(21) The forms prescribed in respect of elections of members of Parliament shall be used, where applicable and with appropriate modifications, in respect of any election to the office of President or any elections to the governing bodies of local authority councils. (22) The certification required to enable a member of the Public Service to be eligible for nomination as a candidate and for election as councillor in terms of section 119(5) of the Act shall be in form V.21. (23) The nomination paper for election as a councillor or mayor in terms of section 125 of the Act shall be in form V.22. Addresses of constituency elections officers 4. The Chief Elections Officer shall, not more than fourteen days after the day fixed by the President in terms of section 38(2)(a) of the Act as the day on which the nomination court shall sit, appoint constituency elections officers for each constituency and specify by notice in the Gazette the constituency or constituencies involved and address of the constituency elections officer for each constituency. Distinction of ballot papers when Parliamentary and Presidential elections coincide 5. When Parliamentary and Presidential elections coincide, ballot papers issued to voters in the Parliamentary election shall be printed in a colour different from that in which ballot papers issued to voters in the Presidential election are printed. Deposits on nomination 6. The deposit on nomination of a candidate for election— (a) as a member of Parliament in terms of section 47(1)of the Act shall be a sum of two million dollars; (b) to the office of President in terms of section 105(1) of the Act shall be a sum of ten million dollars; (c) to the office of mayor in terms of section 125(3)(b) of the Act shall be a sum of two million dollars; payable in cash or by bank-certified cheque. Instruments for marking ballot papers 7.(1) An electoral officer shall not divulge to any person particulars of the instrument which is supplied to electoral officers for marking ballot papers with the official mark. (2) The constituency elections officer shall place the instruments referred to in subsection (1) in sealed packets, and shall not open such sealed packets or permit them to be opened until immediately before the commencement of the poll. Counting of votes 8.(1) At the time notified by the presiding officer for the counting of votes the presiding officer shall distribute the ballot papers in each ballot box referred to in section 55 (1) of the Act to counting officers in lots suitable for scrutiny and counting. -4-

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