Election expenses
22.(1) For the purposes of section 93(g) of the Act the number of clerks and messengers that
a candidate or his or her election agent shall be permitted to have shall not exceed ten.
(2) For the purposes of section 93(h) of the Act the miscellaneous expenses incurred by a
candidate or his or her election agent shall not exceed the sum of ten million dollars.
(3) For the purposes of section 93(j) of the Act the total sum expended by a candidate or his
or her election agent for obtaining fuel for the purpose of bringing voters to and returning them
from the polling station shall not exceed the sum of ten million dollars.
(4) A candidate at an election may pay personal expenses incurred by him or her on account
of or in connection with or incidental to that election, for purposes of section 100 of the Act, to an
amount not exceeding ten million dollars.
Prohibited symbols
23. The symbols or representations of the animals, birds or things set out in the Third
Schedule are declared to be prohibited symbols for the purposes of section 146 of the Act.
Unqualified persons not to apply for ballot paper
24. A person who knowing that he or she is not entitled to vote at an election shall not apply
to a presiding officer for a ballot paper.
Prohibition of taking of photographs
25. No person shall—
(a) within a polling-station take any photograph while polling is in progress except with the
permission of the constituency elections officer; or
(b) take any photograph of any person within a polling-booth.
Old forms and availability of new forms
26. (1) In this section—
“new form” means any form set out in the First Schedule;
“old form” means any form prescribed in the repealed regulations.
(2) Notwithstanding section 3, any printed copy of an old form which is substantially similar
to the corresponding new form may be used for the purposes of the Act until the existing stocks
thereof have been exhausted.
(3) An old form used in terms of subsection (1) shall be accepted for all purposes as if such
form were the corresponding new form.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), forms V.6, 8, 12, 20 and 22 may be obtained during normal
working hours at the offices of the Registrar-General of Voters or an appropriate constituency
registrar or constituency elections officer.
(5) If for any reason a form referred to in subsection (4) is not available, the person wishing
to use it may submit it in the form prescribed in the First Schedule, and in so doing he or she may
omit any explanatory notes or other irrelevant matter therefrom:
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