to be registered as such a voter under a law in that behalf, and no other
person may be so registered.
(2) Every person who is registered in any constituency as a voter for the
purposes of elections to the National Assembly shall, unless he is
disqualified by Parliament from voting in such elections on the grounds
of his having been convicted of an offence in connection with elections
or, on the grounds of his having been reported guilty of such an offence
by the court trying an election petition or, on the grounds of his being in
lawful custody at the date of the election, be entitled so to vote in that
constituency in accordance with the provisions made by or under an Act
of Parliament, and no other person may so vote.
Electoral
76. (1) There is hereby established an autonomous Electoral
Commission
Commission to supervise the registration of voters, to conduct
Presidential and Parliamentary elections and to review the boundaries of
the constituencies into which Zambia is divided for the purposes of
elections to the National Assembly.
(2) An Act of Parliament shall provide for the composition and
operations of the Electoral Commission appointed by the President
under this Article.
Constituencies and
77. (1) Zambia shall be divided into constituencies, for purposes of
elections
elections to the National Assembly so that the number of such
constituencies, the boundaries of which shall be such as the Electoral
Commission prescribes, shall be equal to the number of seats of elected
members in the National Assembly.
(2) In delimiting the constituencies, the Commission shall have regard
to the availability of means of communication and the geographical
features of the area to be divided into constituencies:
Provided that the constituencies shall be so delimited that there shall be
at least ten constituencies in each administrative Province.
(3) Each constituency shall return one member only to the National
Assembly.