ELECTORAL ACT ____________________________________________________________________________________ (2) The Commission shall produce its own voter education materials for use in the provision of voter education. (3) The Commission may permit any person to assist it in providing voter education. 40C Voter education by persons other than the Commission or political parties (1) No person, other than— (a) the Commission; or (b) a person permitted to assist the Commission in terms of section 40B(3); or (c) a political party; shall provide voter education unless— (d) the person is— (i) a citizen or permanent resident of Zimbabwe domiciled in Zimbabwe; or (ii) an association, whether incorporated or unincorporated, consisting wholly or mainly of citizens or permanent residents of Zimbabwe domiciled in Zimbabwe; or (iii) a lawfully constituted trust, the majority of whose trustees are of citizens or permanent residents of Zimbabwe domiciled in Zimbabwe; and (e) where the person is an association or a trust, the person is— (i) registered as a private voluntary organisation in terms of the Private Voluntary Organisations Act [Chapter 17:05]; or (ii) registered in the Deeds Registry as a trust; and is mandated by its constitution or trust deed, as the case may be, to provide voter education; and (f) the person employs individuals who are citizens or permanent residents of Zimbabwe to conduct any voter education; and (g) the person conducts voter education in accordance with a course or programme of instruction furnished or approved by the Commission; and (h) the voter education is, subject to section 40F (whereunder foreign contributions or donations may be channelled to the Commission for onward allocation), funded solely by local contributions or donations; and (i) the voter education materials used by the person and the course or programme of instruction in accordance with which the voter education is conducted are adequate, current, correct and not misleading or biased in favour of any political party; and [Paragraph substituted by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (j) the voter education materials used by the person and the course or programme of instruction in accordance with which the voter education is conducted are furnished to the Commission for its scrutiny no later than twenty-eight days before they are intended to be used; and [Paragraph substituted by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (k) no fee or charge is levied for the provision of voter education or voter education materials [Paragraph inserted by Part VI of Schedule to Act No. 3 of 2016] (2) The Commission shall in writing require any person, other than a political party, providing or proposing to provide voter education, to— (a) furnish the Commission with copies of all the voter education materials proposed to be used and particulars of the course or programme of instruction in accordance with which the voter education will be conducted; and (b) furnish the Commission with all the names, addresses, citizenship or residence status and qualifications of the individuals who will conduct voter education; and 53

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