terms of section 19(1) to be a voter registration officer, and includes any person assisting the Commission in that capacity (c) Substitutes the term, “district special voting officer” with “district elections officer". (d) Repeals the definition of "Registrar-General of Voters". Section 2 Section 3 The section repeals paragraph (d) of Section 10 of the Principal Act that relates to staff seconded to work on special voting - - - - - This Section repeals the entirety of sections 18 and 19 of the principal Act and introduces new provisions and definitions which purportedly seek to bestow ZEC with the sole mandate of electoral management, in line with the Constitution. The amendment introduces, rather unusually, a definition of the term, "former Registrar-General of Voters", in reference to the Registrar General of Voters appointed in terms of section 18 of the Principal Act before its substitution by the current section through the General Laws Amendment Act, 2016; The Amendment also defines the terms, "Registrar General of Births and Deaths”, and the "Registrar-General of Citizenship" and the "Registrar-General of National Registration Section 3 also purportedly confers on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, the functions of the registration of voters and abolishes the office of the Registrar-General of voters. The Section gives a substantial role to the office of the former Registrar-General of Voters, in his or her capacity as the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths, the Registrar-General of Citizenship and the Registrar-General and Registrar-General of National Registration. This is Voters. This amendment aligns the Act with the Constitution by the deletion of offices that are not envisaged by the Constitution Because the special vote provisions have been repealed, the reference to a “district special officer” becomes redundant hence the deletion of the term This is consistent with Section 239 of the Constitution that gives the Commission the sole mandate to manage elections. Because the special vote provisions have been repealed this definition had become redundant hence its repeal - - - - - The repeal of the former section 18 and 19 of the Electoral Act is probably the most substantive amendment made by the General Law Amendment Act to the Electoral Act to purportedly bring it in line with the provisions of the constitution. Firstly the amendments effectively abolish the office of the Registrar-General of Voters that was mainly responsible for registering persons and compiling the voters roll. Secondly the amendment specifically gives effect to Section 239(c), (d) and (e) of the new Constitution by transferring to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission the responsibility for registering voters, compiling voters' rolls and registers and ensuring the proper custody and maintenance of Voters' rolls and Registers. In this sense, the amendment is commendable as it is in conformity with the letter and spirit of the constitution. However a closer scrutiny of the wording of the amendments shows that the amendment does not adequately and fully comply with the constitutional provisions. The Amendment seems to still retain a role for the abolished office of the registrar general, which is referred to as the former Registrar General of Voters. Particularly worrying is the proviso to Section 3(2) of Part VI of the Amendment which provides that, “Provided that, consistently with section 239(j) of the Constitution, the Commission may give such instructions to the former Registrar-General of Voters, in his or her capacity as the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths, the Registrar-