Parliamentary Elections Act

1. "authorised mark of choice" means the tick or mark authorised under section 49 to be applied to a ballot paper against or in the picture of a candidate of choice of a voter;
2. "campaigning period" means the period determined by the Commission under section 38 as the period during which campaigning may take place;
3. "candidate" means a person nominated as a candidate for election as an elected member of Parliament;
4. "Commission" means the Electoral Commission established by Article 60 of the Constitution;
5. "constituency" means, subject to section 11 of the Electoral Commission Act, one of the constituencies into which Uganda is divided under Article 63 of the Constitution for the purpose of elections;
6. "currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to this Act;
7. "district" means an electoral district;
8. "election" means the election of a member of Parliament;

25 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A general election of members of Parliament shall be held in accordance with Article 61 of the Constitution.
2. (2) Every person elected to Parliament shall take the oath of allegiance and the oath of a member of Parliament specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.
3. (3) Except for the purpose of taking the oaths referred to in subsection (2), no person shall sit or vote in Parliament before taking and subscribing the oaths.

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1. (1) Whenever a member of Parliament-
2. (a) dies;
3. (b) where the seat of a member of Parliament becomes vacant under Article 83 of the Constitution; or
4. (c) where the seat of a member becomes vacant under section 4, the Clerk to Parliament shall notify the Commission in writing within ten days after the vacancy has occurred; and a by-election shall, subject to section 115, be held within sixty days after the vacancy has occurred.
5. (2) A by-election shall not be held under this section within six months before the holding of a general election of members of Parliament.

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1. (1) A person is qualified to be a member of Parliament if that person-
2. (a) is a citizen of Uganda;
3. (b) is a registered voter; and
4. (c) has completed a minimum formal education of Advanced Level standard or its equivalent.
5. (2) A person is not qualified for election as a member of Parliament if that person-
6. (a) is suffering from mental illness;
7. (b) is holding or acting in an office the functions of which involve a responsibility for or in connection with the conduct of an election;
8. (c) is a traditional or cultural leader as defined in Article 246(6) of the Constitution;

28 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (b) forges any academic certificate for the purpose of nomination for any election under this Act or utters such a forged certificate, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not less than seventy-two currency points and not exceeding two hundred forty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not less than three years and not exceeding ten years, or both.

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1. (1) Whenever it is considered necessary and, in any case, immediately after the date of an election is appointed, the Commission shall transmit to every returning officer-
2. (a) sufficient copies of this Act, and such instructions prepared by the Commission, as are required for the proper conduct of an election by the returning officer and to enable the returning officer to supply to each election officer a copy of those instructions as each election officer may require;
3. (b) copies of the voters roll for each polling station within the electoral district;
4. (c) sufficient blank report books and other election materials; and
5. (d) sufficient funds to cover all the expenses to be incurred by the returning officer in carrying out the electoral process.
6. (2) The Commission shall also transmit to each returning officer as soon as practicable, after nomination days, a sufficient number of ballot papers for each constituency within the electoral district of the returning officer in any case not later than three days before the polling day.

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1. (1) Every candidate, election officer, clerk, agent of a candidate or other person in attendance at a polling station during the counting of the votes shall maintain and aid in maintaining the secrecy of the voting, and no candidate, officer, clerk, agent of a candidate or other person shall-
2. (a) at the polling station, interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, a voter when marking the ballot paper, or otherwise attempt to obtain information with respect to the candidate for whom any voter is about to vote or has voted;
3. (b) at the counting of the votes, attempt to ascertain the number on the counterfoil of any ballot paper;
4. (c) at any time, communicate any information with respect to the manner in which any ballot paper has been marked in his or her presence in the polling station;
5. (d) at any time or place, directly or indirectly, induce or endeavour to induce any voter to show his or her ballot paper after he or she has marked it, so as to make known to any person the name of the candidate for or against whom the voter has cast his or her vote;
6. (e) at a polling station, induce or endeavour to induce any voter to vote for a person other than the person of his or her choice;
7. (f) at any time, communicate to any person any information obtained at a polling station with respect to the candidate for whom any voter at the polling station is about to vote or has voted; or
8. (g) at the counting of the votes, attempt to obtain any information or communicate any information obtained at the counting with respect to the candidate for whom any vote is given in any particular ballot paper.

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) There shall be one woman representative in Parliament for every district as required by Article 78(1) (b) of the Constitution and for every city.
2. (2) There shall be the following representatives of special interest groups in Parliament for the purposes of Article 78(1)(c) of the Constitution-
3. (a) for the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces, there shall be ten representatives at least two of whom shall be women;
4. (b) for workers, there shall be five representatives at least one of whom shall be a woman;
5. (c) for the youth, there shall be five representatives at least one of whom shall be a woman;
6. (d) for persons with disabilities, there shall be five representatives, at least one of whom shall be a woman; and
7. (e) for older persons, there shall be five representatives, at least one of whom shall be a woman.
8. (3) In accordance with Article 78(2) of the Constitution, Parliament shall review the representation under Article 78(1)(b) and (c) of the Constitution and may by resolution supported by a simple majority of members of Parliament, retain, increase or abolish any such representation.

