ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ [103 Notice of election to office of President] [Section repealed by s. 59 of Act No. 17 of 2007] 104 Nomination of candidates for election to office of President (1) A candidate for election to the office of President shall be nominated by means of a nomination paper in the prescribed form which— (a) shall be signed, in respect of each province into which Zimbabwe is for the time being divided, by not fewer than ten persons who are registered on the voters rolls for constituencies within the province concerned; and (b) shall be countersigned with the acceptance of the candidate; and (c) may specify a distinctive symbol which the candidate wishes to appear on the ballot paper in conjunction with his or her name; and (d) may, if the candidate is to stand for or to be sponsored by any political party, specify that fact, together with the name of the political party and an abbreviation of such name which the candidate wishes to appear on the ballot paper; and (e) shall be accompanied by a passport-sized photograph of the candidate. [Paragraph as amended by s. 87 of Act No. 17 of 2007] (2) Where a nomination paper specifies matters referred to in paragraph (d) of subsection (1), the nomination paper shall be countersigned by a person who is an office-bearer of the political party concerned with authority to certify that the candidate is to stand for or to be sponsored by that political party. (3) Subject to this section, section forty-six shall apply, with any changes that may be necessary, in relation to the nomination of candidates for election to the office of President. 105 Nomination fee At the same time as the nomination paper is lodged by or on behalf of a candidate for election as President, there shall be deposited with the Chief Elections Officer, by or on behalf of the person nominated, such nomination fee as may be prescribed, which shall form part of the funds of the Commission. [Section substituted by s. 28 of Act No. 3 of 2012] 106 Publication of names of Presidential candidates As soon as practicable after the day fixed for the sitting of a nomination court in terms of section 38(1)(a), the Chief Elections Officer shall cause to be published in the Gazette and in all newspapers of mass circulation in Zimbabwe the names of all candidates who have been validly nominated for election to the office of President. [Section as amended by s. 61 of Act No. 17 of 2007] 107 Withdrawal of candidature (1) A nominated candidate for election as President may, by notice in writing addressed to the Chief Elections Officer, withdraw his or her candidature at any time before twenty-one days from the day or first day, as the case may be, on which the poll in an election to the office of President is to be taken. (2) On receipt of a notice of withdrawal in terms of subsection (1), the Chief Elections Officer shall cause the withdrawal to be published in the Gazette and in all newspapers of mass circulation in Zimbabwe. (3) … [Subsection repealed by s. 62 of Act No. 17 of 2007] 108 When fresh nominations to be held Where— (a) no candidate for election as President has been validly nominated at the expiry of the time fixed for lodging nomination papers with the Chief Elections Officer; or 102