(3) In determining the limits of National Assembly Constituencies, the Commission shall ensure that no Local Authority Ward shall fall into two or more National Assembly Constituencies. 150 Delimitation of Senatorial Constituencies After delimiting the National Assembly constituencies, the Commission shall divide each province into six senatorial constituencies by assigning to each senatorial constituency a National Assembly constituency or two or more contiguous National Assembly constituencies, and in so doing the Commission may be guided but not bound by any principle or consideration specified in subsections 149. 151 Delimitation of Wards of Local Authorities (1) It is the function of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to determine the limits of wards of Local Authorities and the number of wards into which a Local Authority area is to be divided; (2) In dividing a Local Authority area into wards, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission shall give due consideration to the factors referred to in section 149(2) save for the percentage variation. 152 Report on Delimitation (1) As soon as possible after determining the boundaries of National Assembly and Senatorial constituencies, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must give the President a preliminary delimitation report comprising– (a) a list of National Assembly constituencies delimited by the Commission, with the names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries; (b) a list of senatorial constituencies delimited by the Commission, with the names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries; (c) a map or maps showing the National Assembly and Senatorial constituencies into which Zimbabwe has been divided by the Commission; and (d) any further information or particulars which the Commission considers necessary; and the President must cause the report to be laid before the Senate and the National Assembly within the next seven days after he or she received it. (2) Within a reasonable time after a preliminary delimitation report has been laid before Parliament, the President may, by written notification, refer back to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission any issue or matter arising out of the report, and the Commission must give further consideration to that issue or matter, but the Commission's decision on it is final. (3) As soon as possible after complying with subsections (1) and (2), the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must give the President a final delimitation report comprising– (a) a list of National Assembly constituencies delimited by the Commission, with the names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries; (b) a list of senatorial constituencies delimited by the Commission, with the names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries; (c) a map or maps showing the National Assembly and Senatorial constituencies into which Zimbabwe has been divided by the Commission; and (d) any further information or particulars which the Commission considers necessary. - 61 -

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