Presidential Elections Act

1. "aspirant" means a person intending to stand as a candidate during the election for the office of President;
2. "authorised mark of choice" means the tick or mark authorised under section 33 to be applied to a ballot paper against the picture of a candidate of choice of a voter;
3. "campaign period" means the period determined by the Commission under section 22 as the period during which campaigning may take place;
4. "candidate" means a person duly nominated as a candidate for a presidential election under section 10;
5. "Commission" means the Electoral Commission established by Article 60 of the Constitution;
6. "constituency" means one of the constituencies into which Uganda is divided pursuant to Article 63 of the Constitution for the purpose of elections;
7. "currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to this Act;
8. "district" means an electoral district;

21 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) The election of the President shall be by universal adult suffrage through a secret ballot using one ballot box for all candidates at each polling station.
2. (2) The election of the President shall, subject to Article 61 of the Constitution, be held during the first thirty days of the last one hundred twenty-two days before the expiration of the term of the President.
3. (3) Apart from the election required to be held by Article 61(2) of the Constitution, election of the President shall also be held in the following circumstances-
4. (a) an election held under Article 104(6) of the Constitution where a presidential election is annulled;
5. (b) an election held under Article 105(3) of the Constitution where the office has become vacant by expiration of the term of the President or if the incumbent dies or resigns or ceases to hold office as President by removal under Article 107 of the Constitution;
6. (c) an election held under Article 109(2) of the Constitution within six months after the death, resignation or removal of the President; and
7. (d) an election necessitated by the fact that a normal presidential election could not be held as a result of the existence of a state of war or a state of emergency in which case, the election shall be held within such a period as Parliament may, by law, prescribe.

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1. (1) An aspirant may consult in preparation for his or her nomination as a presidential candidate.
2. (2) While consulting under subsection (1), a presidential aspirant may-
3. (a) carry out nation-wide consultations;
4. (b) prepare his or her manifesto and other campaign materials;
5. (c) raise funds for his or her campaign through lawful means; and
6. (d) convene meetings of national delegates.
7. (3) While consulting, the aspirant shall introduce himself or herself to the Commission and notify the relevant local council and the police of the area to which he or she goes.

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1. (1) Subject to Article 15(7) of the Constitution, a person is qualified for election as President if that person-
2. (a) is a citizen of Uganda by birth;
3. (b) is a registered voter; and
4. (c) has completed a minimum formal education of Advanced Level standard or its equivalent.
5. (2) The Commission shall request such evidence as it thinks necessary of the qualifications specified in subsection (1).
6. (3) A person is not qualified for election as President if that person-
7. (a) is suffering from mental illness;
8. (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;

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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 need;
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 twenty-four hours before 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 a candidate, officer, clerk, agent of a candidate or other person shall not-
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 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;
4. (c) 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;
5. (d) 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;
6. (e) 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
7. (f) 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.
8. (2) A candidate, election officer, agent of a candidate or other person on duty at a polling station shall not, except for a purpose authorised by law, communicate to any person any information as to-

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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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 places and times fixed for the nomination of candidates; and
3. (b) the hours of 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.
5. (3) The hours to be indicated in accordance with subsection (1)(b) shall be from ten o'clock in the forenoon to four o'clock in the afternoon on each nomination day.

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

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1. (1) A person shall not be a candidate in a presidential election unless-
2. (a) that person submits to the Commission on or before the day appointed as nomination day in relation to the election, a document, in this Act referred to as a nomination paper, in the form specified in Schedule 4 to this Act, which is signed by that person, nominating him or her as a candidate; and
3. (b) the nomination is supported by not less than one hundred voters in each of at least two- thirds of all the districts in Uganda.
4. (2) A candidate shall be proposed and seconded in the manner specified in Schedule 4 to this Act.
5. (3) A candidate shall attach to his or her nomination paper a list of names of the registered voters required under subsection (1)(b); and each of those registered voters shall, append to that list his or her name, signature, physical address and voter registration number as specified in Schedule 4 to this Act.
6. (4) A person shall not subscribe to more than one nomination paper and no person shall give his or her support under subsection (3) to more than one candidate.
7. (5) Any person who contravenes subsection (4) 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.
8. (6) The nomination paper shall be accompanied by-

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1. (b) the nomination paper of the person was not accompanied by the list of names of registered voters as required by section 10(1) and (3);
2. (c) the person has not complied with section 10(6);
3. (d) the person seeking nomination was not qualified for election under section 4; or
4. (e) the person seeking nomination has been duly nominated for election as a member of Parliament.

