures to be taken by employers to provide their employees with an opportunity to vote in any election; (g) the access by journalists to, and their conduct at, polling stations and constituency centres; (g1) facilities enabling electoral officials and other persons who, on polling day in any election are or will be assisting with the conduct of the election, to cast their votes, whether through the medium of postal voting or otherwise; (g2) the membership and functions of multi-party liaison committees as defined in Part XXIA; (h) penalties for contraventions thereof, not exceeding a fine of level ten or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or both such fine and such imprisonment. (3) The Commission shall consult the Minister responsible for local government before making regulations in terms of subsection (1) in respect of elections to which Part XVIII applies. (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act but subject to subsection (5), the Commission may make such statutory instruments as it considers necessary or desirable to ensure that any election is properly and efficiently conducted and to deal with any matter or situation connected with, arising out of or resulting from the election. (5) Statutory instruments made in terms of subsection (4) may provide for— (a) altering any period specified in this Act within which anything connected with, arising out of or resulting from any election must be done; (b) empowering any person to make orders or give directions in relation to any matter connected with, arising out of or resulting from any election; (c) penalties for contraventions of any such statutory instrument, not exceeding a fine of level ten or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or both such fine and such imprisonment. (6) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) and statutory instruments made in terms of subsection (4) shall not have effect until they have been approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette. 193 Repeal of Cap. 2:01 and savings (1) In this section— “repealed Act” means the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:01]. (2) The Electoral Act [Chapter 2:01] is repealed. (3) Despite subsection (2)— (a) the person who, immediately before the fixed date, held office as the RegistrarGeneral of Elections in terms of the repealed Act shall be deemed to have been appointed Registrar-General of Voters in terms of section eighteen; (b) every person who, immediately before the fixed date, held office as constituency registrar, deputy constituency registrar or assistant constituency registrar for any - 105 -

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