ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ 133H Appointment and functions of special police liaison officer (1) For the purpose of every general election and by-election, the Commission-General of Police shall appoint a senior police officer for each provincial centre who shall be the special police liaison officer responsible for the expeditious investigation of cases of politicallymotivated violence or intimidation within that province which come to the attention of the police, a multiparty liaison committee, the Commission or the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission during the election period. [Subsection amended by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (2) … [Subsection repealed by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (3) … [Subsection repealed by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (4) Where a special police liaison officer becomes aware, whether through the police, a multiparty liaison committee, the Commission or the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission or otherwise, of any case of politically-motivated violence or intimidation within the province for which the special police liaison officer was appointed, the special police liaison officer shall conduct the required investigations. [Subsection substituted by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (5) … [Subsection repealed by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2018] 133I Powers of special police liaison officer after investigation of alleged violence or intimidation If, after any investigation in terms of section 133H, the special police liaison officer considers that an incident of politically-motivated violence or intimidation did take place, the special police liaison officer may take any of the following steps— (a) where the violence or intimidation was perpetrated by a candidate or his or her election agent, warn the candidate that he or she may be prosecuted and prohibited from campaigning in the election; or (b) where the violence or intimidation was perpetrated by a supporter of a political party or of a candidate, remind the leader or deputy leader of the political party, or the candidate, that he or she has an obligation to take effective steps to prevent his or her supporters from engaging in politically-motivated violence, and warn him or her that he or she may be prosecuted and, in the case of a candidate, prohibited from campaigning in the election; or (c) if any warning referred to in the foregoing paragraphs has gone unheeded, or if the special police liaison officer believes that the incident in question is of a very extensive or serious nature, the special police liaison officer shall, as soon as possible, submit a written report of the incident identifying (to the extent it is able to do so) the perpetrators of the violence or intimidation, together with a summary of any evidence it has gathered in support of its findings, to any prosecutor appointed in terms of section 133J(4) in the province for which the special police liaison officer is responsible. [Section amended by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2018] 133J Investigations, prosecutions and trials of cases of politically-motivated violence and intimidation (1) Immediately after an election is called, the Commissioner-General of Police shall establish one or more special police units to investigate cases of politically-motivated violence and intimidation arising from the election. [Subsection amended by s. 37 of Act No. 6 of 2018] (2) The police officers constituting the special police units established in terms of subsection (1) shall investigate as expeditiously as possible all cases of politically-motivated violence and intimidation that are referred to them by the police, a multiparty liaison committee, 117