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PART
II: REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN DIRECT
ELECTIONS
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3.
Subject to the provision of
section four, every person
shall be
qualified for registration
as a voter in direct
elections who-
(a)
is a citizen of Zambia; and
(b)
has attained the age of
eighteen years.
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Qualification
for registration of voters
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| 4.
(I)
No person shall be qualified for
registration as a voter in
direct
elections, and no person shall be
registered as such a voter, who-
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Disqualifications
from registration of voters
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(a)
is under a declaration of allegiance
to some country other than
Zambia;
(b)
under any law in force in Zambia, is
adjudged or otherwise declared to be
of unsound mind, or is detained under
the Criminal Procedure Code during the
pleasure of the President;
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(c)
is under sentence of death imposed on
him by any court in Zambia, or a
sentence of imprisonment (by whatever
name called) imposed on him by such a
court or substituted by competent
authority for some other sentence
imposed on him by such a court; or
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(d)
is not in possession of a national
registration card issued to him under
the National Registration Act.
(2) In this section, the reference to
a sentence of imprisonment shall be
construed as not including a sentence
of imprisonment the execution of which
is suspended or a sentence of
imprisonment imposed in default of
payment of a fine.
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5.
-A person qualified for registration
as a voter shall, on application in
accordance with regulations made by
the Commission, be registered as a
voter in the register of voters for
a constituency in which he is
ordinarily resident.
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Registration
in a Constituency
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6.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this
section and of section seven, every
person who is registered in a register
of voters for a constituency shall be
entitled to vote at a direct election
held in that constituency.
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(2)
Every person shall, whenever
he wishes to vote at a
direct election, identify
himself to an election
officer in such manner as
may be prescribed, and no
person shall be entitled to
vote more than once in the
same such election.
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(3)
For the avoidance
of doubt it is
hereby declared
that where an
election to which
this Act applies
is held at the
same time and
place as any other
such election, and
whether or not the
same ballot paper
is authorised by
the Commission for
use in more than
one such elec-
tion, each such
election remains a
separate election.
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Qualifications
for voting
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7.
No person shall be entitled
to vote at a direct election
who--
(a)
has been convicted of any
corrupt practice or illegal
practice within a period of
five years preceding that
election;
(b)
has been reported guilty of
any corrupt practice or
illegal practice by the High
Court upon the trial of an
election petition under this
Act within a period of five
years preceding that
election; or
(c)
at the date of the election
is in lawful custody or if
his freedom of movement is
restricted under any law in
force in Zambia.
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Disqualifications
from voting
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