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==Powers of the Commission== | ==Powers of the Commission== | ||
The Commission has regulatory powers to determine how all the Elections activities run. The Electoral Act No. 24 of 2006 empowers the Commission to make such regulations vis-à-vis, the registration of voters, Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, Elections Offences, Electoral Code of Conduct and Penalties, Elections petitions and the hearing and determination of applications relating to Parliament. | The Commission has regulatory powers to determine how all the Elections activities run. The Electoral Act No. 24 of 2006 empowers the Commission to make such regulations vis-à-vis, the registration of voters, Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, Elections Offences, Electoral Code of Conduct and Penalties, Elections petitions and the hearing and determination of applications relating to Parliament. | ||
==Functions of the Commission== | |||
===Constitutional Functions=== | |||
*Article 76 of the Constitution of Zambia lays out the constitutional functions as follows:- | |||
*To supervise the registration of Voters and review the Voters Registers/Roll; | |||
*To conduct the Presidential and National Assembly Elections; | |||
*To review the boundaries of the Constituencies into which Zambia is divided for the purposes of elections. | |||
===Statutory Functions=== | |||
In addition to the functions given to the Commission by the Constitution, the Electoral Commission has the following statutory functions to perform:- | |||
*To conduct and supervise the Local Government Elections (Local Government Elections Act 282); | |||
*To conduct Voter Education (Electoral Act No. 12 of 2006); | |||
*To conduct referenda (Referendum Act CAP 14); | |||
*To formulate and review Electoral General Regulations (Electoral Act); | |||
*To resolve Election disputes through establishment of Conflict Management Committee (Electoral Act); | |||
*To perform any other statutory function for which the National Assembly may call upon it. | |||
==Composition== | ==Composition== | ||
