Legislation

LAWS / REGULATIONS	SOME ELECTORAL TOPICS DEALT WITH
1. Constitution of Mauritius (Extracts of the relevant topics thereof -Word version 56 KB )		Appointment and functions of the Electoral Supervisory Commission, Electoral Boundaries Commission and Electoral Commissioner
		Constituencies
		Qualifications and disqualifications of electors
		Right to vote at elections
		Registration of parties
		Elected members to be returned by constituencies
		Allocation of additional seats
2. Representation of the People Act.	1. Registration of electors
		Registration officers
		Registration Areas
		Registers for constituencies/local government areas
		Preparation of electors' list (provisional registers)
		Claims to be registered as elector or regarding corrections in electors lists
		Publication of list of claimants
		Objections to entries in electors' lists/list of claimants
		Formation of lists into register
		Publication of registers
		Appeals
		Omissions in register
		Variation of dates
	2. Elections
		Issue of writs
		Election petition
		Election Expenses
		Election Returns
	3. Election offences
		Bribery and treating
		Undue influence
		Personation
		Duty of secrecy
		Preservation of order
		Penalties
3. Rodrigues Regional Assembly Act (Act No.39 of 2001)		Qualifications and disqualifications of Electors
		Time of ordinary elections
		Voting at ordinary elections
		Party lists for the Island region
		Calculation of Island region figures
		Return of Island region members
		Vacant local region seats
		Vacant Island region seats
4. Local Government Act (Act No.48 of 1989)		Constitution of Municipal, District and Village Councils
		Division of Towns into electoral wards
		Election of Municipal and Village Councillors
		Qualifications of local authority councillors *(Word version )*
		Qualifications and disqualifications of electors for Municipal and Village Council Elections
5. National Assembly Elections Regulations, 1968(4th Schedule Act. 12/68 Sections 44 and 85) *(Word version 275 KB )*		Appointment of returning officers and deputy returning officers
		Registration of parties
		Nomination and withdrawal of candidates
		Polling and Counting agents
		Preparation for the Poll
		Allocation of symbols
		Mode of voting and counting
		Blind and incapacitated electors
		Voting by Proxy
		Tendered/spoilt/rejected ballot papers
		Declaration of the Poll
		Allocation of additional seats
6. Municipal Council Elections Regulations, 1958		Appointment of returning officers and deputy returning officers.
		Nomination and withdrawal of candidates
		Polling and counting agents
		Preparation for the Poll
		Allocation of symbols
		Mode of voting and counting
		Blind and incapacitated electors
		Voting by Proxy
		Tendered/spoilt/rejected ballot papers
		Declaration of the Poll
7. Village Council Elections Regulations, 1961 (Fourth Schedule Section 14 of Ordinance 70/61 as amended)		Appointment of returning officers and deputy returning officers
		Nomination and withdrawal of candidates
		Polling and counting agents
		Preparation for the Poll
		Allocation of symbols
		Mode of voting and counting
		Blind and incapacitated electors
		Voting with the assistance of "a companion"
		Tendered/spoilt/rejected ballot papers
		Declaration of the Poll
8. Rodrigues Regional Assembly Elections Regulations, 2002		Appointment of returning officers and deputy returning officers.
		Issue of writs of elections
		Registration of parties
		Submission of lists of candidates for Island Region Election
		Nomination and withdrawal of candidates
		Polling and counting agents
		Preparation for the Poll
		Allocation of symbols
		Mode of voting and counting
		Blind and incapacitated electors
		Voting with the assistance of "a companion"
		Voting by Proxy
		Tendered/spoilt/rejected ballot papers
		Declaration of the Poll for local region
		Declaration of Party Results
		Allocation of Island Region seats