ELECTORAL ACT, 2022
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This Act repeals the Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 and enacts the Electoral Act 2022, to regulate the conduct of Federal, State and Area Council elections, to make provisions for the restriction of the qualification for elective office to relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, use of card readers and other technological devices in elections and political party primaries, to provide a time line for the submission of list of candidates, criteria for substitution of candidates, limit of campaign expenses, and address the omission of names of candidates or logo of political parties.
ELECTORAL ACT, 2022
Arrangement of sections
Section:
PART I - ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION
1. Establishment of Independent National Electoral Commission.
2. Functions of the Commission.
3. Establishment of the Independent National Electoral Commission Fund.
4. Expenditure of the Commission.
5. Annual estimates and accounts.
6. Establishment of office in each State, Federal Capital Territory and Local Government Area.
7. Committees of the Commission.
PART II - STAFF OF THE COMMISSION
8. Secretary and other staff of the Commission.
PART III - NATIONAL REGISTER OF VOTERS AND VOTERS' REGISTRATION
9. National register of voters and voters' registration.
10. Continuous registration.
11. Appointment of officers.
12. Qualification for registration.
13. Transfer of registered voters.
14. Demand for information regarding registration.
15. Power to print or issue register of voters.
16. Power to print or issue voters card.
17. Custody of voters' register.
18. Power to issue replacement permanent voters' cards.
19. Display of the copies of the voters' list.
20. Revision officer for hearing of claims.
21. Proprietary rights in the voters' card.
22. Offences of buying and selling voters' cards.
23. Offences relating to register of voters.
PART IV - PROCEDURE AT ELECTION
24. Conduct and postponement of election in emergency.
25. Announcement and declaration of election results.
26. Oath of neutrality by election officials.
27. Appointment of other officers for the conduct of registration of voters and elections.
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