CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE as amended by Amendment No. 17
but in no case to any greater extent than twenty per centum more or less than the
average number of registered voters in constituencies on the common roll.
[Subsection as amended by section 10 of Act 15 of 1987 - Amendment No. 6]
(5) The Delimitation Commission shall submit to the President a report comprising—
(a) a list of constituencies delimited by the Commission, with the names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries;
(b) a map or maps showing the constituencies into which Zimbabwe has been
divided by the Commission; and
(c) any further information or particulars which the Commission considers
necessary.
(6) The President may refer back to the Delimitation Commission for its further
consideration and final decision any matter arising out of its report.
(7) If there appears to be any discrepancy between the description of the boundaries of any constituency and the map or maps, the description shall prevail.
(8) As soon as may be after the Delimitation Commission has completed its report, the President shall, by proclamation in the Gazette, declare the names and
boundaries of the constituencies as finally settled by the Commission to be the constituencies of Zimbabwe which shall have effect for the purposes of the next and any
subsequent general election.
61 Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
(1) There shall be a commission to be known as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission which shall consist of⎯
(a) a chairman who shall be a judge of the High Court or the Supreme Court or a
person qualified to be appointed as a judge of the High Court or the Supreme Court appointed by the President after consultation with the Judicial
Service Commission; and
(b) six other members, at least three of whom shall be women, appointed by
the President from a list of nine nominees submitted by the Committee on
Standing Rules and Orders.
(2) If the appointment of a chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is
not consistent with any recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission in terms
of subsection (1)(a), the President shall cause Parliament to be informed as soon as
practicable.
(3) A member of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall, before entering upon
his office, take and subscribe before the President or some person authorized by the
President in that behalf the oath of loyalty and the oath of office in the forms set out
in Schedule 1.
(4) The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall have the following functions⎯
(a) to prepare for, conduct and supervise⎯
(i) elections to the office of President and to Parliament; and
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