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Section 190 of the principal Act is repealed and the following is substituted ­- “190  Complaints to Commission (1) Any claimant or person aggrieved by the decision or conduct of a voter registration officer or other employee of the (Commission under section 24, 25 or 35 may (at the head office or any principal office […]

Section 182 of the principal Act is repealed and the following is substituted – “182  Time within which election petitions and appeals thereon to be determined (1) Every election petition shall be determined within six months from the date of presentation. (2) An appeal under section 172 (2) shall be determined within three months from […]

Section 182 of the principal Act is repealed and the following is substituted – “182  Time within which election petitions and appeals thereon to be determined (1) Every election petition shall be determined within six months from the date of presentation. (2) An appeal under section 172 (2) shall be determined within three months from […]

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)- […]