AI-assisted research summary: The Electoral Commission may set up advisory or technical committees to help it perform its functions, and the committees’ name, composition, mandate, and proceedings are to be prescribed.
[25th Novemb e r 2 0 2 2 ] E l ections (Amendment) Bill, 2022 1 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022 (Bill No. 34 of 2022) EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ON OBJECTS OF AND REASONS FOR THE BILL The Bill seeks to amend the Elections Act (Cap 262) to give the Electoral Commission power to establish advisory or technical committees that shall assist the Electoral Commission in the performance of its functions under the Elections Act or the Constitution. Dated this 23rd day of November, 2022. FRANK D. R. ALLY ATTONEY-GENERAL ——————— [25th Novemb e r 2 0 2 2 ] E l ections (Amendment) Bill, 2022 2 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022 (Bill No. 34 of 2022) ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTIONS 1. Short title 2. Insertion of new section 4A [25th Novemb e r 2 0 2 2 ] E l ections (Amendment) Bill, 2022 3 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2022 (Bill No. 34 of 2022) A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTIONS ACT (CAP 262). ENACTED by the President and the National Assembly. Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Elections (Amendment) Act, 2022. [25th Novemb e r 2 0 2 2 ] E l ections (Amendment) Bill, 2022 4 REPUBLIC OF SEYCHELLES SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE BILL Insertion of new section 4A 2. The Elections Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 4 the following as section 4A — “Advisory or technical committee 4A.(1) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act, the Electoral Commission may establish advisory or technical committees, as it deems necessary for the purpose of assisting the Electoral Commission in the performance of its functions under this Act and the Constitution of the Republic of Seychelles, Cap. 42. (2) The name, composition, mandate and proceedings of committees established under subsection (1) shall be such as may be prescribed.”