The Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13] (No. 25 of 2004) (hereinafter called “the principal Act”) is amended in section 4 (“interpretation”) –

(a) in subsection (1) –

(i) by the insertion of the following definitions –

“”election petition” means an application to the Electoral Court for the election of a person to be set aside on the ground of lack of qualification, disqualification, electoral malpractice, irregularity or any other reason whatever; “gender” means the social meaning given to being either female or male in given society;

“gender equality” means the enjoyment by women and men of’ socially valued goods, opportunities, resources and rewards;

‘registration office” means any office of the Commission established by it for the registration of voters;”;

(ii) in the definition of “disciplined force” by the deletion of “Police force or the Prison Service” and the substitution of “Police Service or the Prisons and Correctional Service”;

(iii) by the repeal of the definitions of “Electoral Court”, “general election” and “metropolitan council” and the substitution of-

“”Electoral Court” means the Electoral Division of the High Court constituted by section 161;

“general election” means a general election of the President, Vice Presidents, members of Parliament and councillors of local authorities;

“metropolitan council” means one of the councils established by section 269 of the Constitution for the metropolitan provinces of Bulawayo and Harare;”;

(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2) –

”(3) Any reference in this Act to a constituency or ward voters roll shall be construed as a reference to the voters rolI for the polling station within the constituency or ward concerned

(4) Where this Act refers to a person being registered on the voters roll of a constituency or ward or being registered in a constituency or ward, the reference shall be construed as meaning that the person is registered or is to be registered. As the case may be, on a voters roll for a polling station within the constituency or ward.”