Section 1: Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "agent" by reference to a candidate, includes a representative and polling agent of a candidate; "aspirant" means a person intending to stand as a candidate during the election for the office of President; "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; "campaign period" means the period determined by the Commission under section 22 as the period during which campaigning may take place; "candidate" means a person duly nominated as a candidate for a presidential election under section 10; "Commission" means the Electoral Commission established by Article 60 of the Constitution; "constituency" means one of the constituencies into which Uganda is divided pursuant to Article 63 of the Constitution for the purpose of elections; "currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to this Act; "district" means an electoral district; "election" means a presidential election; "election officer" includes a returning officer, assistant returning officer, registration officer, assistant registration officer and any other officer appointed by or under the authority of the Commission with responsibility for registration of voters, or for presiding over voting in any election or for counting votes at any election; "election petition" means a petition filed in accordance with section 61; "illegal practice" means an act declared to be an illegal practice under Part IX; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for presidential and parliamentary elections and referenda; "money" includes a pecuniary reward; "National Voters Register" means the National Voters Register compiled under section 18 of the Electoral Commission Act; "nomination day" means a day fixed to be nomination day under this Act; "nomination paper" has the meaning assigned to it in section 10(1); "office hours" means the hours on a week-day during which the relevant office is open to members of the public; "parish" includes a ward; "payment" includes a pecuniary or other reward; "pecuniary reward" includes any office, place of employment, and valuable security or other equivalent for money and any valuable consideration; "polling agent" means a person appointed by a candidate as a polling agent; "polling day" means a day appointed to be polling day under this Act; "presiding officer" means a person appointed under the Electoral Commission Act to be a presiding officer for a polling station; "registered", in relation to a voter, means registered for the purpose of voting at an election; "registered voter" means a person whose name is entered on the National Voters Register; "returning officer" means a returning officer appointed under the Electoral Commission Act; "voter" means a person qualified to be registered as a voter at an election who is so registered and at the time of an election is not disqualified from voting; "voters card" means a voters card issued under section 27 of the Electoral Commission Act to a voter whose name appears in the National Voters Register; "voters' roll" means the voters' roll for any constituency or parish prepared and maintained under the Electoral Commission Act. (2) The Electoral Commission Act shall be construed as one with this Act.