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1. The deposit payable under section 10(6)(b) shall be received by the Commission which shall issue a general receipt in respect of the deposit

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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 a candidate 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 a candidate 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 and the Commission may confirm or reverse the decision of the returning officer.

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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 political organisation in the case of a candidate sponsored by a registered political party or political organisation; or
3. (b) allocate to a candidate who is not sponsored by a political party or political organisation, a symbol or colour chosen by him or her.
4. (2) A symbol or colour under subsection (1)(b) 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.
5. (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 think 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 presidential election, be not later than forty-eight hours immediately following polling day.

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1. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (4), a duly nominated candidate for election as President 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 Commission or the returning officer and shall be signed by the candidate personally and the signature of a candidate shall be witnessed by the signatures of two registered voters.
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) A vote cast on polling day for a candidate who has withdrawn his or her nomination is invalid.
5. (5) Where a candidate withdraws after nomination day and after the ballots are printed, the Commission or the returning officer shall-
6. (a) in writing, give notice in the Gazette of the fact of withdrawal; and
7. (b) if the time permits, print a notice of the withdrawal and distribute it to each presiding officer.
8. (6) Where a candidate withdraws under this section, each presiding officer shall, on polling day-

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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) Where, in a presidential election, after the close of nominations and before the closing of polls, a candidate dies, the Commission shall fix fresh nomination days for giving such time as it thinks reasonable for enabling a new or new candidates to be nominated.
2. (2) Where fresh nomination days are fixed under subsection (1), the remaining candidate previously validly nominated, shall not be required to be renominated.
3. (3) Where fresh nomination days are fixed under subsection (1), the Commission shall, where necessary, postpone the election to a convenient date.
4. (4) An election arising out of a postponement under subsection (3) shall, as far as possible, be conducted in accordance with this Act.
5. (5) Where a candidate ceases to be a candidate otherwise than by reason of his or her death after the close of nominations and before the closing of polls, no fresh nominations shall be carried out by reason of his or her ceasing to be a candidate.

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1. (1) Where a candidate at time of the close of nominations is the sole candidate nominated, the Commission shall publish and declare under its seal within forty-eight hours from the close of nominations, that candidate is elected unopposed with effect from the date fixed for the poll under section 16.
2. (2) A declaration under subsection (1) shall be in Form A specified in Schedule 6 to this Act.

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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

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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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) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a candidate or his or her agent shall hold a campaign rally between seven o'clock in the forenoon and six o'clock in the afternoon.
3. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty-eight currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.
4. (4) Every candidate may hold individual public campaign meetings in any part of Uganda in accordance with any existing law.
5. (5) For the avoidance of doubt, an agent of a candidate may carry on campaign meetings on behalf of the candidate and otherwise carry on any campaign which the candidate is allowed to do under this Act.
6. (6) The Commission may, after consultation with all the candidates, organise one or more joint candidates' campaign meetings for those candidates who consent to such a meeting.
7. (7) A candidate or an agent of a candidate authorised in writing by the candidate to do so, may hold a consultative meeting with the campaign of a candidate agents for the purposes of planning and organising the election campaign of a candidate.
8. (8) A candidate shall not hold any public campaign meeting under subsection (4) except in accordance with a programme of meetings submitted by the candidate to 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) The Commission shall ensure that the relevant organs of the State provide, during the entire campaign period-
2. (a) protection of each candidate; and
3. (b) adequate security at all meetings of the candidates.
4. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commission shall consult a candidate on his or her security detail.
5. (3) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a candidate or an agent of a candidate may raise funds for the campaign of a candidate through lawful means.
6. (4) A candidate or an agent of a candidate shall not obtain, solicit or receive any financial or other assistance for the purpose of the campaign of a candidate, from any foreign government, institution, body or person which or who has demonstrated an intention to overthrow the lawfully established Government of Uganda, or to endanger the security of Uganda.
7. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), the Government shall lay before Parliament the necessary information as to the prohibited foreign governments, institutions, bodies or persons, at least three months before the nomination day.
8. (6) Every candidate shall maintain a record of all assistance obtained or solicited for under this section.

