Clause 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“candidate” means a person who is nominated as a candidate for election to the office of President;“Commissioner of National Registration” means the Commissioner of National Registration appointed under the National Registration Act [Cap. 201];“election” means an election for the purpose of electing the President;“election agent” means a person named under section 43 by or on behalf of a candidate as his agent for an election and includes any candidate acting in his capacity of election agent;“Election Judge” means the Chief Justice or a Judge of the Supreme Court nominated by the Chief Justice for the purpose of hearing an election petition;“elector” means a person whose name is entered in the register as an elector;“electoral division” means an electoral division specified in a notification for the time being in force made pursuant to section 8 of the Parliamentary Elections Act [Cap. 218];“polling district” means a part of an electoral division subdivided under section 9 of the Parliamentary Elections Act;“Presidential Elections Committee” means the Presidential Elections Committee established under Article 18 of the Constitution;“register” or “register of electors” means the register of electors for any particular electoral division maintained under the Parliamentary Elections Act;“Registration Officer” means the Registration Officer appointed under section 3 of the Parliamentary Elections Act and includes any Assistant Registration Officer so appointed;“Returning Officer” means the Returning Officer appointed under section 3;“tendered votes list” means the list referred to in section 29;“voter” means a person who, whether his name does or does not appear in a register of electors, applies to vote or votes at an election.