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ACT
To provide for the terms of office, conditions of service, qualifications and
vacation of office of members of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, the
procedure at meetings of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the
appointment of the Chief Elections Officer; and to provide for matters
connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
ENACTED by the President and the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
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Short title and date of commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Act [Chapter 2:12].
(2) This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the President by statutory
instrument.2
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Interpretation
In this Act—
“Chief Elections Officer” means the Chief Elections Officer appointed in terms of
section 11(1);
“Commission” means the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission appointed in terms of section
61 of the Constitution;3
“Commissioner” means a member of the Commission, and includes the Chairperson of
the Commission;
“election” means—
(a) the election of a member of Parliament; or
(b) an election to the office of President; or
(c) an election for the purposes of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13]
or the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15];
as the case may be;
“Electoral Act” means the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13] or other Act of Parliament
having effect for the purposes of section 58(4) of the Constitution which is for the
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1st February, 2005 (Statutory Instrument 16 of 2005).
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Definition substituted by section 2 of Act 17/2007.