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) During the campaign period, every public officer, public authority and public institution shall give equal treatment to all candidates and their agents.
2. (2) Subject to the Constitution and 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, on 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.

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1. (1) The Commission shall ensure that all presidential candidates are given equal treatment on State- owned media to present their programmes to the people.
2. (2) A State-owned media house shall, within fourteen days after nomination day, notify in writing, all presidential candidates of the availability of time, the broadcasting schedule and cost of presenting their programmes and shall allocate time to the candidates.
3. (3) "State-owned media" means a media house in which the controlling interest is held by the State.
4. (4) A State-owned media house that contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred currency points.
5. (5) For the purposes of this section, a person in charge of the State-owned media house may, where the State-owned media house is found to have contravened subsection (2), be held liable for the offence committed by the State-owned media house and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.
6. (6) Subject to any other law, any candidate may, during the campaign period, either 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.
7. (7) 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, or the authors' names and addresses, as the case may be, 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 or matter at the end of that part.
8. (8) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a candidate may use private electronic media for his or her campaign.

15 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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) A person shall not use a symbol or colour which has a tribal, 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 political 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.

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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 authorised by law, a person shall not use Government resources for the purpose of campaigning for any candidate, party or organisation in an election.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a candidate who holds the office of President, may continue to use Government facilities during the campaign, but shall only use those Government facilities which are ordinarily attached to and are utilised by the holder of that office.
3. (3) For purposes of subsection (2), the Minister responsible for public service shall lay before Parliament a statement of those Government facilities which are attached to and are utilised by the President.
4. (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty-eight currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both.

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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) the other necessary materials for the voters to mark the ballot papers and complete the voting process.

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1. (1) Political parties, political organisations and independent candidates 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 to 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) Any replacement of the seals referred to in 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 station.

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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 at least fourteen days before nomination; and
3. (b) a list of the names of the candidates nominated in alphabetical order with surnames first.
4. (2) The Commission shall also 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) Every 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 lag 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 is entitled to vote at the polling station.
5. (5) If at the official hour of closing the poll in subsection (2) there are any voters in the polling station, or in the line of voters under section 33(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 a person who is not actually present at the polling station or in the line of voters at the official hour of closing shall not be allowed to vote, even if the polling station is still open when he or she arrives.

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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, for 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 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 all 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 thumbprint in the space provided in the box against the picture of the candidate of his or her choice; and

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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) A person shall not vote or attempt to vote more than once at an 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 33(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.

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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 appointments 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 the table provided under section 33(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 voters card or any other identification given.

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1. (1) Every voter shall vote in accordance with section 33 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.

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) A voter wishing to obtain a ballot paper, for the purpose of voting, shall produce his or her voters' card to the presiding officer or polling assistant at the table under section 33(5)(a).
2. (2) If the presiding officer or polling assistant is satisfied that the voter's name and number indicated in the voters 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 voters 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 lall issue him or her with a ballot paper.
4. (4) Where a person has a voters card and his or her name appears i 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 42, a person shall not be permitted to vote at a polling station unless the person's name 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.

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

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) 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 a false statement 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 the statement 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 behalf of the voter; 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 person shall not assist more than one voter to vote under subsection (1) in the election.
4. (4) A presiding officer shall refuse to allow a person to assist a voter to vote unless that officer is satisfied that it is permitted under subsection (1).
5. (5) An election officer, an agent of a candidate or an observer at any polling station is not permitted to assist any voter with disability under subsection (1).
6. (6) 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.
7. (7) Any person who-
8. (a) pretends to have a disability for the purposes of subsection (1) when he or she does not; or

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

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) 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."

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) The claim of a person to vote at any election shall not be rejected by reason only-
2. (a) that one of the person's names has been omitted from the National Voters Register or from the voters' roll; or
3. (b) by reason 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.

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) 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) The returning officer or presiding officer shall, where he or she causes the arrest of any person under subsection (1), report the arrest and give details and reasons for the arrest in the form provided under Schedule 7 to this Act.

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) 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 in order 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, request for police assistance and he or she shall record in writing, reasons which necessitated the request for the 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.

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) A person shall not arm himself or herself during any part of polling day with any deadly weapon or approach within one kilometre of a polling station with deadly weapons 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.

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) A person shall not, on any polling day, for the purpose of promoting or opposing any candidate, use any loudspeaker or similar communication device prohibited 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.