12 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (b) the defence forces council shall elect the ten representatives of the army from persons nominated by the Commander-in-Chief; one-third of whom shall be women;
2. (c) the Commander-in-Chief shall not nominate a person to the defence forces council unless that person is qualified to be elected a member of Parliament under Article 80 of the Constitution and this Act; and
3. (d) voting by the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces Council shall be by secret ballot.

1. (1) For the purposes of the election of representatives of the youth in Parliament, Uganda shall be divided into four regions namely-
2. (a) the Northern Region;
3. (b) the Eastern Region;
4. (c) the Central Region; and
5. (d) the Western Region.
6. (2) The regions shall each comprise the areas of the districts specified in relation to them in Schedule 2 to this Act.

1. All the members of a district youth council within each region shall constitute an electoral college for the election of the representative of the youth in Parliament for that region

1. (1) A person seeking to be elected as a representative of the youth in Parliament shall be aged between eighteen and thirty years and shall also be qualified to be a member of Parliament in terms of Article 80 of the Constitution and section 4.
2. (2) Subject to Article 80 of the Constitution and section 4, election shall be open to all youth.

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1. (1) The Commission shall, by notice in the Gazette, appoint three days within which the electoral college of each region shall meet in their region to elect the representative of the youth for that region.
2. (2) The nomination of a candidate for election under subsection (1) shall be done on a day appointed by the Commission, in a form and manner approved by the Commission supported by two registered voters who are members of the electoral college and shall be accompanied by the nomination fee specified to in section 22.

1. (1) The electoral college for electing the female representative of the youth in Parliament shall be the National Youth Council constituted in accordance with section 4 of the National Youth Council Act.
2. (2) The Commission shall, by notice in the Gazette, appoint three days within which the electoral college referred to in subsection (1) shall meet to elect the female representative of the youth in Parliament.
3. (3) The nomination of candidates for election under this section shall be done on a day appointed by the Commission, in a form and manner approved by the Commission supported by two registered voters who are members of the electoral college and shall be accompanied by the nomination fee specified in section 22.

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1. "non-unionised worker" means a worker who is not a member of a labour union;
2. "NOTU" means the National Organisation of Trade Unions.

1. The representatives of persons with disabilities in Parliament shall be elected in accordance with the Persons with Disabilities Act

1. (1) For the purposes of the election of representatives of older persons in Parliament, Uganda shall be divided into four regions namely-
2. (a) Northern Region;
3. (b) Eastern Region;
4. (c) Central Region; and
5. (d) Western Region.
6. (2) The regions shall each comprise the areas of the districts specified in relation to them in Schedule 2 to this Act.

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1. (1) All members of a district council for older persons within each region shall constitute an electoral college for the election of the representative of the older person in Parliament for that region.
2. (2) For purposes of this section, "district council for older persons" means the district council for older persons established under section 15 and constituted under section 16 of the National Council for Older Persons Act.

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1. A person seeking to be elected as a representative of older persons in Parliament shall be aged at least sixty years and shall also be qualified to be a member of Parliament in terms of Article 80 of the Constitution and section

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1. (1) The Commission shall appoint, by notice in the Gazette, three days within which the electoral college of each region shall meet in their region to elect the representative of older persons for that region.
2. (2) The nomination of a candidate for election under subsection (1) shall be done on a day appointed by the Commission in a form and manner approved by the Commission supported by two registered voters who are members of the electoral college and shall be accompanied by the nomination fee prescribed in section 22.

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1. (1) The four regional electoral colleges specified in section 17 shall each elect a member of Parliament to represent the respective region and shall, after doing so, jointly elect the national woman representative for older persons.
2. (2) The Commission shall appoint, by notice in the Gazette, three days within which the electoral college referred to in subsection (1) shall meet in their region to elect the national woman representative for older persons.
3. (3) The nomination of a candidate for election under subsection (1) shall be done on a day appointed by the Commission in a form and manner approved by the Commission supported by two registered voters who are members of the electoral college and shall be accompanied by the nomination fee prescribed in section 22.

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1. A candidate for election to Parliament under this Part shall pay a non-refundable nomination fee of one hundred fifty currency points

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1. Any vacancy occurring in any office the holder of which is required to be a member of an electoral college under this Act for the purpose of any election shall not affect the result of the election

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1. (1) As soon as the election of a representative of a special interest group is completed under this Act, the returning officer appointed shall notify the Commission of the name of the representative elected in the form specified in Schedule 4 to this Act.
2. (2) The Commission shall, as soon as possible after receiving the results of elections of representatives of special interest groups under subsection (1), publish the results in the Gazette and communicate the results to the Clerk to Parliament.

