ELECTORAL ACT
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(2) The Commission shall produce its own voter education materials for use in the
provision of voter education.
(3) The Commission may permit any person to assist it in providing voter education.
40C Voter education by persons other than the Commission or political parties
(1) No person, other than—
(a) the Commission; or
(b) a person permitted to assist the Commission in terms of section 40B(3); or
(c) a political party;
shall provide voter education unless—
(d) the person is—
(i) a citizen or permanent resident of Zimbabwe domiciled in Zimbabwe; or
(ii) an association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, consisting wholly or
mainly of citizens or permanent residents of Zimbabwe domiciled in
Zimbabwe; or
(iii) a lawfully constituted trust, the majority of whose trustees are of citizens or
permanent residents of Zimbabwe domiciled in Zimbabwe;
and
(e) where the person is an association or a trust, the person is—
(i) registered as a private voluntary organisation in terms of the Private Voluntary
Organisations Act [Chapter 17:05]; or
(ii) registered in the Deeds Registry as a trust;
and is mandated by its constitution or trust deed, as the case may be, to provide voter
education; and
(f) the person employs individuals who are citizens or permanent residents of Zimbabwe
to conduct any voter education; and
(g) the person conducts voter education in accordance with a course or programme of
instruction furnished or approved by the Commission; and
(h) the voter education is, subject to section 40F (whereunder foreign contributions or
donations may be channelled to the Commission for onward allocation), funded solely
by local contributions or donations; and
(i) the voter education materials used by the person and the course or programme of
instruction in accordance with which the voter education is conducted are adequate,
current, correct and not misleading or biased in favour of any political party; and
[Paragraph substituted by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
(j) the voter education materials used by the person and the course or programme of
instruction in accordance with which the voter education is conducted are furnished to
the Commission for its scrutiny no later than twenty-eight days before they are
intended to be used; and
[Paragraph substituted by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
(k) no fee or charge is levied for the provision of voter education or voter education
materials
[Paragraph inserted by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016]
(2) The Commission shall in writing require any person, other than a political party,
providing or proposing to provide voter education, to—
(a) furnish the Commission with copies of all the voter education materials proposed to be
used and particulars of the course or programme of instruction in accordance with
which the voter education will be conducted; and
(b) furnish the Commission with all the names, addresses, citizenship or residence status
and qualifications of the individuals who will conduct voter education; and
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