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) The campaign period prescribed by the Commission under section 22(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 subsection (1) or (2) 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.

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) 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 seal and transfer the box to the nearest subcounty headquarters and 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.

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) The agents of candidates 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 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) Subject to Article 103(7) of the Constitution, where necessary in the opinion of the presiding officer to enable the voting process to proceed, the deliberation or resolution of a presentation under subsection (3) may be postponed until the completion of the voting process.

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 57, 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 is entitled to be present in person or through his or her representative or polling agent at each polling station throughout the voting and counting of the votes and at the place of the tallying of the votes and ascertaining of the results of the poll for the purposes of safeguarding the interests of the candidate with regard to all stages of the counting or tallying processes.
4. (4) The presiding officer and the candidates or their agents, if any, shall sign and retain a copy of a declaration stating-
5. (a) the polling station;
6. (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.
7. (5) 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. (6) The following shall apply in respect of the signing of the declaration and the announcement of the results of voting under subsection (4)-

8 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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) 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) An 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 ordered by the court upon an election petition.

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) 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 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.

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) A 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)(c);
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 a candidate or, in the absence of those agents, be retained by the presiding officer who shall transmit it to the returning officer; 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 the agents of a candidate as may wish to be present, seal the ballot box with a seal provided for the purpose by the Commission.
8. (3) A 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.

8 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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) The presiding officer shall immediately after close of polls, deliver the declared results and the sealed ballot box to the subcounty headquarters or the division headquarters to the designated officer of the Commission, together with the report book for transmission to the returning officer.
2. (2) A polling agent who wishes to accompany the presiding officer to witness the delivery under subsection (1) may do so at his or her own expense.
3. (3) Each presiding officer shall, without any delay after closing the poll, transmit or deliver to the returning officer or to the nearest results collecting centre-
4. (a) the sealed ballot box;
5. (b) the duly filled and signed declaration of results form; and
6. (c) the report book filled in and signed by the presiding officer and the polling assistants.

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 returning officer shall be responsible for the safe custody of all the election documents used in the district in connection with an election until the documents are destroyed in accordance with the directions of the Commission; but the Commission shall not give such directions before the settlement of disputes, if any, arising from the election.
2. (2) A returning officer shall, on the receipt of each ballot box-
3. (a) take every precaution for its safe custody;
4. (b) examine the seal affixed to the ballot box, with a view to ensuring that the box is properly sealed; and
5. (c) if the box is not in good order, record his or her observations and affix a different seal supplied 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) After all the envelopes containing the declaration of results forms have been received, the returning officer shall, in the presence of the candidates or their agents or such of them as wish to be present, open the envelopes and add up the number of votes cast for each candidate as recorded on each form.
2. (2) The returning officer may open the envelopes and add up the number of votes cast even though some of the envelopes have not been received, if the candidates or the agents of candidates and a police officer not below the rank of inspector of police are present.
3. (3) Where any envelope under subsection (1) does not contain the results of the poll, the returning officer may, for the purpose of finalising a statement of the poll, use the declaration of results form in the presiding officer's report book.
4. (4) If the report book does not contain the declaration of results form duly filled by the presiding officer, the returning officer may, in the presence of a police officer, not below the rank of inspector of police and any of the candidates or agents of candidates who wish to be present, open the ballot box in order to obtain the declaration of results form for the purpose of adding up the results of the poll.
5. (5) Where the returning officer opens the ballot box under subsection (4), he or she shall reseal the ballot box immediately after ascertaining the results with the declaration of results forms resealed in the envelopes in the ballot box.

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 counting or tallying of votes is interrupted by a riot or violence or any other reasonable cause, the presiding officer or returning officer shall adjourn the counting or tallying to the next day or to any other time of the same day and shall immediately inform-
2. (a) in the case of the presiding officer, the returning officer; or
3. (b) in the case of the returning officer, the Commission, of that fact.
4. (2) Where the counting or tallying of votes is adjourned to the following day under subsection (1), the time, procedure and manner of the subsequent counting, tallying or recounting shall be as on the original occasion.
5. (3) Where counting is adjourned under this section, the ballot boxes shall be kept in safe custody and the candidates or their agents shall be entitled to be present to keep watch on the boxes until counting resumes.

