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PUBLIC ELECTIONS (DISTRICT
ASSEMBLY) REGULATIONS, 1993 (CI 4)
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
Regulation
1. Local Government Electoral
Area.
2. Each Electoral Area to have One
Member.
3. Agents of Candidate.
4. Submission of Members’ Names to
the Secretary of the Assembly.
5. Application of L.I. 1537.
6. Revocation.
7. Interpretation.
IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Electoral
Commission by Article 51 of the
Constitution this Instrument is
made this 11th day November, 1993.
Regulation 1—Local Government
Electoral Area.
The electoral areas specified in
the third column of the First
Schedule to each instrument
establishing a District Assembly
shall be the local government
electoral area for the purpose of
District Assembly elections.
Regulation 2—Each Electoral Area
to have One Member.
Each electoral area shall be
represented by one member in a
District Assembly.
Regulation 3—Agents of Candidate.
(1) For the purpose of local
government election a candidate
may appoint one agent to attend at
each polling station to witness
the poll and the counting of
votes.
(2) Each candidate may appoint not
more than two agents to attend at
the electoral area centre for
purposes of collating the votes
from the polling stations.
Regulation 4—Submission of
Members’ Names to the Secretary of
the Assembly.
After a member of a District
Assembly has been elected, the
Commission shall inform the
Secretary of the Assembly
concerned, the name of the
candidate elected.
Regulation 5—Application of L.I.
1537.
(1) Except as otherwise provided
in this Instrument, and subject to
any other enactment on District
Assembly elections, the provisions
of the Public Elections
(Parliamentary) Regulations, 1992
(L.I. 1537) shall apply to local
government elections with such
modifications as may be necessary.
(2) The Forms and Notices provided
in the Schedule to L.I. 1537 shall
be adapted in such manner as the
Commission shall provide for the
purposes of District Assembly
elections.
Regulation 6—Revocation.
The District Assembly Elections
Regulations, 1988 (L.I. 1936) are
revoked by these regulations.
Regulation 7—Interpretation.
In this Instrument unless the
context otherwise requires—
“Commission” means the Electoral
Commission established by the
Electoral Commission Act, 1993
(Act 451);
“District Assembly” includes a
Municipal or Metropolitan
Assembly.
K. AFARI-GYAN
Chairman, Electoral Commission
Date of Gazette Notification: 12th
November, 1993.
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