ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ PART VII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VOTERS 32 Removal of duplicates (1) The Commission shall ensure that no person is registered as a voter more than once on the voters roll for any one polling station. (2) If the Commission is satisfied that a voter is registered more than once on a the voters roll for any polling station, the Commission shall remove the duplicate or multiple names of the voter so that the name of that voter appears only once, and on the appropriate polling station voters roll. (3) Without prejudice to section 28 (“Objections by voters”), no notice is required to be given of the Commission’s action before or after removing any duplicate or multiple names of any voter in accordance with subsection (2). [Section substituted by s. 13 of Act No. 6 of 2018] 33 Removal from voters roll on disqualification, death or absence (1) Subject to subsection (5), if a voter registration officer has reason to believe that a voter whose name is registered on a voters roll has become disqualified for registration as a voter, or is dead, the voter registration officer shall remove his or her name therefrom. [Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (2) Subject to subsection (5), if a voter registration officer is satisfied that a voter registered on a voters roll— (a) has been absent from his or her constituency for a period of twelve months or longer and is not a voter who was registered with the approval of the Commission in a constituency in which he or she was not resident; or [Paragraph amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (b) has left Zimbabwe with the intention of residing permanently outside Zimbabwe; the voter registration officer shall remove such voter’s name therefrom. [Subsection amended by Second Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (3) In determining the period of absence of any person for the purposes of subsection (2), no account shall be taken of any period during which the person— (a) resides outside his or her constituency while he or she is a Vice-President, Minister, Provincial Governor or Deputy Minister; or (b) is occupied in the discharge of his or her duties outside Zimbabwe while in the service of the State; or (c) resides temporarily outside Zimbabwe by reason of— (i) his or her service with an international organisation of which Zimbabwe is or was at the time a member; or (ii) his or her employment by— A. a person resident in Zimbabwe; or B. a society, body of persons or company, the control and management of which are in Zimbabwe; or C. a body incorporated directly by an enactment in force in Zimbabwe; or (iii) his or her attendance at a university or other educational institution; or (d) resides outside Zimbabwe on account of ill-health or disability; or (e) is absent from his or her constituency for the purpose of being with his or her spouse if such spouse is a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d). 42