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) Each returning officer shall, immediately after the addition of the votes under section 56(1), declare the number of votes obtained by each candidate and also complete a return in the prescribed form, indicating the number of votes obtained by each candidate.
2. (2) Upon completing the return, every returning officer shall-
3. (a) transmit to the Commission, with a copy to participating political parties and organisations, a candidate and the official agent of a candidate, the following documents electronically-
4. (i) the return form;
5. (ii) the tally sheets; and
6. (iii) the declaration of results forms from which the official addition of the votes was made; and
7. (b) deliver to the commission the documents referred to in paragraph (a).
8. (3) A returning officer shall compile and submit to the Commission, within seven days after the conclusion of the election, a report of the election within the returning officer's electoral district.

1. (1) The Commission shall ascertain, publish and declare in writing under its seal the results of the presidential election within forty-eight hours from the close of polling.
2. (2) The declaration under subsection (1) shall be in Form B or Form C as specified in Schedule 6 to this Act as the case may be.
3. (3) The results shall be published in the national media and the Commission shall, as soon as practicable, cause them to be published in the Gazette.
4. (4) A candidate shall not be declared elected as President unless the number of votes cast in favour of that candidate at the presidential election is more than fifty percent of the valid votes cast at the election.
5. (5) Where at a presidential election there are more than two candidates and no candidate obtains the number or percentage of votes specified in subsection (4), a second election shall be held within thirty days after the declaration of the results in which election the two candidates who obtained the highest number of votes shall be the only candidates.
6. (6) Subject to Article 103 of the Constitution, the candidate who obtains the highest number of votes in an election under subsection (5) shall be the elected President.
7. (7) A declaration executed by the Commission under subsection (1) and bearing the seal of the Commission shall be evidence that the person named in the declaration has been elected President.
8. (8) The Commission shall, as soon as practicable after each presidential election, produce a detailed report on the conduct of the election.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

1. (1) A person elected President during the term of a President shall assume office within twenty-four hours after the expiration of the term of the predecessor and in any other case, within twenty-four hours after being declared elected President.
2. (2) Before assuming the duties of office of President, a person elected President shall take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of President specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution.

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) Any aggrieved candidate may petition the Supreme Court for an order that a candidate declared elected as President was not validly elected.
2. (2) A petition under subsection (1) shall be in a form prescribed by the Chief Justice under subsection (11) and shall be lodged in the Supreme Court registry within fifteen days after the declaration of the election results.
3. (3) The Supreme Court shall inquire into and determine the petition expeditiously and shall declare its findings and reasons not later than forty-five days from the date the petition is filed.
4. (4) Where no petition is filed within the time prescribed under subsection (2), or where a petition having been filed, is withdrawn by the person who filed it or is dismissed by the Supreme Court, the candidate declared elected shall conclusively be taken to have been duly elected as President.
5. (5) After due inquiry under subsection (3), the Supreme Court may-
6. (a) dismiss the petition;
7. (b) declare which candidate was validly elected; or
8. (c) annul the election.

9 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) At the trial of an election petition-
2. (a) any witness shall be summoned and sworn in the same manner as a witness may be summoned and sworn in civil proceedings;
3. (b) the court may summon and examine any person who in the opinion of the court is likely to assist the court to arrive at an appropriate decision; and
4. (c) any person summoned by the court under paragraph (b) may be cross-examined by the parties to the petition if they so wish.
5. (2) Any witness who, in the course of the trial of an election petition, wilfully makes a statement material to the proceedings-
6. (a) which he or she knows to be false;
7. (b) which he or she does not know to be true; or
8. (c) which is false and in respect of which he is reckless whether it is true or false, commits and 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.

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) An election petition shall not be withdrawn except with leave of the Supreme Court and after notice has been given as the court may direct.
2. (2) On the hearing of the application for withdrawal, any candidate who might have been a petitioner in respect of the election to which the petition refers, may apply to the Supreme Court to be substituted as a petitioner for the petitioner who desires to withdraw.
3. (3) The Supreme Court may substitute as a petitioner any applicant under subsection (2) and may further, if the proposed withdrawal has been, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, induced by any corrupt bargain or consideration, by order, direct that any security given on behalf of the original petitioner shall remain as security for any costs that may become payable by the substituted petitioner and that the original petitioner shall be liable to pay the costs.
4. (4) If a petition is withdrawn, the petitioner shall be liable to pay the costs of the respondent.