1. The Commission shall provide reasonable financial and other necessary assistance for purposes of conducting elections under this Part

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1. (1) The Commission shall issue a notice in the Gazette appointing two days during which the nomination of candidates are to take place indicating-
2. (a) the place and times fixed for the nomination of candidates; and
3. (b) the hours on each nomination day, during which nominations are to take place.
4. (2) Every place fixed under subsection (1)(a) for the nomination of candidates shall be a public place such as a court house, city or town hall, community centre or other public or private building in a central place in the electoral district or the place that is most convenient for the majority of voters in the electoral district.
5. (3) The hours to be indicated in accordance with subsection (1)(b) shall be from nine o'clock in the morning to five o'clock in the evening on each nomination day.

1. Under the multiparty political system, nomination of candidates may be made by a political party or organisation sponsoring a candidate or by a candidate standing for election as an independent candidate without being sponsored by a political party or organisation

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1. (1) Nomination of a candidate shall be made on nomination day by two registered voters appearing in person tendering to the returning officer the following-
2. (a) a nomination paper in duplicate in the prescribed form containing a statement under oath by the person seeking nomination specifying-
3. (i) the name, age, address and occupation of the person seeking nomination;
4. (ii) the address designated by the person seeking nomination for service of process and papers under this Act;
5. (iii) the name and address of a person appointed official agent by the person seeking nomination;
6. (b) a statement signed by the person named under paragraph (a)(iii), stating that he or she has accepted the appointment as agent for the candidate;
7. (c) the names and signatures of a minimum of ten persons who are registered voters in the constituency where the person seeks nomination as a candidate supporting the nomination and each of the persons so signing shall state in the nomination paper his or her village, occupation and personal voter registration number; and
8. (d) a statement under oath stating that-

12 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A nomination paper shall be signed by persons who are qualified voters in the constituency and if any person, who is not a qualified voter signs the nomination paper, the nomination paper shall be invalid.
2. (2) A returning officer shall refuse to accept any nomination paper if-
3. (a) an allegation of ineligibility of the candidate is made and the grounds for the allegation appear on the nomination paper;
4. (b) there appears a major variation between the name of any person as it appears on the nomination paper and the voters roll;
5. (c) there is any imperfection in the nomination paper leading to a substantial diversity from the requirements of this Act.
6. (3) A nomination paper which a returning officer has refused to accept for filing may be replaced by another nomination paper or may be corrected; except that a new or corrected nomination paper shall be filed with the returning officer not later than the time for the closure of nomination specified in section 26.
7. (4) The returning officer shall, immediately after the expiry of the nomination time, announce the name of every candidate who has been duly nominated.

1. (b) the nomination fee referred to in section 28(3) was not lodged with his or her nomination paper;
2. (c) the person seeking nomination was not qualified for election under section 4;
3. (d) the person seeking nomination has been duly nominated for election for another constituency for which the poll has not taken place; or
4. (e) the person has not complied with the provisions of section 4.

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1. (1) Where, at the close of the nomination days-
2. (a) no person has been duly nominated for election for a constituency, the returning officer shall report the fact to the Commission and the Commission shall fix a new polling day under section 35 and the Chairperson of the Commission shall appoint fresh nomination days in respect of the constituency in question;
3. (b) only one person has been duly nominated for election for a constituency, the returning officer shall forthwith declare that person duly elected as a member of Parliament with effect from the polling day fixed in accordance with this Act.
4. (2) Where a returning officer makes a declaration under subsection (1)(b), the returning officer shall notify the Commission which shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice of the name of the candidate declared so elected and the day with effect from which he or she was declared elected.
5. (3) If, by virtue of an appeal under section 33 or as otherwise permitted under this Act, an additional candidate is later duly nominated, the Commission shall revoke the Gazette notice and the returning officer shall revoke his or her declaration.

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1. (b) after the closure of the nomination time and during such period as may be prescribed, inspect any nomination paper in respect of the constituency at such time and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed; and
2. (c) lodge any complaint with the returning officer or the Commission in relation to any nomination in respect of the constituency challenging the qualifications of any person nominated.

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1. (b) the person shall have the right to complain against the decision to the Commission within seven days from the date of rejection and the Commission may confirm or reverse the decision of the returning officer within seven days from the receipt of the complaint.

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1. (1) Where an election is contested, the Commission shall as soon as practicable after the nomination days-
2. (a) allocate to each candidate the symbol of his or her political party or organisation in the case of a candidate sponsored by a registered political party or organisation;
3. (b) allocate to a candidate who is not sponsored by a political party or organisation, a symbol or colour chosen by him or her; or
4. (c) in any other case allocate such symbol or colour as it considers appropriate.
5. (2) A symbol or colour under subsection (1)(b) and (c) shall be chosen or assigned for the purpose of this section from among symbols and colours approved by the Commission for the purposes of the election.
6. (3) A person shall not be allocated a symbol or colour which has a tribal or religious affiliation or any other sectarian connotation.

