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be disqualified from contesting in the subsequent by-election or
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general election.
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7. Where an order of disqualification is made under this section,
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the order shall be-
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(a) registered in the High Court, in the case of presidential,
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parliamentary, governor elections or referendum; and
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(b) registered in the Resident Magistrate’s Court, in the
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case of county assembly elections. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the import of the new clause is really to provide for a dispute resolution mechanism where the Commission may investigate and where also a complaint may be filed within a certain timeframe. More importantly, it allows that the Commission, where it makes a finding of a breach of a provision under this Act, can make the following orders: It can order the rectification of any record; it can issue a formal warning; it can impose a fine specified under regulations; it can prohibit the errant candidate, political party or the referendum ...
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specified period or within a specified area, and it can also prohibit media coverage of the errant candidate, political party or referendum committee within a specified period. Lastly, and this was the emphasis of the Committee, only in very rare circumstances would it resort to (f), which is to disqualify the errant candidate, political party, or referendum committee from contesting in that election or referendum, as the case may be. I beg to move.
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Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, there is a burning small point; it is that the whole part will now be headed “Offences and Dispute Resolution”.
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