ELECTORAL (NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES) REGULATIONS, 2014
Statutory Instrument 153 of 2014.
Electoral (Nomination of Candidates) Regulations, 2014
SI 153/2014
IT is hereby notified that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, in terms of section 192 of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], has, with the approval of the Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, made the
following regulations:—
1. Title
These regulations may be cited as the Electoral (Nomination of Candidates) Regulations, 2014.
2. Interpretation
In these regulations—
“form” means the appropriate form set out in the First Schedule.
3. Forms
(1) The nomination paper—
(a) for a presidential candidate in terms of section 104(1) of the Act is in the form set out in the Ninth
Schedule to the Act;
(b) for election as a constituency member of the National Assembly in terms of section 46(1) of the Act is in
the form set out in the Ninth Schedule to the Act;
(c) for election to a local authority in terms of section 125(1) of the Act is in Form VN.1;
(d) for a party-list seat in the Senate in terms of section 45E of the Act is in Form VN.2;
(e) for a party-list seat in the National Assembly in terms of section 45E of the Act is in Form VN.3;
(f) for the party-list seat in a Provincial Council in terms of section 45E of the Act is in Form VN.4.
(2) The list supplied by political parties of national and provincial designated office-bearers who are authorised to countersign nomination papers to certify that a nominee is to stand for or is sponsored by the political party
in terms of section 46(2a) of the Act is to be provided in Form VN.5.
(3) The certification of eligibility of a member of the Public Service for nomination as a candidate and election as a candidate in terms of section 119(5) of the Act is in Form VN.6.
3. Fees on nomination
(1) The nomination fee of a candidate for election—
(a) to the office of President in terms of section 105 of the Act is a sum of one thousand United States dollars, payable in cash or by bank-certified cheque;
(b) as a constituency member of the National Assembly in terms of section 47 of the Act is a sum of fifty
United States dollars payable in cash.
(2) The fee payable by a political party in respect of a party list for the Senate, the National Assembly or the
Provincial Council is a sum of one hundred dollars payable in cash for each political party list.
4. Inspection of nomination paper after closing of sitting of nomination court
(1) For the purposes of section 45G of the Act, a registered voter may, after the close of the nomination court
receiving party list nominations but no later than 1700 hours on the day following the close of the nomination
court, inspect these nomination lists.
(2) For the purposes of section 46(18)(b) of the Act, a registered voter may, after the close of the nomination
court but no later than 1700 hours on the day following the close of the nomination court, inspect a nomination
paper of a candidate for election as President or as a constituency member of the National Assembly.
6. Prohibited symbols
The symbols or representations of the animals, birds or things specified in the Second Schedule are declared
to be prohibited symbols for the purposes of section 46 of the Act.
7. Amendment of S.I. 21 of 2005
The following provisions of the Electoral Regulations, 2005, published in Statutory Instrument 21 0f 2005,
are repealed—
(a) Sections 6, 17 and 23;
(b) Forms V.8, V.20, V.21 and V.22
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