ELECTORAL ACT
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(7) Any declaration by the presiding officer under this section shall be final and subject to
reversal only on petition in terms of Part XXIII to the Electoral Court that such declaration be
set aside.
(8) After the holding of a poll in terms of this section the presiding officer shall notify the
Commission and cause to be published in the Gazette notice of the names of the candidates
declared to have been duly elected as Senators and the day with effect from which they were
declared so elected.
[Subsection as amended by s. 33 of Act No. 17 of 2007]
PART XI
ELECTION OF SENATORS TO REPRESENT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
45 Interpretation in Part XI
In this Part—
“candidate to represent persons with a disability” means one of two persons (one of whom
must be female and the other male) nominated in accordance with Seventh Schedule
for election as one of the two Senators referred to in section 120(1)(d) of the
Constitution, and who is himself or herself a person with a disability.
[Definition substituted by s. 22 of Act No. 6 of 2018]
45A Application of Seventh Schedule to election of Senators to represent
persons with disabilities
The Seventh Schedule applies to the election of candidates to represent persons with a
disability in the Senate.
[Part XI substituted by s. 19 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
PART XIA
ELECTION OF PARTY-LIST CANDIDATES BY PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
[Part XIA inserted by s. 19 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
45B Interpretation in Part XIA
In this Part—
“constituency candidate” means a candidate for election as a constituency member;
“constituency member” means a member of the National Assembly elected for a
constituency as provided in section 124(1)(a) of the Constitution;
“electoral province” means an electoral province referred to in section 45C(3);
“national identity number” means an identity number assigned to a person under the
National Registration Act [Chapter 10:17];
“non-metropolitan province” means any province other than the metropolitan provinces of
Bulawayo and Harare;
“party list” means the list of party-list candidates referred to in section 45E(1)(b);
“party-list candidate” means a candidate for one of the party-list seats;
“party-list seat” means one of the seats in the Senate referred to in section 120(1)(a) of the
Constitution or one of the seats in the National Assembly reserved for women referred
to in section 124(1)(b) of the Constitution, or one of the seats in a provincial council
referred to in section 268(1) of the Constitution.
[Section inserted by s. 19 of Act No. 6 of 2014]
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