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(1)The Electoral Commission shall, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a returning officer and an assistant returning officer for each electoral district.
(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Electoral Commission may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a returning officer and an assistant returning officer for a municipality, city division or other area in an electoral district as the Electoral Commission determines necessary.
(3)A person appointed as a returning officer or an assistant returning officer shall be a person of high moral character and proven integrity and shall not be a local government officer.
(4)A returning officer or an assistant returning officer may resign office by writing under his or her hand addressed to the Electoral Commission; and a returning officer or an assistant returning officer may be removed from office by the Electoral Commission where he or she is—
(a)found by a court to have participated in election irregularities or illegal practices or participated in the commission of an election offence;
(b)incapable of performing his or her duties under this Act by reason of illness or physical or mental infirmity;
(c)incompetent;
(d)proved to be partial in the performance of his or her duties under this Act;
(e)proved to have behaved in a corrupt manner in relation to his or her duties as returning officer; or
(f)transferred from the district for which he or she was appointed.
(5)Where a returning officer vacates his or her office in accordance with subsection (4), the assistant returning officer shall perform the functions of the returning officer until a substantive returning officer is appointed in accordance with subsection (7).
(6)A returning officer may, in writing, delegate any of his or her duties to the assistant returning officer.
(7)Where the office of returning officer or an assistant returning officer becomes vacant, the appointment of a returning officer or an assistant returning officer for the relevant district shall be made within fourteen days from the date the Electoral Commission is informed of the vacancy.
The Electoral Commission is responsible for appointing returning officers and assistant returning officers for each electoral district. They may also ...
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