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GENER.".L LAWS AMEND:\:!Et'>T
2016
(2) Parliament shall not have pmver to impose(a) any fee for any contempt; or
(b) any fine for any contempt which is not an act, matter or
thing declared in Part V to be an offence.
(3) Sections 2) and 24 shall, apply with such changes as may
be necessary, to a vvarrant of committal to prison issued in pursuance of
subsection ( 1). ".
PART VI
ELECTORAL AcT (CHAPTER
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1. In section 4 ("Interpretation")(!)(a) by the insertion of the following definition""absence", in relation to the absence of the Chairperson of the
Commission, includes absence occasioned by the vacation of the
office of the Chairperson;";
(b) by the repeal of the definitions of"constituency registrar" and "registration
office" and the substitution of""registration office" means any office of a voter registration officer or
office designated by the Commission as a place where persons
may register as voters;
"voter registration officer" means a person who is appointed in terms
of section 19(1) to be a voter registration officer, and includes
any person assisting the Commission in that capacity;";
(c) in the definition of "electoral officer" by the deletion of "district special
voting officer" and the substitution of "district elections officer".
(d) by the repeal of the definition of "Registrar-General of Voters".
2. In section 10 ("Staff of Cormnission during elections")(4) by the repeal of
paragraph (d).
3. By the repeal of sections 18 and 19 and the substitution of-
"18 Commission to register voters
(1) In this section"formerRegistrar-GeneralofVoters"isarefercncctotheRegistrarGeneral ofVoters appointed in terms of section 18 of this Act
before its substitution by this section through the General
Laws Amendment Act, 2016;
"Registrar-General ofB irths and Deaths" means the personreferred
to in section 3(a) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act
[Chapter 5:02];
"Registrar-General of Citizenship" means the person referred
to in section 3 of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act
[Chapter 4:01];
"Registrar-General of National Registration" means the person
referred to in scction3(a) of the National RcgistrationAct
[Chapter 10:17].
(2) The Commission is deemed with effect from the 22nd May,
2013 (being the "publication day" of the Constitution of Zimbabwe,
2013), to have assumed the functions of the former Registrar-General of
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