ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ PART VIIIA DELIMITATION OF CONSTITUENCIES AND ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES [Part VIIIA inserted by s. 28 of Act No. 17 of 2007] 37A Delimitation of constituencies and electoral divisions to be conducted openly and with consultation (1) Before fixing and reviewing the boundaries of constituencies and other electoral divisions, the Commission shall cause notice of its intention to do so to be published in the Gazette and in such other manner as the Commission thinks appropriate. (2) When fixing or reviewing the boundaries of constituencies and other electoral divisions, the Commission shall, so far as is practicable within the time available, entertain representations from voters, political parties and other interested persons and bodies likely to be affected by the decision made by the Commission. [37B Commencement of delimitation of wards and constituencies] [Section inserted by s. 10 of Act No. 3 of 2012 and repealed by s. 16 of Act No. 6 of 2018] 37C Electoral centres and transmission of results to and between electoral centres (1) The Commission shall designate a place— (a) to be the National Command Centre from which it controls all elections conducted in terms of this Act; (b) within each province, to be the provincial command centre for the purposes of— (i) a presidential election conducted within the province; or (ii) an election of party-list members of Parliament conducted within the province; or (iii) an election of members of the provincial council established for the province; (c) within each constituency, to be the presidential constituency centre for the purposes of a presidential election conducted within the province; (d) within each constituency, to be the constituency centre for the purposes of an election of members of the National Assembly conducted in the constituency; (e) within each ward, to be the ward centre for the purpose of an election of councillors to the local authority concerned. [Subsection substituted by s. 12 of Act No. 6 of 2014] (2) The Commission may designate the same place to be a constituency centre, a district centre, a ward centre and additionally, or alternatively, a presidential constituency centre. [Subsection amended by s. 12 of Act No. 6 of 2014] (3) The Commission may designate its head office or any other place to be the National Command Centre. (4) The Commission shall ensure that the results of the presidential, National Assembly and local authority elections are collated, compiled and transmitted in the following manner— (a) with respect to local authority elections, polling-station returns gathered from every polling station within a ward shall be transmitted to the appropriate ward centre in a return distinctly indicating the results obtained in each polling station relating to those elections; (b) with respect to— (i) presidential elections, polling-station returns gathered from every polling station within a ward shall be transmitted to the appropriate ward centre for collation at that centre, the results of which collation shall be embodied in a return (“presidential election ward return”) distinctly indicating the results obtained in each polling station relating to that election; and 46