l) In the exercise of their respective duties under

this Act, the Director of Elections and Returning Officers or any

other person concerned with the conduct of voting or with the
registration of voters, shall at all times have power to demand
information from any person necessary to ascertain if a person
is qualified to stand as candidate, and to identify any person or
the place of abode of any person, and to ascertain whether any
person has become disqualified from voting or from standing as
a candidate.
(2) Any person who, after any lawful demand of
information made under the provisions of subsection (1), fails to
give such information which is within his knowledge or
possession or unreasonably delays in giving the same commits
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding two thousand shillings.
121.
The Director of Elections, Returning Officer, and
any other persons employed under and for the purposes of this
Act shall, if not holding an office of employment in the service
of the United Republic, receive such reasonable remuneration
for the services as the Commission sees fit to authorize.
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29.
Provisions consequential upon additions to, or deletions from the
Provisional Voters' Register.
CHAPTER III
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
PARTI
PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES NOMINATION
30.
Nomination of Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates.
31.
Number of nominators.
32.
Particulars of nomination.
33.
Deposits.
34.
Sole Presidential candidate.
35.
Withdrawal of candidature.
35A. Death or lack of candidates.
PART II
ELECTION PROCEDURE
35B.
Presidential election day.
35C.
Persons entitled to vote at Presidential elections.
35D.
Application of Chapter IV.
35E. Application of Chapter V.
35F.
Addition of Presidential votes.
35G. Second Ballot.
35H. Election of President to be deemed election of Vice-President.
CHAPTER IV
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
PARTI
QUALIFICATION OF CANDIDATES

Where the court certifies that corrupt or illegal

practice has been committed by any person with the knowledge
and consent or approval of a candidate, then in addition to any
other consequences, the candidate shall be subject to the same
disqualifications as if at the date of that certificate, he had been
convicted of the offence of corrupt or illegal practice.
(6) The Director of Elections shall immediately-
(a) cause a copy of the certificate issued under this
section to be published in the
Gazette;
(b) delete from the register the name of any person
registered in it, who appears from the record to
be disqualified from voting at an election; and
(c) inform in writing the Returning Officer for the
relevant polling district, of every such deletion of
the name of the person who is registered as a
voter in that polling district.
(7) Immediately upon being so informed, the Returning
Officer shall take all steps as may be necessary for ensuring that
the person concerned returns the voter's card and any other
relevant document for cancellation.
115.-(1) Every election petition shall be presented
within thirty days from the date of
the
declaration for the results
of
the
election by the Returning Officer.
(2) The court shall hear and determine an appeal within
twelve months from the date of filing a petition.
(3) The court shall hear and determine an appeal within
twelve months from the date of lodging the appeal. .
(4) An appeal lodged pursuant to this section shall lie
to the Court of Appeal.
(5) Where the election petition case is unlikely to be
determined within twelve months, the Minister responsible for
legal affairs may, after the consultation with the Chief Justice
and by notice published in the
Gazette
extend the prescribed
time for further period not exceeding six months as he s

No person shall-
(a) print or publish or cause to be printed or
published any bill, placard or poster having
reference to an election or any printed document
distributed for the purpose of promoting
procuring the election of
a
candidate;
(b) post or cause to be posted any such
bill,"
placard
or posters; or '-
c
(c) distribute or cause to be distributed any printed
document for the purpose referred to in
subsection (1),
unless the bill, placard, poster or document
bears upon its face, the name and address of the
printer and publisher and-
(i) in the case of Presidential election such
bill, placard, poster or document has
been approved by the Commission;
(ii) in the case of Parliamentary election
such bill, placard, poster or document
has been approved by the Returning
Officer. fc
(2) For the purposes of this section, any process for
multiplying copies of a document, other than copying it by
hand, shall be deemed to be a printing and the expression
"printer" shall be construed accordingly

c) a member appointed from amongst the members

of the Tanganyika Law Society: and
(d) four other members who are persons possessing
either adequate experience in the conduct or
supervision of Parliamentary elections or such
other qualifications;, as the. President considers
necessary for or pre-requisite to, the effective
discharge of
the
functions of the Commission.
(2) The Commission shall be responsible for the
overall supervision of the general conduct of all Parliamentary
and Presidential elections in the United Republic.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Chairman
shall preside at all meetings of the Commission and in his
absence, the Vice-Chairman shall preside, or if
he
too is absent,
the members present may elect one of
the
member to act as the
Chairman. = . ,
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(4) The Director of Electjpns shall be the Secretary to
the Commission and he shall be .the Chief Executive of the
Commission. ,