2016 GENERAL LAWS AMENDMENT (k) No.3 no fee or charge is levied for the provision of voter education or voter education materials.". 8. In section 51 ("Polling stations") is amended- (a) by the repeal of subsection (1) and the substitution of"(1) Subject to this section, the Commission shall in each constituency establish, at such convenient places as it may detennine, as many polling stations as it may consider to be necessary for the purposes of conveniently taking a poll of the voters of that constituency: Provided that the Commission(i) shall establish a sufficient number of polling stations in each ward of the constituency concerned; (ii) shall receive from political parties contesting the election concerned any representations on the issue of the location of polling stations in any constituency, and may give directions on this matter to any provincial elections officer, district elections officer or constituency elections officer on the basis of such representations."; (b) in subsection (3) by the deletion of"A constituency elections officer" and "and in such other manner as he or she thinks fit" and the substitution of "The Commission" and "and in such other manner as it thinks fit" respectively. 9. By the repeal of section 52 and the substitution of- "52 Provision of requisites and officers for purpose of poll ( 1) For any election the Commission shall ensure that every constituency elections officer is provided with polling booths or voting compartments and ballot boxes, and shall provide papers, including ballot papers, instruments for marking ballot papers with the official mark, seals and other necessary things and shall do such other acts and things and make such arrangements to facilitate the taking of the poll as the Commission may consider advisable for effectively conducting the election, and the expenditure incurred upon all such acts and things shall be charged upon and paid out of the funds of the Commission, or, to the extent of any insufficiency of the funds of the Commission for this purpose, the Consolidated Revenue Fund. (2) Where two or more elections are to be held concurrently in a constituency, the Commission shall ensure that the constituency elections officer concerned is provided with separate ballot boxes for each such election.". 10. In section 72 ("persons who may vote by post")(a) in the introductory words by the deletion of "outside Zimbabwe"; (b) in paragraph {b) by the insertion after "the Government" of "outside Zimbabwe"; (c) by the repeal of paragraph (c) and the substitution of"(c) outside Zimbabwe as the spouse of a person referred to in paragraph (b);". 75

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