Section 8 of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act No 9 of 2011: Conduct of business and affairs of the Commission

The chairperson and members shall, before assuming office, take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation of office prescribed in the Second Schedule.

(1) The Commission shall, through an open, transparent and competitive recruitment process, appoint a suitably qualified person to be the secretary to the Commission. (2) A person shall be qualified...

The office of the secretary shall become vacant if the holder— (a) dies; (b) resigns from office by notice in writing addressed to the Commission; or (c) is removed from office under any of the...

(1) There shall be a secretariat of the Commission which shall be headed by the secretary. (2) The secretariat shall comprise of— (a) such professional, technical and administrative officers and...

For the effective performance of the functions of the Commission— (a) the chairperson and members of the Commission shall perform their functions in accordance with the Constitution and in...

(1) The Commission may create within itself such directorates, field offices,units, divisions or committees and appoint thereto such employees as it may determine. (2) Every directorate, field...

(1) The Commission shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and shall be capable, in its own name, of— (a) acquiring, holding and disposing of movable and immovable...

(1) The seal of the Commission shall be such device as may be determined bythe Commission and shall be kept by the secretary. (2) The affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the chairperson...

Nothing done by a member of the Commission or by any electoral officer shall, if done in good faith for the purpose of executing the powers, functions or duties of the Commission under the...

Members and the employees of the Commission shall subscribe to the code of conduct prescribed under the Fourth Schedule.

The funds of the Commission shall consist of— (a) monies allocated by Parliament for purposes of the Commission; (b) any grants, gifts, donations or other endowments given to the...

(1) The funds of the Commission shall be held in a fund to be known asthe Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Fund which shall be administered, on behalf of the Commission, by the...

The administrative and other expenses of the Commission, including the salaries, allowances, gratuities and pensions of the members and employees of the Commission shall be a charge on the...

(1) Members of the Commission shall be paid such remuneration or allowances as the Salaries and Remuneration Commission shall determine. (2) Pending the establishment of the Salaries and Remuneration...

(1) Before the commencement of each financial year, the secretary with the approval of the Commission, shall cause to be prepared estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the Commission for that...

The financial year of the Commission shall be the period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth June in each year.

(1) The Commission shall cause to be kept all proper books and records of account of the income, expenditure and assets of the Commission. (2) Within a period of three months after the end of each...

(1) Within three months after the end of each financial year, the Commission shall present its annual report to the President and submit the same to Parliament. (2) The annual report shall in respect...

In fulfilling its mandate, the Commission shall, in accordance with the Constitution, observe the following principles— (a) freedom of citizens to exercise their political rights under Article 38 of...

Except as provided in the Constitution, the Commission shall, in the performance of its functions, not be subject to the direction or control of any person or authority but shall observe the principle...

(1) The Commission shall publish and publicise all important information within its mandate affecting the nation. (2) A request for information in the public interest by a citizen— (a) shall be...

The Commission shall, in such manner as it considers appropriate, publish a notice for public information specifying— (a) the location of all its offices; and (b) its address or addresses, telephone...

The Commission may request legal advice from the Attorney-General.

(1) A member or employee of the Commission who knowingly subverts the process of free and fair elections or who knowingly obstructs the Commission in the discharge of its functions or otherwise...

(1) The Commission may make regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such regulations may provide...

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Commission” means the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission established by Article 88 of the Constitution; “first Commission” means...

(1) The former Electoral Commission shall continue in office in terms of section 28(1) and (2) of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. (2) A person who immediately before the commencement of this...

(1) All property, assets, rights, liabilities, obligations, agreements and other arrangements existing at the commencement of this Act and vested in, acquired, incurred or entered into by or on behalf...

(1) The Commission shall discharge its mandate of the delimitation of boundaries of constituencies and wards in accordance with the Constitution, this Act and any other law. (2) Subject to the...