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(3) The Commission⎯
(a) shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the President and the
Minister such other reports on any matter related to its activities as the Speaker of
the House of Assembly, the President and the Minister may require; and
(b) may submit to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the President and the Minister
such other reports on any matter related to its activities as the Commission considers
advisable. 15
(4) The Speaker of the House of Assembly shall cause every report received in terms of
subsection (1), (2) or (3) to be laid before Parliament on one of twenty-four days on which the
Senate and the House of Assembly sit, whichever House meets first after the Speaker of the
House of Assembly has received the report.16
(5) The Minister shall, within six months of the end of the Commission’s financial year,
lay before Parliament a report submitted to him by the Commission in terms of subsection
(3)(a), together with the statement of accounts and auditor’s report for the preceding financial
year of the Commission referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Third Schedule.
PART IV
VOTER EDUCATION
13 Interpretation in Part IV
In this Part⎯
“foreign contribution or donation” means a contribution or donation made by—
(a) a person who is not a permanent resident or citizen of Zimbabwe domiciled
in Zimbabwe; or
(b) a company which is not incorporated in Zimbabwe or, if so incorporated,
does not carry on business in Zimbabwe; or
(c) any association of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that does
not consist exclusively of permanent residents or citizens of Zimbabwe,
domiciled in Zimbabwe;
“local contribution or donation” means a contribution or donation that is not a foreign
contribution or donation;
“programme of voter education” means a course or programme of instruction whose
purpose is to inform voters generally about the electoral process and additionally, or
alternatively, about the identity of the political parties and any candidates contesting
an election; but does not include such a course or programme that is part of a course
in civics or law offered to students at an educational institution; 17
“voter education” means any course or programme of instruction on electoral law and
15
Subsection amended by section 8 of Act 17/2007 [substitution of reference to Speaker of House
of Assembly].
16
Subsection substituted by section 8 of Act 17/2007.
17
Definition inserted by section 9 of Act 17/2007.