constituteproject.org PDF generated: 26 Sep 2013, 21:48 (6) In dividing Zimbabwe into wards and constituencies, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must, in respect of any area, give due consideration to. (a) its physical features; (b) the means of communication within the area; (c) the geographical distribution of registered voters; (d) any community of interest as between registered voters; (e) in the case of any delimitation after the first delimitation, existing electoral boundaries; and (f) its population; and to give effect to these considerations, the Commission may depart from the requirement that constituencies and wards must have equal numbers of voters, but no constituency or ward of the local authority concerned may have more than twenty per cent more or fewer registered voters than the other such constituencies or wards. (7) After delimiting wards and constituencies, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must submit to the President a preliminary report containing-(a) a list of the wards and constituencies, with the names assigned to each and a description of their boundaries; (b) a map or maps showing the wards and constituencies; and (c) any further information or particulars which the Commission considers necessary; and the President must cause the preliminary delimitation report to be laid before Parliament within seven days. (8) Within fourteen days after a preliminary delimitation report has been laid before Parliament-(a) the President may refer the report back to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for further consideration of any matter or issue; (b) either House may resolve that the report should be referred back to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for further consideration of any matter or issue, and in that event the President must refer the report back to the Commission for that further consideration. (9) Where a preliminary delimitation report has been referred back to it under subsection (8), the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must give further consideration to the matter or issue concerned, but the Commission's decision on it is final. (10) As soon as possible after complying with subsections (7) and (9), the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission must submit a final delimitation report to the President. (11) Within fourteen days after receiving the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's final report, the President must publish a proclamation in the Gazette declaring the names and boundaries of the wards and constituencies as finally determined by the Commission. (12) If there is a discrepancy between the description of the boundaries of any ward or constituency and the map or maps prepared by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, the description prevails. Zimbabwe 2013 Page 69