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1. (1) The Commission shall, as soon as practicable after nomination days, by notice in the Gazette, appoint-
2. (a) a day to be known as polling day; and
3. (b) the time and the place where each returning officer will tally the number of votes given to each candidate at each polling station.
4. (2) At least ten days before polling day, each returning officer shall-
5. (a) fix at his or her office within the district and in each constituency, a list of the names of all the presiding officers and polling assistants appointed under the Electoral Commission Act for each polling station in the electoral district, with the names and numbers of their respective polling stations to enable persons to raise any objections they feel necessary; and
6. (b) permit free access to and afford full opportunity for the inspection of the list by the candidates or their agents and any other interested persons during normal working hours.
7. (3) The time to be indicated under subsection (1)(b) as the time when the returning officer will tally the votes given to the several candidates shall, at a general election, be not later than forty-eight hours immediately following polling day.

1. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a duly nominated candidate for election for a constituency may withdraw his or her nomination at any time before polling day or the first polling day, as the case may be, in the election for which the person is standing as a candidate.
2. (2) A withdrawal of a candidate under subsection (1) shall be effected by means of a written notification to the returning officer and shall be signed by the candidate personally and the signature of the candidate shall be witnessed by the signatures of two registered voters of the constituency concerned.
3. (3) Where a candidate is sponsored by a political party or organisation, the notification shall be signed and filed by the Secretary General of the political party or organisation or any other person authorised by the political party or organisation.
4. (4) Any vote cast on polling day for a candidate who has withdrawn his or her nomination shall be invalid.
5. (5) Where a candidate withdraws after nomination day and after the ballots are printed, the returning officer shall-
6. (a) in writing, inform every presiding officer in the constituency where the candidate has withdrawn, of the fact of the withdrawal; and
7. (b) if time permits, print a notice of the withdrawal and distribute it to each presiding officer.
8. (6) Where a candidate withdraws under this section, the presiding officer shall, on polling day-

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. Where as a result of withdrawal of other candidates for election there remains only one candidate, the returning officer shall immediately declare the remaining candidate elected unopposed

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1. (1) Subject to the Constitution and this Act, the Commission may determine the manner and the period during which campaigns shall take place and shall publish that information in the Gazette and forward a copy to each returning officer.
2. (2) Each candidate shall give his or her campaign programme to the returning officer and the returning officer shall ensure that campaign meetings by different candidates do not coincide in one parish.
3. (3) At campaign meetings the candidate may use the local language of the area.
4. (4) A campaign meeting shall not commence until the expiry of nomination days.
5. (5) A campaign meeting shall not be held within twenty-four hours before polling day.
6. (6) The Commission shall ensure that adequate security is provided for candidates at a campaign meeting.
7. (7) Subject to the provisions of this section, every candidate for election to Parliament has a right to conduct his or her campaign freely and in accordance with the law.

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1. (1) During the campaign period, every public officer and public authority and institution shall, as far as possible, give equal treatment to all candidates.
2. (2) Subject to any other law, every candidate shall enjoy complete and unhindered freedom of expression and access to information in the exercise of the right to campaign under this Act.
3. (3) A person shall not, while campaigning, use any language-
4. (a) which constitutes incitement to public disorder, insurrection or violence or which threatens war; or
5. (b) which is defamatory or insulting or which constitutes incitement to hatred.
6. (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction-
7. (a) in case of an offence under subsection (3) (a), to a fine not exceeding one hundred twenty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both; and
8. (b) in the case of an offence under subsection (3)(b), to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) A candidate in an election shall not be denied reasonable access to and use of State-owned communication media.
2. (2) Subject to any other law, during the campaign period, any candidate may, alone or in common with others, publish campaign materials in the form of books, booklets, pamphlets, leaflets, magazines, newspapers or posters intended to solicit votes from voters but shall, in any such publication specify particulars to identify the candidate or candidates concerned.
3. (3) A person shall not, during the campaign period print, publish or distribute, a newspaper, circular or pamphlet containing an article, report, letter or other matter commenting on any issue relating to the election unless the author's name and address, are set out at the end of the article, report, letter or other matter or, where part only of the article, report, letter or matter appears in any issue of a newspaper, circular, pamphlet, at the end of that part.
4. (4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a candidate may use private electronic media for his or her campaign.
5. (5) A candidate shall not use private electronic media to decampaign any other candidate.
6. (6) The following acts are prohibited under subsection (5)-
7. (a) making statements which are false-
8. (i) knowing them to be false; or

13 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) A person shall not use a symbol or colour which has a tribal or religious affiliation, or any other sectarian connotation as a basis for that person's candidature for election or in support of that person's campaign.
2. (2) Under the movement political system, a person shall not use, as a basis for his or her candidature or campaign, a symbol or colour of a political party or organisation.
3. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction-
4. (a) in the case of an offence under subsection (1), to a fine not exceeding one hundred twenty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both; and
5. (b) in the case of an offence under subsection (2), to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

