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             ACTS OF GHANA

                                                                    

                  FOURTH  REPUBLIC

                                 

              PUBLIC ELECTIONS (DISTRICT ASSEMBLY) REGULATIONS, 1993            [CI. 4]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

1.                 Local government electoral area.

2.                 One member for each electoral area.

3.                 Agents of candidate.

4.                 Submission of member's name to the Secretary of the Assembly.

5.                 Revocation.

6.                 Interpretation.

PUBLIC ELECTIONS (DISTRICT ASSEMBLY) REGULATIONS, 1993 [CI. 4]

1.    Local Government electoral area

The electoral areas specified in the third column of the First Schedule to the Instru­ment establishing a District Assembly shall be the local government electoral area for the purposes of District Assembly elections.

2.    One member for each electoral area

Each electoral area shall be represented by one member in a District Assembly.

3. Agents of candidate

(1) For the purposes of a local government election a candidate may appoint one agent to attend at the polling station to witness the poll and the counting of votes.

(2) A 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.

4.    Submission of member's name to the Secretary of the Assembly

After a candidate has been elected a member of a District Assembly, the Commission shall inform the secretary of that Assembly, of the name of the candidate elected.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,

"Commission" means the Electoral Commission established by article 43 of the Constitution;

"District Assembly" includes a Municipal or Metropolitan Assembly.

[Date of Gazette notification: 12th November, 1993]

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