Referendum Act
ZambiaAct of Parliament
The Referendum Act is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia. It contains 70 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Referendum Act and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Referendum Act
- S. 1S hort title
- S. 2P ower to order a referendum
- S. 3M ethod of taking the poll at a referendum
- S. 4E xplanation of any discrepancies must be made by the Returning Officer on the back of this form.
- S. 5F orm of oath or affimation for referendum officers
- S. 6P rocedure of Commission
- S. 7P oll to be conducted by secret ballot
- S. 8A ppointment of referendum officers
- S. 9C ommencement and close of poll
- S. 10R ight to vote
- S. 11R eferendum petitions
- S. 12O peration of declared result or of Act submitted to referendum
- S. 13P ersons who may present referendum petitions
- S. 14P rocedure before commencement of poll
- S. 15F orm and procedure for presentation of referendum petitions
- S. 16D uty of Registrar to make out list of referendum petitions
- S. 17P ractice, procedure and security for costs
- S. 18D eath of or delay by petitioner
- S. 19P olling assistant may act during temporary absence of presiding officer
- S. 20P rovisions as to witnesses
- S. 21S crutiny of votes
- S. 22R etaking a referendum in a constituency
- S. 23C onclusion of trial of referendum petition
- S. 24P rovisions as to costs of trial of referendum petition
- S. 25R epealed by Act No. 17 of 1994
- S. 26N o person required to state how he voted
- S. 27E vidence as to holding of referendum
- S. 28V alidation of certain documents
- S. 29M eaning of "corrupt practice"
- S. 30E xamination of seals of envelopes and ballot boxes received by returning
- S. 31T he count
- S. 32R ejection of ballot papers
- S. 33R ecounting of votes
- S. 34D eclaration of result of poll in constituency and notification of Commission
- S. 35D eclaration of result of referendum by Commission
- S. 36F orm of declaration under section 23 of the Act
- S. 37Q uestions arising on decision of returning officer
- S. 38B allot papers to be sealed in marked envelopes after completion of counting
- S. 39V erification of ballot paper counts
- S. 40C ustody and destruction of referendum matter
- S. 41B ribery
- S. 42P ersonation
- S. 43T reating
- S. 44U ndue influence
- S. 45C orrupt practices and penalties
- S. 46O bstruction of voter
- S. 47U nlawful conduct at public meeting
- S. 48U nlawful broadcasting
- S. 49R eferendum offences
- S. 50P rohibition of breach of secrecy
- S. 51Any referendum officer who wilfully fails to perform the functions of his office Offences by
- S. 52O ffences by printers and publishers
- S. 53P enalties
- S. 54A pplication
- S. 55I nterpretation
- S. 56F unctions of Director of Elections
- S. 57C anvassing
- S. 58C ontent of written statements
- S. 59P ublication of written statements
- S. 60C ontravention an offence
- S. 61C ontent, etc., of oral statements
- S. 62R equest to public media
- S. 63O ffences
- S. 64P enalties
- S. 65R evocation
- S. IPRELIMINARYPART I
- S. IIESTABLISHMENT AND PROCEDURE OF REFERENDUM COMMISSIONPART
- S. IIIREFERENDUM PETITIONSPART III
- S. IVGENERALPART IV
- S. VCANVASSINGPART V