1. (b) organises a group of persons with the intention of training the group in the use of force, violence, abusive, insulting, corrupt or vituperative songs or language calculated to malign, disparage, condemn, insult or abuse another person or candidate or with a view to causing disharmony or a breach of the peace or to disturb public tranquillity so as to gain unfair advantage in the election over that other person or candidate;
2. (c) obstructs or interferes or attempts to obstruct or interfere with the free exercise of the franchise of a voter or compels or attempts to compel a voter to vote or to refrain from voting;
3. (d) compels, or attempts to compel a candidate to withdraw his or her candidature;
4. (e) in any manner threatens any candidate or voter with injury or harm of any kind; or
5. (f) induces or attempts to induce any candidate or voter to fear or believe that he or she will suffer illness or will become an object of divine, spiritual or fetish displeasure or censure, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding seventy-two currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both.

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1. (1) Except as authorised under this Act or otherwise authorised by law, no candidate shall use Government or public resources for the purpose of campaigning for election.
2. (2) Where a candidate is a Minister or holds any other political office, he or she shall, during the campaign period, restrict the use of the official facilities ordinarily attached to his or her office to the execution of his or her official duties.
3. (3) For the purposes of enforcing this section, the Commission shall, in writing, require any candidate to state in writing the facilities ordinarily attached to any office held by that person to which subsection (2) applies and the candidate shall comply with the requirement.
4. (4) This section applies with the necessary modifications to an employee of a statutory corporation or company in which the Government owns a controlling interest and a member of a Commission or committee established by the Constitution as it applies to a public officer.
5. (5) Any person who contravenes any provision of this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

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1. (1) Where a candidate dies after nominations but before polling day, the Commission shall fix fresh nomination days giving such time as the Commission thinks reasonable to enable new candidates to be nominated.
2. (2) Where fresh nomination days are fixed under subsection (1), any candidate previously validly nominated shall not be required to be nominated again.
3. (3) An election arising out of a postponement effected under subsection (1) shall as far as practicable be conducted in accordance with this Act.

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1. (b) a statement showing the number of ballot papers supplied under paragraph (a) with the serial numbers indicated in the statement; and
2. (c) any other necessary materials for the voters to mark the ballot papers and complete the voting process.

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1. (1) The Commission shall, by notice in the Gazette, publish-
2. (a) a list of the polling stations in each constituency; and
3. (b) a list of the names of the candidates nominated for each constituency in alphabetical order with surnames first.
4. (2) The Commission shall forward each list referred to in subsection (1) to all returning officers; and the returning officers shall ensure that the lists relevant to each constituency are published widely in that constituency.

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1. (1) A political party, political organisation and an independent candidate taking part in an election may, through their duly appointed representatives, be present during the packing and dispatch of election materials.
2. (2) The Commission shall provide political parties, political organisations and independent candidates taking part in an election with-
3. (a) the serial numbers of ballot papers supplied to each polling station; and
4. (b) the serial numbers of seals affixed to and enclosed in the ballot boxes supplied to all polling stations, as soon as practicable after packing and dispatch of the election materials, and in any case, not later than twenty-four hours before polling day.
5. (3) A replacement of the seals referred to under subsection (2)(b) shall be documented by the presiding officer and witnessed by the agents of the political parties, political organisations and independent candidates present at the polling stations.

1. (1) A polling station shall, as far as possible, be located in an open ground, or where there is no open ground, in large premises of convenient access, having an outside door for the admittance of voters, and, if possible, another door through which voters may leave after voting and the polling station shall, as far as possible be such as to facilitate access by persons with disabilities and the aged.
2. (2) At every polling station, polling time shall commence at seven o'clock in the morning and close at four o'clock in the afternoon.
3. (3) In the process of voting, a voter shall not be allowed to carry a bag or anything that can be used for concealment.
4. (4) A person registered as a voter and whose name appears in the voters roll of a polling station and who holds a valid voters card shall be entitled to vote at the polling station.
5. (5) If at the official hour of closing the poll as prescribed in subsection (2) there are any voters in the polling station, or in the line of voters referred to in section 49(3) who are qualified to vote and have not been able to do so, the polling station shall be kept open to enable them to vote; but no person who is not actually present at the polling station or in the line of voters at the ' official hour of closing shall be allowed to vote, even if the polling station is still open when he or she arrives.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) Voting at every election shall be by secret ballot using one ballot box at each polling station for all candidates in accordance with this Act.
2. (2) A presiding officer shall not inquire about, or attempt to see, the candidate whom a voter intends to vote; and any person who contravenes this subsection commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.
3. (3) On polling day, all voters intending to vote shall form one line commencing backward from a point each at least twenty metres away from the table at which each voter is to place the authorised mark of choice on the ballot paper.
4. (4) A voter who has cast his or her vote and any other persons in the vicinity of the polling station other than election officers, candidates, agents of candidates and observers shall stand or sit at least twenty metres away from the table mentioned in subsection (3).
5. (5) At every polling station there shall be positioned-
6. (a) a table where every voter shall report for identification in the voters roll and collection of a ballot paper;
7. (b) a second table positioned at least fifteen metres from the first with an ink pad, two pens, each pen being attached to the table with a string measuring about one metre in length, where every voter shall-
8. (i) fix a tick with a pen or mark with a thumb print in the space provided in the box against the picture or in the picture of the candidate of his or her choice; and

