Section 172  (“Appeals from decisions of Electoral Court”) (5) of the principal Act is amended by the repeal of subsection (3).

Section  171 (Provisions as to trial of election petition”) of the principal Act is amended- (a)      by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection- “(1a)  If on the trial of an election petition a dispute of fact arises that cannot be resolved on the papers, the Court shall attempt to resolve the […]

Section 163 (“Assessors”) of the principal Act is amended- (a) in subsection (1) by the deletion of “two persons” and the substitution of “two persons (one of whom must be a woman)”; (b) in subsection (2) by the deletion of “ten persons” and the substitution of “ten persons (at least half of them women)”;

Section 161 (“Establishment and jurisdiction of Electoral Court”) (l) of the principal Act is amended by the deletion of “a court” and the substitution of “a division of the High Court”.

Section l60J (“Conduct of news media during election period”) of the principal Act is amended- (a) in subsection (1) by the try the deletion of “During an election period” and the substitution of “Subject to subsection (2), during an election period”; (b) by the insertion of the following subsection, the existing section becoming subsection (1)- […]

Section 160A (“Constitution of multiparty liaison committees”)(1) of the principal Act is amended by the deletion of- “As soon as possible after the close of nominations in an election, the Commission shall appoint” and the substitution of “As soon as possible after the close of nominations in an election (or, in the case of a […]

Section 133A (“Meaning of intimidation”‘) of the principal Act is amended by’ the insertion after paragraph (d) of the following paragraph – “(d1 ) persuading or attempting to persuade another person that he or she can or will be able to discover for whom that other person cast his or her vote in an election; […]

Section 126 (“Withdrawal of candidate”) (2)(b) of the principal Act is amended by the repeal of subparagraph (ii).

Section 59 (“voting by illiterate or physically handicapped voters”) (5) of the principal Act is amended by the repeal of the proviso to paragraph (a).”

Section 56 (“Entitlement to vote, number of votes and identification of voters”) of the principal Act is amended – (a) in subsection (l)(a) by the repeal of the proviso thereto; (b) by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection – “( I a) At a by-election, every voter registered on a polling station […]