Representation of the People Act – Chapter 1:03
Sections – 11, 87, 89, 94 and 96
11. (1) A list of candidates comprising registered voters who are eligible to be members
of the National Assembly may be submitted by not less than three hundred and not
more than three hundred and thirty persons for national top-up lists, and for each
geographical constituency not less than one hundred and fifty and not more than
one hundred and seventy-five persons whose names appear at the time of
submission on the preliminary list mentioned in section 2(3), whether or not that
list has at that date been modified as required by that section and shall be handed
together with one copy thereof to the Chief Election Officer by the representative
or the deputy representative of the list or by two of the persons named as
candidates on the list at the time and place appointed; and the Chief Election
Officer shall forthwith cause the copy of the list to be posted in a conspicuous
place outside his office.
(2) A list of candidates shall be in Form 2; and the submission shall bear the signature
of each person submitting the same together with his name and the serial number
of his registration card:
Provided that if any such person is unable to sign his name, his mark, made against
his name written by some other person, shall be deemed to be his signature for the
purposes of this paragraph but not for the purposes of section 12.
(3) A list of candidates shall set out the names, one below the other in such order as
each party may determine of the surnames and other names of at least 42 persons
who are qualified to be elected to the National Assembly and who have consented
to the inclusion of their names in the list as candidates for election, together with
the address and occupation of each such person.