12 further items remain in the statutory text above.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) A person shall not vote or attempt to vote more than once at any election irrespective of the number of offices held by the person relevant to the election.
2. (2) For the purposes of ensuring that no voter casts a vote more than once, a presiding officer or a polling assistant shall, before issuing a ballot paper, inspect the fingers of any voter in order to ascertain whether or not the voter has been marked with indelible ink in accordance with section 49(5)(d).
3. (3) The presiding officer or polling assistant, as the case may be, shall refuse to issue a ballot paper to the voter referred to in subsection (2) if the presiding officer or polling assistant has reasonable grounds to believe that the voter has already voted or if the voter refuses to be inspected under that subsection.
4. (4) Any person who refuses to be inspected under subsection (2) and votes or attempts to vote commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twelve currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.

1. (1) A candidate may be present in person or through his or her representative or polling agent at each polling station for the purposes of safeguarding the interests of the candidate with regard to the polling process.
2. (2) Not more than two representatives or polling agents shall be appointed by a candidate under subsection (1) and the appointment shall be in writing addressed to the presiding officer of the polling station.
3. (3) A representative or polling agent appointed under subsection (2) shall report to the presiding officer of the polling station on polling day and shall sit at a table provided under section 49(5)(a) or be positioned in such a way that he or she is able to crosscheck the names of the voters on the voters roll against the voter's card or any other identification given.
4. (4) A representative or polling agent appointed under this section shall be paid an allowance determined by the Commission.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Every voter shall vote in accordance with section 49 without undue delay and may leave the polling station as soon as his or her ballot paper has been put into the ballot box under that section.
2. (2) The presiding officer may allow expectant mothers, old or sickly voters or voters with disabilities and persons required for essential duties to vote without waiting in the line of voters.

1. (1) A voter wishing to obtain a ballot paper, for the purpose of voting, shall produce his or her voter's card to the presiding officer or polling assistant at the table under section 49(5)(a).
2. (2) If the presiding officer or polling assistant is satisfied that the voter's name and number indicated in the voter's card correspond to the voter's name and number in the National Voters Register for the polling station, he or she shall issue a ballot paper to the voter.
3. (3) Where a person does not have a voter's card but is able to prove to the presiding officer or polling assistant that his or her name and photograph are on the National Voters Register, the presiding officer or polling assistant shall issue him or her with a ballot paper.
4. (4) Where a person has a voter's card and his or her name appears on the National Voters Register but the photograph does not appear on the register, the presiding officer or polling assistant shall issue him or her with a ballot paper.
5. (5) The presiding officer or polling assistant shall place a tick against the voter's name in the voters roll for the polling station.
6. (6) Subject to section 58, a person shall not be permitted to vote at a polling station unless the name of the person appears in the voter's roll for that polling station.
7. (7) Any person who contravenes subsection (6) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (b) deliver another ballot paper to the voter.

1. (1) Where a person represents himself or herself to be a particular voter and applies for a ballot paper after another person has voted in the name or number of that person, the second person shall only be entitled to receive a ballot paper and to vote after making before the presiding officer the declaration of identity, in Form ID in Schedule 3 to this Act and otherwise establishing his or her identity to the satisfaction of the presiding officer.
2. (2) In any case referred to in subsection (1), the presiding officer shall enter in the copy of the National Voters Register or the voters roll, opposite the name of the voter-
3. (a) a note of the voter having voted on a second ballot paper issued under the same name;
4. (b) the fact of the declaration of identity having been made; and
5. (c) any objections made on behalf of any of the candidates.
6. (3) Any person who makes any statement which is false in a declaration under this section-
7. (a) knowing the statement to be false; or
8. (b) in respect of which he or she is reckless whether it is true or false, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) Where a voter is by reason of illiteracy, old age, blindness or any other disability unable to fix the authorised mark of choice on the ballot paper, that voter may report at the polling station accompanied by a person of his or her choice to assist the voter to fix the authorised mark of choice on the ballot paper if necessary, on the voter's behalf or the voter may, subject to subsection (4), request another person present at the polling station to assist that voter for the purpose.
2. (2) It shall be lawful for any member of a voter's family to assist a voter under subsection (1) notwithstanding the fact that the former is below the age of eighteen years.
3. (3) A presiding officer shall not allow a person to assist a voter to vote unless that officer is satisfied that it is permitted under subsection (1).
4. (4) An election officer, agent of candidate or observer at any polling station, is not permitted to assist any voter with disability under subsection (1).
5. (5) A person is not authorised to assist any voter to mark the ballot paper under subsection (1) unless the voter has voluntarily requested that assistance.
6. (6) Any person who-
7. (a) pretends to have a disability for the purposes of subsection (1) when he or she does not; or
8. (b) contravenes subsection (5), commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) The Commission may make special provision for voting for specified persons employed in institutions engaged in the administration of elections in restricted areas and operation areas.
2. (2) The Commission shall publish in the Gazette and in a newspaper of wide national circulation the special provisions and a list of restricted areas and operation areas referred to in subsection (1).
3. (3) An area provided for voting for members of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces shall be outside of any barracks and the Commission shall not create any special or separate polling station exclusively for the army or any other security personnel.
4. (4) For the purposes of this section- "operation area" includes an area where soldiers and other security personnel are deployed on special duty during an election period and may include a restricted area; and "restricted area" includes an area experiencing an epidemic, disaster or insecurity.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) The claim of a person to vote at any election shall not be rejected by reason only-
2. (a) that one of the names of that person has been omitted from the National Voters Register or from the voters roll; or
3. (b) of the entry in the National Voters Register or in the voters roll of a wrong village or of a wrongly spelt name, if, in the opinion of the presiding officer, the person is sufficiently identified.
4. (2) The claim of a female voter to vote at any polling station shall not be rejected by reason only that she has changed her surname by reason of marriage and that the change has not been reflected in the National Voters Register or the voters roll for the polling station.

