ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (f) after the collation of the results of the presidential election at each provincial command centre, provincial returns for the presidential election gathered from every provincial command centre shall be transmitted to the National Command Centre, where— (i) the provincial returns shall be collated to obtain the initial results of the presidential election; and (ii) the final result of the presidential election shall, after reconciling the provincial returns with the polling station returns and presidential constituency returns referred to in the provisos to paragraphs (b) and (d) respectively, be reflected in a return that distinctly reflects number of votes cast for each presidential candidate at every polling station, ward centre, presidential constituency centre and provincial command centre; and (g) after the compilation of the provincial return for the National Assembly elections and the provincial return for elections of party-list candidates at each provincial command centre, the provincial returns for the National Assembly elections and elections of party-list candidates shall be gathered from every provincial command centre and transmitted to the National Command Centre. [Subsection substituted by s. 12 of Act No. 12 of 2014] [Section inserted by s. 10 of Act No. 3 of 2012] [Part VIIIA inserted by s. 28 of Act No. 17 of 2007] PART IX PROCLAMATION OF GENERAL ELECTIONS AND NOTIFICATION OF BY-ELECTIONS 38 General, presidential and local authority elections (1) In a proclamation in terms of section 144(2) of the Constitution fixing dates for the holding of an election to the office of President, a general election and elections for councillors, the President, after consultation with the Commission, shall— (a) for the purposes of the election of a person to the office of President, fix— (i) a place or places at which, and a day or days, at least fourteen and not more than twenty-one days after the day of publication of the proclamation, on which a nomination court shall sit for the purpose of receiving nominations of candidates for election to the office of President; and (ii) a day or days, at least thirty and not more than sixty-three days after the nomination day or last nomination day, as the case may be, fixed in terms of subparagraph (i), on which a poll shall be taken if a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 109(2); and (iii) a day or days, not less than twenty-eight and not more than forty-two days after the polling day or last polling day, as the case may be, fixed in terms of subparagraph (ii), on which a runoff Presidential election shall be taken if such an election becomes necessary in terms of section 110(3)(f)(iii); (b) for the purposes of an election of members of the National Assembly, fix— (i) a place or places at which, and a day or days, at least fourteen nor more than twenty-one days after the day of publication of the proclamation, on which a nomination court shall sit in terms of sections 45E and 46 to receive nominations of constituency and party-list candidates for election as members of the National Assembly; and (ii) a day or days, at least thirty nor more than sixty-three days after the last nomination day fixed in terms of subparagraph (i), on which a poll shall be taken if a poll becomes necessary in terms of section 46(17)(c) for the election of members of the National Assembly; 48