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PUBLIC ELECTIONS (UNIT COMMITTEE)
REGULATIONS, 1994 (CI 8)
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
Regulation
1. Units for Elections.
2. Election of Unit Committees.
3. Qualification of Candidate to
Unit Committees.
4. Nomination of Candidates for
Unit Committee Election.
5. Qualification to Vote.
6. Mode of Election.
7. Declaration of Election
Results.
8. Elected Candidates.
9. Interpretation.
IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Electoral
Commission by Article 51 of the
Constitution this Instrument is
made this 22nd day of November,
1994.
Regulation 1—Units for Elections.
The units specified in the third
column of the First Schedule to
each legislative instrument
establishing a District Assembly
shall be the local government
units for the purpose of elections
to the Unit Committees for the
district concerned.
Regulation 2—Election of Unit
Committees.
There shall be elected from each
unit ten persons who shall be
members of the Unit Committee in
accordance with regulation 24 (1)
(a) of the Local Government
(Urban, Zonal and Town Councils
Unit Committees) (Establishment)
Instrument, 1994 (L.I. 1589).
Regulation 3—Qualification of
Candidate to Unit Committees.
A
candidate for election to a Unit
Committee—
(a) shall be a registered voter;
(b) shall be a resident in the
Unit;
(c) must have discharged all his
taxes and rates liabilities or
made arrangements satisfactory to
the appropriate authority for the
discharge of such taxes and rates;
(d) shall not be a person who has
been convicted of any offence
involving fraud or dishonesty or
of an offence the penalty for
which is a fine exceeding
¢10,000.00 or a term of
imprisonment.
Regulation 4—Nomination of
Candidates for Unit Committee
Election.
(1) Each candidate for election to
a Unit Committee shall be
nominated on a nomination form
provided by the Commission and the
form shall be delivered by the
candidate or his proposer to the
district representative of the
Commission on a date and time
directed by the Commission.
(2) The nomination paper shall be
witnessed by the signature or mark
of two registered voters as
proposer and seconder and
supported by one other registered
voter, all of whom shall be
resident in the Unit.
Regulation 5—Qualification to
Vote.
Every Ghanaian of eighteen years
and above resident in a Unit area
shall be entitled to vote in the
Unit.
Regulation 6—Mode of Election.
(1) Unit Committee elections shall
be by show of hands.
(2) Voting shall take place in all
Units on a day and at a place and
time specified by the Electoral
Commission.
(3) Any number of eligible voters
present at the scheduled place and
time shall constitute a quorum for
the election.
Regulation 7—Declaration of
Election Results.
The first ten candidates who
obtain the highest number of votes
cast shall be declared elected to
the Unit Committee.
Regulation 8—Elected Candidates.
The Commission shall communicate
the names of persons elected to
the Secretary of the District
Assembly concerned.
Regulation 9—Interpretation.
In this Instrument unless the
context otherwise requires:
"Commission" means the Electoral
Commission established by the
Electoral Commission Act 1993 (Act
451).
DR. K. AFARI-GYAN
Chairman, Electoral Commission
Date of Gazette Notification: 24th
November, 1994.
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