1. (1) During an election and throughout the campaign and polling period, every returning officer and presiding officer or any other authorised agent of the Commission is a keeper of the peace and has all the powers of a justice of the peace, and he or she may-
2. (a) require the assistance of a member of the Uganda Police Force or other persons present to aid him or her in maintaining peace and good order at the polling station;
3. (b) warn or arrest or cause, by verbal order, to be arrested, and place or cause to be placed in the custody of any police officer or other person authorised by law, any person disturbing the peace and good order at the polling station; or
4. (c) cause any arrested person to be imprisoned under an order signed by him or her until not later than an hour after the closure of the poll.
5. (2) A returning officer or presiding officer shall, where he or she causes the arrest of any person under subsection (1), report the arrest giving details and reasons for the arrest in the form specified in Schedule 3 to this Act.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) A presiding officer shall ensure that polling takes place in a free and secure environment.
2. (2) A presiding officer other than a presiding officer for a polling station located in an urban area may, in the absence of a police officer appoint at least one person present and resident within the area of the polling station as an election constable to maintain order at the polling station throughout polling day where the presiding officer finds the services of an election constable to be essential.
3. (3) A presiding officer may only appoint a person other than a police officer to be an election constable under subsection (2) when there is actual or threatened disorder or when it is likely that a larger number of voters will seek to vote at the same time.
4. (4) There shall be appointed at every polling centre established under section 32(2) of the Electoral Commission Act, one person to ensure the orderly and prompt entrance of the voters into their proper polling station within the centre.
5. (5) When an election constable has been appointed by a presiding officer, the constable shall take and subscribe the oath in Form OC in Schedule 3 to this Act before commencing to discharge his or her responsibilities.
6. (6) A presiding officer who appoints an election constable under subsection (2) shall announce publicly and record the appointment in the space provided for that purpose in the polling report book.
7. (7) A presiding officer may, where he or she deems it necessary, equest for police assistance and he or she shall record in writing the reasons which necessitated the request for such assistance.
8. (8) For the avoidance of doubt, a military personnel, a member of the Internal Security Organisation or the External Security Organisation shall not be appointed as an election constable.

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A person shall not arm himself or herself with any arms or ammunition during any part of polling day or approach within one kilometre of a polling station with arms and ammunition unless called upon to do so by lawful authority or where he or she is ordinarily entitled by virtue of his or her office to carry arms.
2. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.
3. (3) For the purposes of this section, deadly weapon has the meaning assigned to it in section 267(3) of the Penal Code Act.

1. (1) A person shall not, on any polling day, for the purpose of promoting or opposing any candidate, use any loudspeaker or similar communication device within hearing distance of any polling station.
2. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

