"chief"
has the meaning given thereto in the Chiefs and Headmen Act [Chapter 29:01]
but does not include a deputy chief;
"claim"
means a claim to be registered as a voter in a constituency;
"claim form"
means the prescribed form of claim for registration as a voter under
Part VI;
"claimant"
means a person who—
(a) has completed
a claim form; or
(b) has submitted
a written application in terms of subsection (2) of section 24;
"Commission"
means the Electoral Supervisory Commission appointed in terms of section 61
of the Constitution;
[Definition as
inserted by s. 3 of Act 2 of 2002.]
"committee
room" does not include any house, room or premises occupied
by a candidate at an election as a dwelling by reason only of the candidate
transacting therein or thereon business with his agents in relation
to that election;
"competent
witness", in relation to voting by post, means the Registrar-General
or, subject to subsection (2), any person who—
(a) is a member
of Parliament, a Provincial Governor, the principal diplomatic representative
of Zimbabwe in any country or the deputy of such representative or
a member of the staff of such representative appointed by him or the
trade commissioner or any consular official for Zimbabwe in any country;
or
(b) inside
Zimbabwe, holds the position of a hospital matron, Government mining
engineer, Government inspector of mines, mine manager, constituency
registrar, deputy constituency registrar, assistant constituency registrar,
or chairman or secretary of a town council or rural district council;
or
(c) inside
or outside Zimbabwe, is or holds the office of or an appointment as
a chartered accountant, corporate member of an engineering institute,
land surveyor, corporate member of an institute or association of
architects, postmaster, legal practitioner, advocate, barrister, attorney,
solicitor, magistrate, bank manager, commissioned officer in the Defence
Forces, justice of the peace, commissioner of oaths, mayor, medical
practitioner, town clerk, assistant town clerk, veterinary surgeon
or commissioned police officer; or
(d) is a member
of a class of persons prescribed as competent witnesses;
"constituency"
means any of the constituencies into which Zimbabwe is divided in terms
of subsection (2) of section 60 of the Constitution [Delimitation
of Constituencies];
"constituency
registrar" means a person who is appointed in terms of subsection (1)
of section 16 to be a constituency registrar;
"corrupt
practice" means any of the following offences referred to in
Part XX, namely—
(a) treating;
(b) undue influence;
(c) bribery;
(d) personation;
(e) illegally
transporting voters;
(f) attempting
to commit or inciting the commission of an offence specified in paragraph (a),
(b), (c), (d) or (e);
"counting
centre" means any place notified by a constituency registrar
in terms of section 73 as a place where the counting of votes will
take place;
[Definition as
inserted by s. 3 of Act 2 of 2002.]
"covering
envelope" means the envelope referred to in paragraph (c)
of subsection (4) of section 62;
"designated
magistrate" means a magistrate designated for the purposes
of Part VII by the Minister to whom the administration of the Magistrates’
Court Act [Chapter 7:10] has been assigned;
"disciplined
force" means any branch of the Defence Forces or the Police
Force;
"election"
means—
(a) the election
of a member of Parliament; or
(b) an election
to the office of President; or
(c) an election
for the purposes of the Rural District Councils Act [Chapter 29:13]
or the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15];
as the case may
be;
[Definition as
amended by s. 3 of Act 21 of 1997.]
"election
agent" means the person appointed in terms of section 85
as an election agent;
"Election
Directorate" means the Election Directorate appointed in terms
of section 4;
"election
expenses", in relation to a candidate at an election, means
all moneys expended or expenses incurred on account of or in respect
of the conduct or management of that election by that candidate or on
his behalf or in his interests, but does not include the sum deposited
with his nomination paper in terms of subsection (1) of section 47
or any moneys expended or expenses incurred by or in the interests of
a party of which he is a member if they do not relate directly to him;
"election
petition" means a petition referred to in section 132;
"electoral
officer" means the Registrar-General, a constituency registrar,
presiding officer, polling officer or counting officer;
[Definition as
inserted by s. 3 of Act 2 of 2002.]
"fixed polling
station" means a polling station referred to in subsection (1)
of section 51;
"list of
votes marked by the presiding officer" means a list referred
to in subsection (2) of section 59;
"Minister"
means the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs or any
other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign
the administration of this Act;
"mobile
polling station" means a polling station referred to in subsection (3)
of section 51;
"money"
includes any pecuniary reward;
"monitor"
means a person appointed and accredited as a monitor in terms of section
fourteen B;
[Definition as
inserted by s. 3 of Act 2 of 2002.]
"nomination
day", in relation to—
(a) the election
of a member of Parliament, other than a chief, means any day fixed
in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 38;
(b) an election
to the office of President, means the day fixed in terms of paragraph (a)
of subsection (1) of section 94;
"observer"
means a person accredited as an observer in terms of section 14C;
[Definition as
inserted by s. 3 of Act 2 of 2002.]
"office
hours", in relation to the office of a constituency registrar,
means the hours on a week-day during which that office is open to members
of the public;
"party"
means any political organisation;
"payment"
includes any pecuniary or other reward;
"pecuniary
reward" includes any office, place or employment, any valuable
security or other equivalent for money and any valuable consideration;
"personal
expenses", in relation to a candidate at an election, means
the reasonable travelling expenses of that candidate and of his election
agent, if any, and the reasonable expenses of their living at hotels
or elsewhere for the purposes of and in relation to that election;
"polling
agent" means a person appointed in terms of section 86
as a polling agent;
"polling
day", in relation to—
(a) an election
to Parliament, means any day fixed in terms of paragraph (b)
of subsection (2) of section 38;
(b) an election
to the office of President, means any day fixed in terms of paragraph (b)
of subsection (1) of section 94;
"presiding
officer" means any person appointed in terms of subsection (2)
of section 52 to be a presiding officer;
"prohibited
symbol" means a symbol or representation declared to be a prohibited
symbol in terms of subsection (1) of section 117;
"qualified",
in relation to a person claiming or entitled to be registered as a voter
for a constituency, means qualified to be a voter in that constituency
in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Constitution
and section 20, and "disqualification" shall be
construed accordingly;
"registered",
in relation to a voter, means registered in terms of Part VI for the
purpose of voting at an election;
"Registrar-General"
means the Registrar-General of Elections referred to in section 15;
"Secretary"
means the Secretary of the Ministry for which the Minister is responsible;
"Speaker"
means the Speaker of Parliament;
"voter"
means a person who is entitled to vote and is registered on a voters’
roll;
"voters’
roll" means—
(a) the voters’
roll or supplementary voters’ roll for any constituency; or
(b) the voters’
roll for the area of any local authority or for any ward of such an
area;
as the case may
be, prepared and maintained under this Act by the Registrar-General.
[Definition as
substituted by s. 3 of Act 21 of 1997.]