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

1. An election petition shall abate at the death of the sole petitioner or of all the petitioners

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

1. Where as a result of the determination of an election petition the election of a person as President is set aside, the determination shall not invalidate anything done by that person prior to the determination, in the purported exercise of the functions of the office of President

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) Any person who, either before or during an election, with intent, either directly or indirectly, to influence another person to vote or to refrain from voting for any candidate, gives or provides or causes to be given or provided any money, gift or other consideration to that other person, commits the offence of bribery 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.
2. (2) A person who receives any money, gift or other consideration under subsection (1) commits the offence of bribery 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.
3. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the provision of refreshments or food-
4. (a) offered by a candidate or agent of a candidate who provides refreshments or food as an election expense at a campaign planning and organisation meeting of a candidate; or
5. (b) offered by any person other than a candidate or agent of a candidate who, at his or her own expense provides the refreshments or food at a campaign planning and organisation meeting of a candidate.
6. (4) An offence under subsection (1) shall be an illegal practice.
7. (5) A candidate or an agent of a candidate who, by himself or herself or any other person, directly or indirectly, before the close of polls on polling day offers, procures or provides or promises to procure or provide any alcoholic beverage to any person commits an illegal practice.
8. (6) A person who, during the campaign in respect of an election, solicits from a candidate or an agent of a candidate any money, gift, alcoholic beverage or other consideration in return for directly or indirectly influencing another person to vote or refraining from voting for a candidate or in consideration for his or her voting for the candidate or not voting for another candidate, commits an illegal practice.

3 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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. (5) , (6) or (8), 67, 68 and 69 Any person who commits an illegal practice under section 66(4), (5), (6) or (8) or section 67, 68 or 69, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty-eight currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both

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. (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 twelve currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.

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) Any person who, at any candidates meeting relating to an election, acts in a disorderly manner for the purpose of disrupting and preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting is held, 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.
2. (2) The chairperson of a meeting to which this section applies may direct any person who, in the opinion of the chairperson, is preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting is being held to leave the place; and if the person fails or refuses to leave, the chairperson may cause that person to be removed from that place using such force as may be reasonably necessary.
3. (3) A person who has, in accordance with subsection (2), left or who has been removed from a place in which a meeting to which this section applies is taking place, shall not, without the permission of the chairperson of the meeting, return to that place while the meeting is still in progress.
4. (4) Any person who contravenes subsection (3) 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.

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

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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. (b) forges, counterfeits or destroys any ballot paper or the official mark on any ballot paper;
2. (c) without authority supplies any ballot paper to any person;
3. (d) without authority sells or offers to sell any document relating to the holding of an election to any person or purchases or offers to purchase any such document from any person;
4. (e) not being a person entitled under this Act to be in possession of any document relating to the holding of an election, has any such document in his or her possession without reasonable cause;
5. (f) knowingly and intentionally puts into a ballot box anything other than the ballot paper which he or she is authorised to put in;
6. (g) without authority, takes out of a polling station any ballot paper or other official document relating to an election or is found in possession of any ballot paper or such document outside a polling station;
7. (h) without due authority, destroys, takes, opens, or otherwise interferes with a ballot box, ballot documents or other property in use or intended to be used for the purpose of an election;
8. (i) without due authority, prints any ballot paper or what purports to be or is capable of being used as a ballot paper at an election; or

1 further item remain in the statutory text above.

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. (b) votes more than once at an election, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred twenty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both.

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. (b) permits any person whom he or she knows or has reasonable cause to believe not to be a person with disability under section 40(1) to vote in the manner provided for such persons under that subsection;
2. (c) refuses to permit any person whom he or she knows or has reasonable cause to believe to be a person with disability under section 40(1) to vote in the manner provided for such a person under that subsection;
3. (d) wilfully prevents any person from voting at the polling station at which he or she knows or has reasonable cause to believe that that person is entitled to vote;
4. (e) wilfully rejects or refuses to count any paper which he or she knows or has reasonable cause to believe is validly cast in favour of a candidate;
5. (f) wilfully counts any ballot paper as being validly cast in favour of a candidate which he or she knows or has reasonable cause to believe was not validly cast for that candidate; or
6. (g) without reasonable cause acts or omits to act in breach of his or her official duty, commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred twenty currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both.

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