1. (1) The campaign period prescribed by the Commission under section 38(1) shall not extend beyond midnight of the day before polling day.
2. (2) A person shall not-
3. (a) post or display on or in a polling station or in a hall, window or door of a building used as a polling station, any campaign literature, emblem, ensign, badge, label, ribbon, flag, banner, card, bill, poster or device, that could be taken as an indication of support for or opposition, to a candidate; or
4. (b) while in a polling station, display on his or her person any emblem, ensign, badge, label, ribbon, flag, banner, card or device as a badge intended or likely to be taken as intended to distinguish the wearer as a supporter of any candidate.
5. (3) Nothing in subsection (1) prohibits a meeting of a candidate with his or her agents and facilitators for the election.
6. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), an agent of a candidate, may in a polling station, display on his or her person, in such form as the Commission may authorise, a label identifying his or her function and the name of the candidate he or she represents.
7. (5) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty-four currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) Where polling at a polling station is interrupted by a riot or violence or any other event while there remains, in the National Voters Register, voters who have not completed the polling process, the presiding officer shall adjourn the polling to the next day or to any other time of the same day and shall immediately inform the returning officer of the fact.
2. (2) Where the polling is adjourned to the following day under subsection (1), the time, procedure and manner of the subsequent polling shall be as on the original polling day.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) The agents of a candidate and any voter present at a polling station may raise and present in writing complaints relating to the voting at the polling station and shall have the right to obtain information from the presiding officer concerning the counting process.
2. (2) A presiding officer shall not refuse to receive a complaint presented to him or her under subsection (1) and he or she shall initial every such presentation and annex it as part of the official record of the polling station.
3. (3) Subject to subsection (4), any presentation received by the presiding officer under this section shall be deliberated upon and resolved by the presiding officer and the polling assistants.
4. (4) Where, in the opinion of the presiding officer, it is necessary to enable the voting process to proceed, the deliberation or resolution of a presentation under subsection (3) may be postponed until the process of voting is completed.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Votes cast at a polling station shall be counted at the polling station immediately after the presiding officer declares the polling closed and the votes cast in favour of each candidate shall be recorded separately in accordance with this Part.
2. (2) Subject to section 76, no votes shall stay uncounted overnight and, where required, the presiding officer shall provide light for the purposes of counting votes.
3. (3) A candidate may be present in person or through his or her representative or polling agent at each polling station, and at the place where the returning officer tallies the number of votes for each candidate or conducts a recount under section 73 for the purposes of safeguarding the interests of the candidate with regard to all stages of the counting, tallying or recounting processes.
4. (4) At the commencement of the counting, the presiding officer shall, in the presence and full view of all present, open the ballot box and empty its contents onto the polling table, and with the assistance of polling assistants proceed to count the votes separating the votes polled by each candidate.
5. (5) The presiding officer and the candidates or their agents, if any, shall sign and retain a copy of a declaration stating-
6. (a) the polling station; and
7. (b) the number of votes cast in favour of each candidate, and the presiding officer shall there and then announce the results of the voting at that polling station before communicating them to the returning officer.
8. (6) Votes cast for each candidate shall be recorded in both figures and words and countersigned by polling agents before the declaration of the results.

8 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A candidate or an agent of a candidate or any voter present may raise any objection during the counting of the votes, and each presiding officer shall-
2. (a) keep a record, in the report book, of every objection made by any candidate or an agent of a candidate or any voter present, to any ballot paper found in the ballot box; and
3. (b) decide every question arising out of the objection.
4. (2) Every objection recorded under subsection (1) shall be numbered and a corresponding number placed on the back of the ballot paper to which it relates and the ballot paper shall be initialled by the presiding officer and it shall be witnessed by the polling assistants and agents of candidates.
5. (3) The decision of a presiding officer in respect of an objection raised under subsection (1) is final, subject to reversal only on recount or on a petition questioning the election return.

Citing judgments are indexed, but no express interpretive proposition has yet passed the passage-verification threshold. Open Judicial treatment for the citing passages.

1. (1) A vote cast is invalid if-
2. (a) the ballot paper is tom into two or more parts; or
3. (b) where the voting is by placing a mark of choice on the ballot paper-
4. (i) the voter marks the ballot paper with a mark other than the authorised mark of choice; or
5. (ii) places the authorised mark of choice on the ballot paper in such a way that the choice of the voter cannot be reasonably ascertained.
6. (2) A ballot paper shall not be taken as invalid under this section irrespective of where the authorised mark of choice is placed, so long as the voter's choice can be reasonably ascertained.
7. (3) A vote which is invalid shall not be counted in determining the results of the election.

1. (1) Every presiding officer shall fill the necessary number of copies of the prescribed form for the declaration of results as follows-
2. (a) one copy of the completed form shall remain attached to the report book referred to in section 6(1)(b);
3. (b) one copy shall be retained by the presiding officer for display at a conspicuous place at the polling station;
4. (c) one copy shall be enclosed in an envelope supplied by the Commission for the purpose, sealed by the presiding officer and delivered to the subcounty headquarters or division headquarters to the designated officer of the Commission together with the report book for transmission to the returning officer;
5. (d) one copy shall be delivered to each of the agents of candidates or, in the absence of those agents, to any voters present claiming to represent the candidates; and
6. (e) one copy shall be deposited and sealed in the ballot box.
7. (2) The presiding officer shall, in the presence of the candidates and their agents as may wish to be present, seal the ballot box with a seal provided for the purpose by the Commission.
8. (3) Any presiding officer who, without reasonable cause, fails to cause to be posted a copy of the duly filled and signed declaration result form in contravention of subsection (1)(c) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding twelve currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.

9 further items remain in the statutory text above.